Think i've put diesel in a my Focus petrol
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Think i've put diesel in a my Focus petrol
Got a 2000 1.6 Focus, had a jerry can with about 3 litres of what I thought was petrol in the garage, decided to chuck it in.
There was a 1/4 of a tank of petrol in at the time. I've gone about 50 yards and the car has conked out, went to move off, had no power, it's coughed and spluttered and died and won't restart.
Is diesel denser than petrol and went straight to the bottom of the tank? If that's the case, will I be able to remove the fuel hose at the engine, crank it over a bit, chuck all the diesel out and restart it with whats left of the petrol?
There was a 1/4 of a tank of petrol in at the time. I've gone about 50 yards and the car has conked out, went to move off, had no power, it's coughed and spluttered and died and won't restart.
Is diesel denser than petrol and went straight to the bottom of the tank? If that's the case, will I be able to remove the fuel hose at the engine, crank it over a bit, chuck all the diesel out and restart it with whats left of the petrol?
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problem I've got is i'm miles away from a petrol station with no access to another car and all my mates and family are working, was hoping it won't have mixed?
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Schoolboy error.
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I put petrol in my 520d full tank aswell, I pulled the fuel hose in the engine bay and put an old rs turbo pump on it and dragged it out that way, I also syphoned the tank by pushing a hose down and using a wet vac to get enough suck to start it off,
All in worked well for me but your way round I would just try and tank it with petrol and it should be ok I would of thought
All in worked well for me but your way round I would just try and tank it with petrol and it should be ok I would of thought
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I popped into a garage and they thought it should have cut it out, they said 3-4 litres of diesel in a 1/4 tank of unleaded should have been smokey but still run. The engine management light is on, is this normal if the car cuts out because of wrong fuel?
Wondering if it's something else and just a coincidence.
The fuel in it that i've managed to drain from the pump doesn't smell very strong, makes me think it is diesel
Wondering if it's something else and just a coincidence.
The fuel in it that i've managed to drain from the pump doesn't smell very strong, makes me think it is diesel
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Call the garage you were at, as they might know of a company that can sort this for you. I would have it drained to prevent any damage to injectors etc.
#13
Fill it to the neck with petrol and you'll likely get away with it.
however, once the tank is done change the oil, and keep an eye on oil levels during usage of that fuel.
Run the tank as empty as possible before filling to the neck again to dilute any remaining diesel as much as possible.
however, once the tank is done change the oil, and keep an eye on oil levels during usage of that fuel.
Run the tank as empty as possible before filling to the neck again to dilute any remaining diesel as much as possible.
#17
2000 focus would be pretty basic. Doubftul it will have missfire detection or anything like that.
But obviously if the engine is stopped, which it is, the engine management light will be on.
But obviously if the engine is stopped, which it is, the engine management light will be on.
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the car has had a misfire since I've had it, probably a coil pack. never bothered to fix it. I only need the car one more week and then I'm weighing it in for scrap.
the engine management light doesn't go out with the ignition on, thought it should?
I don't think adding more fuel will help, there is already a quarter of a tank in the car and it didn't mix as it did it straight away.
going to drain it out. where is the fuel pump relay?
the engine management light doesn't go out with the ignition on, thought it should?
I don't think adding more fuel will help, there is already a quarter of a tank in the car and it didn't mix as it did it straight away.
going to drain it out. where is the fuel pump relay?
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the car has had a misfire since I've had it, probably a coil pack. never bothered to fix it. I only need the car one more week and then I'm weighing it in for scrap.
the engine management light doesn't go out with the ignition on, thought it should?
I don't think adding more fuel will help, there is already a quarter of a tank in the car and it didn't mix as it did it straight away.
going to drain it out. where is the fuel pump relay?
the engine management light doesn't go out with the ignition on, thought it should?
I don't think adding more fuel will help, there is already a quarter of a tank in the car and it didn't mix as it did it straight away.
going to drain it out. where is the fuel pump relay?
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petrol/diesel mix burns hotter, this in turn willmelt the cat very quickly which will but the check engine light on as the 02 senser is seeing the cat doing nothing!
#25
it is a microphone, and one that is designed to listen over a very narrow range of frequencies. ie knock.
Nothing more, nothing less. It can never, and will never be able to detect misfires.
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I know what it's job is to detect knock, I just thought that as a misfire would cause knocking in the cylinders, but actually thinking about it, as you say nothing like a frequency pinking would cause, my bad
To the OP, you only have a small quantity of fuel though, by filling with the correct fuel you can probably offset the little of the wrong fuel you have added.
Martin
To the OP, you only have a small quantity of fuel though, by filling with the correct fuel you can probably offset the little of the wrong fuel you have added.
Martin
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#31
Fill it to the neck with petrol and you'll likely get away with it.
however, once the tank is done change the oil, and keep an eye on oil levels during usage of that fuel.
Run the tank as empty as possible before filling to the neck again to dilute any remaining diesel as much as possible.
however, once the tank is done change the oil, and keep an eye on oil levels during usage of that fuel.
Run the tank as empty as possible before filling to the neck again to dilute any remaining diesel as much as possible.
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You know, if you have a length of hose and a few buckets you could just siphon as much fuel out of the tank and then fill it up with petrol... Or would that be too easy
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Just like that I?? You've been watching to many movies. Even if the pipe did go down the filler neck doubt it would reach to where the fuel is as can imagine it's low if he's put fuel input of a can.
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I've done it a few time myself, and when I worked on cars with my grandfather he did it all the time when he put the car in the garage for the winter.
Hell, you can even buy hand cranked pumps for the job.