Fuel Mix up

[Harris]

I managed to put £10 of unleaded in my Discovery this morning, so phoned the AA and they rang me back and told me to fill it with Diesel and keep topping up with Diesel every 30 miles or so :shock: so I did and which cost me £75 to fill :evil: And to be fair its running perfect, has anyone else ever done this? I have heard however that it can f**k the Diesel pump and should not be done on newer cars.

[MacaHawk]

I managed to put £10 of unleaded in my Discovery this morning, so phoned the AA and they rang me back and told me to fill it with Diesel and keep topping up with Diesel every 30 miles or so :shock: so I did and which cost me £75 to fill :evil: And to be fair its running perfect, has anyone else ever done this? I have heard however that it can f**k the Diesel pump and should not be done on newer cars.

Hi mate iv done that only i put £20 in and then just put £40 of diesel in that was last year and my car is fine and had no probs dont worry it will b fine,its just if you do it otherway round it f..ks ya car up it will be ok:yawinkle:

[Salty]

tell u what u wouldnt belive this ,i was arguing wi me m8 at the petrol station and filled me motorbike wi diesel,got a mile up the road,died,i had to lift home drain tank clean carbs,fill wi petrol and after a raggy 20 mile or so ,was ok no harm,me mate got some stick though haha salty:oops:

[Graham Stuart]

The problem is unleaded burns at twice the temp of diesel so it can burn out the engine, diluted the way you have wont do any permanent damage mate, run it nearly empty then fill up and all will be fine...graham

[Harris]

The problem is unleaded burns at twice the temp of diesel so it can burn out the engine, diluted the way you have wont do any permanent damage mate, run it nearly empty then fill up and all will be fine...graham


Cheers Graham! I guess that its 20 years or so of using petrol :roll: I wasn't thinking! I went in and said "£10 of unleaded mate, pump 4" and the guy said "are you sure?" I said "yeah why?" and it was at that point that the penny dropped :oops:

[Tooker]

I managed to put £10 of unleaded in my Discovery this morning, so phoned the AA and they rang me back and told me to fill it with Diesel and keep topping up with Diesel every 30 miles or so :shock: so I did and which cost me £75 to fill :evil: And to be fair its running perfect, has anyone else ever done this? I have heard however that it can f**k the Diesel pump and should not be done on newer cars.

We always had dozy bu**ers who did this....always told them to fill right up and keep filling up....but apparently if you put diesel in a petrol engine its worse....I think because diesel is denser than petrol.
Anyway..there's Sainsbury's PFS advice for you :)

[Graham Stuart]

We always had dozy bu**ers who did this....always told them to fill right up and keep filling up....but apparently if you put diesel in a petrol engine its worse....I think because diesel is denser than petrol.
Anyway..there's Sainsbury's PFS advice for you :)
dieael in a petrol is fine as long as its well diluted it will run **** till its gone but wont do any harm mate, pure unleaded in a diesel will burn out the engine and cause £2000 damage at least...graham

[Dave Whitt]

Barny is correct petrol burns a lot hotter and diesel, diesel also contains oil that lubricates the engine petrol does not, you can just about get away with a 15% mix the other problem you have is that the two fuels will seperate in the tank so the advice from teh AA was spot on keep topping it up, at work we recentley had a customer with a 12 month old accord 2.2 diesel he had half a tank of diesel and filled it with petrol befor a long journey, 180 miles later it stopped !!! £4000 later and its fixed so my advice is if you ever do put more that £10 worth of petrol in your diesel, get your tank drained.

[Kentish Falconry]

dieael in a petrol is fine as long as its well diluted it will run **** till its gone but wont do any harm mate, pure unleaded in a diesel will burn out the engine and cause £2000 damage at least...graham

Not in Simons Skoda it won't M8 PMSL:lol: :lol: :twisted:

[Dave Whitt]

We always had dozy bu**ers who did this....always told them to fill right up and keep filling up....but apparently if you put diesel in a petrol engine its worse....I think because diesel is denser than petrol.
Anyway..there's Sainsbury's PFS advice for you :)

In many cases this is impossible to do as the pump nozzel for petrol is larger than the one for diesel.

[Harris]

Barny is correct petrol burns a lot hotter and diesel, diesel also contains oil that lubricates the engine petrol does not, you can just about get away with a 15% mix the other problem you have is that the two fuels will seperate in the tank so the advice from teh AA was spot on keep topping it up, at work we recentley had a customer with a 12 month old accord 2.2 diesel he had half a tank of diesel and filled it with petrol befor a long journey, 180 miles later it stopped !!! £4000 later and its fixed so my advice is if you ever do put more that £10 worth of petrol in your diesel, get your tank drained.

Cheers mate! I was concerned about the viscosity of diesel and was aware that the petrol is probably sat on top of it in the tank, I'll have to get off road and stir it up :lol: :yawinkle: :supz:

[Lyn Birds]

that brings back memories for me coming back from malum a few years back my mate put £20 worth of desel in a petrol car whilst oggoling a blonde on the other pump we were in leeds at the time just had to phone rac no problem brought us all the way home it took us 5hrs what a service:lol: cheers lyn

[Hound]

Not in Simons Skoda it won't M8 PMSL:lol: :lol: :twisted:

you tight ****** its about time he had a pay rise. not only can he not afford a good motor but he has to go begging for t shirts:supz:

[Tooker]

In many cases this is impossible to do as the pump nozzel for petrol is larger than the one for diesel.

rubbish!!
or at least,not at Sainsbury's filling stations!!!

[Harris]

In many cases this is impossible to do as the pump nozzel for petrol is larger than the one for diesel.


The filler hole on a petrol is smaller, so a diesel wont fit, but the filler hole on my disco is big enough for me to stick my hand in :lol:

[marck]

lol you can fit your hand in your filler hole. but petrol can and will destroy your engine :twisted:
it's like it's devil incarnate and it costs alot to fix it.
how did this get started anyway??

[Harris]

how did this get started anyway??

well if you read my first post you will know :rolleyes:

[Dave Whitt]

rubbish!!
or at least,not at Sainsbury's filling stations!!!


Well Im not to concerned about that as I only use fuel in from sainsburys as a last resort.

[Pete Kent]

I make my own diesel so couldn't have the problem.

[KevGem1]

if you remember many years ago you would see truck drivers parked up at the side of the road with a little fire under the diesel tank to try and stop the fuel (waxing) and they would put a few gallon of petrol in aswell.and before you all start with the how old are you questions? i was very young when i saw this happening.KEV :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Tooker]

Well Im not to concerned about that as I only use fuel in from sainsburys as a last resort.

Hope you don't use BP fuel then, as its the same stuff
:confused:

[Argee]

I managed to put £10 of unleaded in my Discovery this morning, so phoned the AA and they rang me back and told me to fill it with Diesel and keep topping up with Diesel every 30 miles or so :shock: so I did and which cost me £75 to fill :evil: And to be fair its running perfect, has anyone else ever done this? I have heard however that it can f**k the Diesel pump and should not be done on newer cars.

join the club :rolleyes: .....
i put petrol in my Citreon BX diesel and got two miles up the road before she died ....
upshott was .. and after emptying the fuel tank .. my diesel ran BETTER than before ..
i later donated the whole car to a neighbour who grafted the engine into a later model and to best of knowledge, and by the grins on his face as he passes, all continues to be well ..
i realised that i fell for a trick at the pump the nozzles were switched ...
i'm colour blind so there is a problem in it's self ..
the 'contaminated' fuel was leached into the tanks of a local haulier who was well pleased ..
(*v*) ...

[Argee]

join the club :rolleyes: .....
i put petrol in my Citreon BX diesel and got two miles up the road before she died ....
upshott was .. and after emptying the fuel tank .. my diesel ran BETTER than before ..
i later donated the whole car to a neighbour who grafted the engine into a later model and to best of knowledge, and by the grins on his face as he passes, all continues to be well ..
i realised that i fell for a trick at the pump the nozzles were switched ...
i'm colour blind so there is a problem in it's self ..
the 'contaminated' fuel was leached into the tanks of a local haulier who was well pleased ..
(*v*) ...

an before it's said .... there's no fuel like an ol fuel :yawinkle:
(*v*) ...

[Harris]

join the club :rolleyes: .....
i put petrol in my Citreon BX diesel and got two miles up the road before she died ....
upshott was .. and after emptying the fuel tank .. my diesel ran BETTER than before ..
i later donated the whole car to a neighbour who grafted the engine into a later model and to best of knowledge, and by the grins on his face as he passes, all continues to be well ..
i realised that i fell for a trick at the pump the nozzles were switched ...
i'm colour blind so there is a problem in it's self ..
the 'contaminated' fuel was leached into the tanks of a local haulier who was well pleased ..
(*v*) ...


I think I'll put a sticker on my fuel flap reminding me its Diesel, My other car is Unleaded, and I'm so used to putting Petrol in I'm sure I will do it again :roll:

[Dave Whitt]

Hope you don't use BP fuel then, as its the same stuff
:confused:

No Shell only, both the diesels we have run better and give more MPG on shell that anything else including BP Ultima, and I only put super unleaed in my car because it is the highest octane level of all the fuels sold in the UK.

[Tooker]

No Shell only, both the diesels we have run better and give more MPG on shell that anything else including BP Ultima, and I only put super unleaed in my car because it is the highest octane level of all the fuels sold in the UK.

I'll give Shell a go!!!
Cheers

[BlueHawk]

I managed to put £10 of unleaded in my Discovery this morning, so phoned the AA and they rang me back and told me to fill it with Diesel and keep topping up with Diesel every 30 miles or so :shock: so I did and which cost me £75 to fill :evil: And to be fair its running perfect, has anyone else ever done this? I have heard however that it can f**k the Diesel pump and should not be done on newer cars.

I put 20 quid in mine last week then topped it up with diesel till full, no ill effects. Only concern is that the petrol eats the delicate seals in the diesel pump. Assuming you have no fluctuation in your idle speed i.e. it holds a steady idle and doesn't dip to around 500 revs you should be home free.

[HawkGirl]

I managed to put £10 of unleaded in my Discovery this morning, so phoned the AA and they rang me back and told me to fill it with Diesel and keep topping up with Diesel every 30 miles or so :shock: so I did and which cost me £75 to fill :evil: And to be fair its running perfect, has anyone else ever done this? I have heard however that it can f**k the Diesel pump and should not be done on newer cars.
Johnny did this a while back ,and he filled the tank up with deisel after putting 10 pounds of unleaded in ,ive heard off taxi drivers they add a little bit of unleaded in the winter as its easier to start .
Hope this helps
The beaten wife :heart:

[smoggy]

The filler hole on a petrol is smaller, so a diesel wont fit, but the filler hole on my disco is big enough for me to stick my hand in :lol:

in future, just fill your truck up where the h.g.v s refuel. the fuel pistol is massive (but so is the discovery fill hole) and the fuel is delivered miles faster, i think all trucks run on diesel now so there is no chance of another mistake;)

[BFG]

why??????????????????????:confused:

[Harris]

why??????????????????????:confused:


Why what? :confused:

[Giant Panda]

Not in Simons Skoda it won't M8 PMSL:lol: :lol: :twisted:

Surely £20 worth of fuel has already double it's value Terry?!!!!<g>:-P

[CanadaManada]

A mates father told me once he put a bottle of whiskey into a snowmobile and mixed the oil extra rich with it, to get him out of a bind. No arm dun!
A bind being 10 miles form nowhere in a blizzard.
Ya do what ya gotta!

[Graham Stuart]

A mates father told me once he put a bottle of whiskey into a snowmobile and mixed the oil extra rich with it, to get him out of a bind. No arm dun!
A bind being 10 miles form nowhere in a blizzard.
Ya do what ya gotta!


**** that i would have drunk the whiskey and walked:drinkers: sorry stagered:lol: