StephenC

Just had the call ive been expecting for a month now. Shes put unleaded in the diesel Its a 1.4 pegueot 206, shes put £2.90 of unleaded in then £10 of diesel on top after realising what shed done. Whats the score, the engine gonna exit stage left or will it jsut run shit for a while and get through it? 3 years ive been driving diesels and petrol vehicles and never even come close to doing that

St3V3_C

Don't drive it, and drain flush all out has got to be a start.

bbspolo

no just fill it 2 the brim with diesel and run it ! trust me it will be fine ! with such a small amount of petrol in it u wont even notice the deffirence! I work for a main vw dearship and have had 2 do this many times! with no comebacks

Miller 3

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Just fill it right up(WITH DIESEL) and it will be fine

Paulo P

That's not much. Fill it all the way up to dilute it and it'll be fine.

fish99

Didnt they use to dilute diesel with petrol years ago to stop it freezing when there was cold spells. We didn our works van with petrol and and we just topped it up with diesel. Run like a pig for a bit but was fine after a while

StephenC

Fucking hope so, only had it a month. Least she hasnt put diesel in the r32 cos that would be a case in favour of domestic violence

diamond white

O dear, Firstly what litre size is the tank, £2.90 of petrol is not a great deal, years ago was involved with diesel engines and in some circumstances a percentage of petrol can be added to diesel fuel, the figure i think is 5% but not sure now. So depending on tank size, what is the percentage. If less then just fill it up.

Rhys

On that engine it should be fine being a small amount! Just brim the tank with derv.

Paulo P

My sisters ex put a tenner of petrol into her diesel 306 before he noticed then realised when it conked out I got them to brim the tank and drive it until it ran out then I changed the fuel filter and it was fine. £2.90 isn't going to do much damage as long as you dilute it

st3v3

they did a test on topgear or the likes a while back with diesel in a petrol engine and petrol in a diesel engin and both engines worked ok,i thnk the petrol engine spluttered a little more than diesel engine did, but they both worked.

Just brim it with diesel and it will be fine m8.

steve

mechanic28

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should be ok but in truth is it worth the risk when all u got to do is drain it!as said and i am 85%sure it will be ok but if my car i would not risk fuckin the pump up or injectors

Fudgey

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less than 3 litres of petty is fuck all mate, just do as said and brim with derve and itll be reet

a mate borrowed his dads merc and put £30 of petrol in, got down the road and shit a brick cos it ws
as disesal so went back and brimmed with derv, didnt tell his old man and it was fine lol

Twellsie

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fill it with diesel and it will be mint, the main problem with filling a diesel car with petrol is that, petrol does not have as good lubricational properties, but £2.90 worth is gona make no differance

NEEDFORSPEED

top it up with petrol as said will be fine

alistairolsen

before winter siesel it was quite common to put a little petrol in your diesel in winter

itll be fine brimmed

StephenC

Pegueot already did that I even gave her a sit down talk the other week and said "whatever you do, look at the pump before you put it in". Her answer "im not thick you know"!!! Go figure

pani_k

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Yeah as above just fill up with diesel.

But I heard this about putting petrol in a diesel. Because of the hig compressio ratio already in diesels and because petrol is more combustible, it is dangerous because detonation or pinking may occur if ran totally on petrol. I was told this by a mechanic and I can see the logic in it so why have some people said that their engines have just conked out or ran OK? Just curious

rst in breaking

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i stuck £20 of petrol in my old diesel van, drove for nearly half a junction on the m25 before it spluttered, then got to next junction and near enough back again before traffic patrol pulled me over due to it smoking, and typically it died got tank drainded and refilled and was fine

Iain Mac

Not sure if the petrol and diesel mix properly or if they stay separated like oil and water, but £2.90 isn't even half a gallon so I'd just brim the tank and keep refilling at the half-full mark for the next few tankfuls.

It isn't an issue at all in a "traditional" diesel engine, but the lack of lubrication in petrol does for the new high pressure systems.

madrs247

my mates dad was looking for his new company car back in 2001,
he went straight to SAAB,and took the top spec cabby for a weeks trial
went to the garage (on the red)and then filled to the brim with petty,

only to realise after he had fooked the engine up,that it was a diesel

suffice to say,he never had the saab in the end and that was the end of that brand new 30k saab

whosyadaddy

just brim it and all should be well, we used to put a gallon of petrol in bus/hgv tanks to help them pass emissions test's if they were running a little dirty.

Magic Numbers

They just hate being told

Benni

I did this with a courtesy car I had and more or less pushed it into Avis. Mind you it was 20 something quid.

indycos

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dont comment dont comment dont comment oh fuck it i will

its derv not derve!!! and...

...DERV means Diesel Engined Road Vehicle - which is referring to the car, not the actual fuel

sorry i just cant help myself at times, but some people have to be told

dojj

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it all depends on which engine it's got in it
if it's not one of them new fangled hdi type units it'll be fine

gingeRS

that is true but it is also a VERY commonly accepted synonym for diesel fuel in the uk

Jb's ladie

My mate put a tenner of unleaded in a diesel, realized what he'd done and put another tenner of diesel in with it aswell,

And it was fine!!

gingeRS

you might want to edit that

Jb's ladie

Cheers GingeRS

StephenC

thats exactly what it is hdi. Its been okay today, bit hesitant every now and then but shes still going.

Graceland

Did this on my Dads car ages ago, fiver of unleaded, I had to fill the fucker with diesel after to dilute the petrol

No problems tho, cleaned the injectors nicely too