NotoriousREV

My mum's just phoned, she's put petrol in her Seat Cordoba TDi (90bhp model, about 8 years old, IIRC) and driven it about 4 or 5 miles. Do you reckon she'll get away with having the tank drained, fuel filter changed and system flushed through? It's not one of the PD engines, it's definately old skool.

pslewis

Yeah, I reckon she will be safe

NotoriousREV

I'll tell her to get her spanners out then

pslewis

Tell her to suck hard on the fuel line to get it all out

Sonic'

His mum is good at that

NotoriousREV

Don't make me come round there!

TonyBurns

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Just change the diesel filter also if its not too much in there just keep putting diesel in (but still change the filter)

Tony

NotoriousREV

She filled it up (about a gallon of diesel plus 45 litres of petrol )

girl-in-a-scoob

Saw it said somewhere up there... Change the diesel filter.

Petrol into a diesel engine is not as damaging as diesel into a petrol engine. It 'should' be okay after draining tank and then filling up again but changing diesel filter

Sonic'

If no-one has recommended changing the diesel filter, then I would suggest doing that

Tell her if she does it again, you will take her car off her, and she will have to walk everywhere from now on

The Zohan

That is not strictly true anymore
Used to be the case but not so much now. With the Jump in power and the increasing drive to get immisions down fuel pressures have been increased.


Modern diesles run very, very high fuel pressures, the diesel itself helps lubricate the fuel injection pump. Petrol does not lube the pump and they tend to sieze, the pumps are oftern expensive - £ 500.00+ in most cases,

Most modern Diesels ie. those of 10 years old are the newer types as a rule of thumb.

With modern Diesels Really it depends on how far the car has been driven, if not far then drain the tank, change the filter reful with Diesel and away you go.

NotoriousREV

Does anyone think she should change the fuel filter?

The Zohan

that's irony - right

ukdave

My boss took my van out one day pulled in woodhall services on the m1 south put £20 worth of petrol in it an it got him bk to work ok which is 3 junctions down the motorway, **** knows how it managed to get him bk.
I came into work next day an he said oh yer you`ll need to drain diesel tank before ya go anywhere...... when he told me i thought he were takin the **** till i took the diesel cap off hmmm petrol great,drained it went round corner to filling station filled up with diesel took it out on a run-were fine never changed the filter or anything van were still going strong at over 230,000 miles no rattles no oil usage issues no problems at all.

ChrisSTI8

Don't bother changing the fuel filter just disconnect the fuel pipe after the fuel priming pump and pump out until empty, reconnect, then fill up with some diesel.

Sonic'

I did that on my Shogun (petrol version) and got burnt by the onset of petrol all down my arm, it hurt like hell too

Edcase

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But change the fuel filter too.

NotoriousREV

Job done, but against all advice, she decided that she would also change the fuel filter (my brother did the work as he lives about 6000 miles closer to her than I do )

Sonic'

I hope she changed the fuel filter to be on the safe side

Luminous

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How do you dispose of the fuel you pump out?


You are sure she changed the fuel filter?

kingofturds

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In an environmentally friendly way...or in my case in the back garden