Gingerdoughnuts

My sister has put £5 petrol in her diesel car,Any advice what to do. Cheers

pugoetru

fill it up with diesel it will be fine

NotoriousREV

Drain tank, flush fuel system with diesel refill and your away. Your local dealer will probably charge about £80 to do it.

It's easier to deal with than putting diesel in your petrol car, thats a friggen nightmare to sort out.

grovesy

Nah nmy mate but £5 of diesel in his XR3I filled up with petrol, it was like wackey races out the back but no harm done.

pugoetru

you dont have to drain it just fill it up the extra diesel will mix with the petrol and it will run fine £5 is nothing in a full tank

i put petrol in my diesel to stop it freezing in the winter

Gingerdoughnuts

cheers for all your advise!!!!
nice one.........

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Too much petrol in a diesel engine can cause damge to the seals within the pump, and injector damage (in other words expensive). So make sure that the tank is filled right up to the brim with diesel, and don't go thrashing it.

Unless you know a local garage who has a propper pump to drain it. It's a simple job of just hooking it up and leaving it to it. Replace the filter fill and with fresh diesel and away you go.

It's your choice in the end of the day...if its a banger then I wouldn't bother too much. But if it's a modern diesel engine and - I wouldn't risk it (IMO of course )

It's the absent minded people that are the reason why my nissan (petrol) runs on a mix of petrol and diesel every now and again

(which is a banger so I don't really care if it melts a piston )