Flipper_Al 1,012 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Moi, for putting unleaded in my diesel car, only had the car 11 years lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charlie caller 3,654 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Nevermind it will clean the injectors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,182 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Depends how much you put in,,, if it was empty ish,,,and you stook only 10£ in,,,, you could have then filled it with diesel ,,and it would be ok,,,,a bit of petrol in a diesel ain't a big deal.... But diesel in petrol is a big deal 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crowsnest 55 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 done it twice, fecking halfwit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flipper_Al 1,012 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Was in the red stuck £30's worth in, it died on the motorway, RAC recovered the car, now at the garage Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,182 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Doh,,,, Oh well ,,,lesson learned 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flipper_Al 1,012 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yep DOH lol Note to self ***** pay more attention first thing in the morning ******* lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil82 1,080 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Depends how much you put in,,, if it was empty ish,,,and you stook only 10£ in,,,, you could have then filled it with diesel ,,and it would be ok,,,,a bit of petrol in a diesel ain't a big deal.... But diesel in petrol is a big deal anything more than 2% can bugger up a common rail diesel, might not conk out on you straight away but the lack of lube would cause long term problems 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I've been driving diesels for 20 years & I still double or triple check what I'm putting in...........it's good to be paranoid about it haha.... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,055 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I've done it too mate. They should have different shaped nozzles for petrol and diesel so that it's impossible to fit the wrong one. Like lego-simples. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,182 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Depends how much you put in,,, if it was empty ish,,,and you stook only 10£ in,,,, you could have then filled it with diesel ,,and it would be ok,,,,a bit of petrol in a diesel ain't a big deal.... But diesel in petrol is a big deal anything more than 2% can bugger up a common rail diesel, might not conk out on you straight away but the lack of lube would cause long term problems Is that on a new diesel type engine or all diesel engines Neil? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil82 1,080 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Depends how much you put in,,, if it was empty ish,,,and you stook only 10£ in,,,, you could have then filled it with diesel ,,and it would be ok,,,,a bit of petrol in a diesel ain't a big deal.... But diesel in petrol is a big deal anything more than 2% can bugger up a common rail diesel, might not conk out on you straight away but the lack of lube would cause long term problems Is that on a new diesel type engine or all diesel engines Neil? mostly common rail, some direct injection engines are different, the first bit that usually goes is the high pressure pump, most are the roller type and the actual rollers are only case hardened, the lack of the lubricating properties of petrol cause damage to them and the bits that flake off contaminate everything else, I stick a bit of 2-stroke oil in after draining all the old fuel out and re-filling, some use EP gear oil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,182 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Lol,, wish I never asked,,,cos all that went over my head .... In other words its not good,,, and in time would feck your motor... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haymin 2,465 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Got a petrol car years ago put deisel in it got it towed , went home and got my transit and put petrol in it lol inn a space I of two hours ?? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Got a petrol car years ago put deisel in it got it towed , went home and got my transit and put petrol in it lol inn a space I of two hours ??Why doesn't that surprise me lol. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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