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vanduara37

Post subject: Petrol in diesel car

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:07 pm

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My wife put £30 of unleaded petrol in our Saab 2.0 ttid today,she ran it for about 1/2 mile home,i have drained the tank and fitted new fuel filter,any suggestions to limit the damage.

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Post subject: Re: Petrol in diesel car

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:18 pm

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vanduara37 wrote:

My wife put £30 of unleaded petrol in our Saab 2.0 ttid today,she ran it for about 1/2 mile home,i have drained the tank and fitted new fuel filter,any suggestions to limit the damage.

Swap her for a new model????? :shock:

Derv being denser than petrol, re-fill with Derv, the petrol (Remaining) should float on top..

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Post subject: Re: Petrol in diesel car

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:33 pm

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Swap her for a new model????? :shock:

Was thinking myself if this would be reasonable grounds for a divorce. :huray:

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Post subject: Re: Petrol in diesel car

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:23 pm

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I did this a few years back in my old astra,I put about 20 litres of petrol in before realising,I necked the tank with deisel and kept the tank full for next 500 miles I never had any issues
Hope it's the same for you :thumbleft:

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Post subject: Re: Petrol in diesel car

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:39 pm

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get some deisel contener put tank,fill up the tank with fuel. should be fine

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Post subject: Re: Petrol in diesel car

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:25 pm

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I borrowed a Corsa turbo diesel and put petrol in it. I did about 100-150 miles in it and it went like a dream. Only when I was driving down the lanes back to mine I noticed the smoke. I left it until the morning and it started fine so I took it back to the friends house hoping he wouldnt notice.

Sods law that he decided to give me a lift home in the Corsa and not his usual car and the thing wouldn't start, there was smoke everywhere, so I had to confess. He took it to the garage, filled it with diesel and just revved the hell out of it. After 30 mins of revving and lots of F'ing & Jeffing it seemed fine.

For some reason he never let me borrow a car again...

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