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Title: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Lee Pryor on January 24, 2011, 04:40:43 pm
Thats right!!!! one of my staff has done this today and yes he has driven off in it!

cant wait for the huge bill that he is going to have to work off!

honestly, the guy is 45 years old and even drives a diesel car himself!

can you believe it!
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: neiljoust on January 24, 2011, 04:45:23 pm
my girlfriend did that luckly only drive for about a miles wasnt to bad hope you get it sorted
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Tom White on January 24, 2011, 05:31:24 pm
I've done this before and managed to siphon out the petrol using a hand pump I made from a large water pistol.

No damage was done.
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: windolene on January 24, 2011, 05:34:15 pm
Hi,

I have a fuelsure cap that will only come off when you insert a diesel  nozzle.


Kevin WINDOLENE
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: david thomas on January 24, 2011, 06:06:36 pm
did the same just undo your pump from engine pump petrol into 2 or 3 25 litre barrels thats if he not started the van on the petrol his put in it
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Lee GLS on January 24, 2011, 06:54:14 pm
Thats not good, if is a common rail diesel engine the petrol can destroy the seals in the hp pump, if its an older direct injection engine you should be ok, just drain the tank and refill with diesel.
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Frankybadboy on January 24, 2011, 06:57:12 pm
i done this the other week put £30 worth in,i topped up with diesel and then kept it top up for the next few week,

 ;) ;) ;)no problem
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol indiesel tank!
Post by: JUST GUTTERS on January 24, 2011, 07:37:32 pm
ive done this myself first week in job and petrol in a sprinter van..lots of chugging and back firing then it just died...think it cost about £3500 grand and some to get sorted..still kept my job... it even had the red sticker on saying diesel. :-\
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: windolene on January 24, 2011, 07:43:55 pm
hI,


http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enGB263GB263&q=FUELSURE


KEVIN windopane
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: richywilts on January 24, 2011, 07:58:12 pm
i did it the other week lee 30quids, then 20quids worth diesel drove off to next job done job jumped back in n it wouldnt go luckily friend owns a garage charged me 50 to recover me on truck and then emptied tank on the ramps by siphoning then done a few other things then i had to fill tank up again bout 40quid in the end cost me over 200 costly mistake
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol indiesel tank!
Post by: Tom White on January 24, 2011, 08:27:57 pm
. it even had the red sticker on saying diesel. :-\

YELLOW is diesel!  Red is petrol.
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Poles R Us on January 24, 2011, 08:30:18 pm
i have never done that ;D
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: bobplum on January 24, 2011, 08:49:42 pm
i have never done that ;D

oh oh you will now ;D
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol indiesel tank!
Post by: d s windowcleaning on January 24, 2011, 10:03:46 pm
. it even had the red sticker on saying diesel. :-\

YELLOW is diesel!  Red is petrol.
I thought black for diesal and green for petrol .
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Richard Neal on January 24, 2011, 10:09:17 pm
Put diesel in a petrol motor and its goodbye engine!
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: dazmond on January 24, 2011, 10:22:30 pm
. it even had the red sticker on saying diesel. :-\

YELLOW is diesel!  Red is petrol.
I thought black for diesal and green for petrol .

yes it is black for diesel and green for petrol.well it is in manchester!! ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Paul Coleman on January 25, 2011, 06:52:11 am
With some vans I believe this can seize the fuel pump (I understand this may be about £2k in a Trafic).  Apparently the fuel pumps need the oil content of the diesel in order to run properly.
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: AuRavelling79 on January 25, 2011, 07:40:16 am
Been there done that! Old perkins engine Rover diesel so once drained not a prob.
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on January 25, 2011, 09:23:17 am
someone should invent a pump that can be installed at every petrol station in the world that can suck out the fuel before the wally's start the car/van.

dragons den.

it was my idea.

i am going to be so rich.

it was nice knowing you guys.

seeya suckers.

 ;D
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: formb on January 25, 2011, 09:31:27 am
someone should invent a pump that can be installed at every petrol station in the world that can suck out the fuel before the wally's start the car/van.

dragons den.

it was my idea.

i am going to be so rich.

it was nice knowing you guys.

seeya suckers.

 ;D

Why not just make it so the nozzles don't fit in the wrong vehicle.
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Jackal on January 25, 2011, 10:40:04 am
iv done it twice petrol in a diesel, diesel in a petrol luckily realised before starting engines,one of them was my sierra cosworth so glad i didnt knacker the engine on that, would of cost a bit
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: Lee Pryor on January 25, 2011, 12:44:28 pm
well its now at the service centre after using one of my other vans to tow it there, so we will see what the damage is in the next 24 hours! fingers crossed.
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: www.mrgutters.co.uk on January 25, 2011, 12:59:27 pm
i filled my transit up drove it for like 4 miles engine cut out thats when i reliased towed it to my father in laws work shop syphoned the petrol out ...the tank chucked 20 quids diesl in put new fuel filter on and pump the crap out of the pedal left it for like and hour then after about 4or 5 tries started up and never missed a beat :-)

it was a 2002 ford transit tdci
Title: Re: im having a bad day. petrol in the diesel tank!
Post by: ashbash on January 25, 2011, 03:28:42 pm
school boy error