Dicke C

Going away last Friday for a family wedding and decided to take the trusty old Diesel Golf. Popped in to BP to fill her up. £30 quid of your finest Ultimate diesel should do, as I already had 1/4 of a tank.

10 miles later car starts to lose power.........Penny drops.

Just put £30 quid of unleaded petrol in!!!!!
Anyway nice man from AA relays us home and say 1000 cars a day do this, and that there is big money in drainouts. He says approx £200 to drain, change filter and top back up. Got mine done for £90 from a mate and a full tank so could have been worse.

And the most unpleasant thing about it......having to sit in the car waiting for the AA to turn up, with the wife for 40mins..."Silence is goldern" springs to mind. In the end I had to tell her to swear at me, as I could see she was near bursting point.

All sorted now, and no damage to the car...thank God. Just got to eat a little humble pie for a few weeks.

Take care at them pumps people.

Dicke C

Dicke C

Just had this sent to me.....
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/795/

Even got the car make correct

David Lock

Just bought a diesel, first one ever, and scared I am going to do exactly that I plan to put some stickers on cap.

nyscooby

iTrader: (12)

So how do you actually drain a tank of petrol?

The hose pipe, bucket and suck hard method didnt work for me when tried it once.

What do the AA do? and whats the DIY method?

scoobyjohn2000

ive drained a few all u need is a xr3i fuel pump to bits of hose pipe and 2 clips to conect to the battery takes about 5 mins and tank is empty i also did it to my old van i had half a tank of diesal in but went and put a tenner of unleaded but i was lucky it just missed a bit and still ran but was a bitch to start in the morning

King RA

I love that advert

CrisPDuk

I've found disconnecting the fuel feed line, sticking it in a BIG bucket & linking the correct two terminals at the fuel pump relay connector works pretty well Just remember to change the fuel filter afterwards

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Nice tip. Might manufacture something like that in anticipation of the next time someone puts petrol in one of the vans at work.

John.

SiDHEaD

I thought I heard BP were paying compensation to people who did this now?

douglasb

I think the BP thing was a specific instance where they's filled a diesel tank with unleaded at a motorway service area. So it was BP's fault when people got a tankful of the wrong stuff.

Can't see them taking responsibility for other people's mistakes when they put the wrong juice in their car. (And I've done it myself about 9 years ago. Brand new Peugeot 406 diesel with 400 miles on the clock. I'd had it for 2 days. Stuck 54 litres of unleaded in it and came to a stop with the "check engine" warning light flashing. While waiting for the AA to arrive, it struck me that it was a bit of a coincidence that it chugged to a stop so soon after refuelling. Checked the receipt and experienced an "Aaaaaahhhhhhh, BOLLOCKS!" moment. )

Dicke C

AA man refused to drain the tank, saying you have to have a licence to do this and deal with the contaminated fuel.

BOB.T

The waiting is a nightmare isn't it...I locked my keys in the boot yesterday

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Wish i could lock the keys in my company car's boot... the damn lock's stopped locking

It's a warranty job, and the Ford dealer seems to be in no rush to sort it out.

John.

Dream Weaver

I assume that was the Focus then, having no boot button? Never caught me out yet, but been close

That BP add is great

farmer1

Almost put Ultimate Dielsel in my bike.

Is rather annoying the Ultimate thing the logos and colours are so similar especially when you are in a rush. Very careful now.