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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:45 AM
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put £7 worth of diesel into my s2 yesterday... so i thought fuck i'll just have to water it down with petrol stuck in £20 o petrol will my car be ok...?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:52 AM
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Don't think so.

You need to flush the tank really, just to be sure.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 11:02 AM
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Diesel and petrol have different density's so once the car is left sat they will seperate into 2 layers within the tank, they'll only mix together by being shaken about.

Being as it was a small amount it'd probably be ok but myself i would drop the tank and flush it to be on the safe side.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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How on earth did you manage to put diesel in your car? are you a spacka?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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How on earth did you manage to put diesel in your car? are you a spacka?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:10 PM
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I'm sorry about that post,

i left myself logged in and one of the spanners in my house posted that.

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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by y4n
I'm sorry about that post,

i left myself logged in and one of the spanners in my house posted that.

I thought it was quite funny actually
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:50 PM
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no sweat min ...i do feel a right fucking pleb though .. i've just dropped the tank got rid of all the contaminated fuel and then i go and fuck the disc. line from the fuel pump and the return line also snapped bloody line are rotting..the return line i don't think will be to much of a problem but the disc. line i'm going to have to try and get a hold off one
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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hehe, just get the diesel out and fuel up with petrol
haha, a guy i know, did fill the tank with 50liter of diesel and hi has a petrol car hi did drive 15m then we had black smoke all over
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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i can't belive i did it either i need my car for thursday as well as i'm going back offshore then and my back 2 back takes it home for me
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 03:13 PM
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really its no problem, it worse the other way.
we did just pump the fuel tank empty and put petrol in, then start it
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by y4n
I'm sorry about that post,

i left myself logged in and one of the spanners in my house posted that.

yeah yeah excuses excuses
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