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| Thread ID: 71436 | 2006-08-06 02:25:00 | Diesel in Petrol Car | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 476370 | 2006-08-06 02:25:00 | Ooops . :eek: Well I was having so much hassle with the idiot "auto" fill pump :badpc: which kept variously telling me I didn't have an eftpos card inserted, rejecting it when I made my selection etc that when it finally co-operated I just grabbed the left hand nozzle as usual and started filling . This pump was back to front and the diesel nozzle was leftmost . I did start it briefly without incident but then thought better of it even though it was only about 40% diesel, and rang and got husband to tow me home . Won't know the results until the garage has it . . . . . . . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 476371 | 2006-08-06 02:32:00 | Reminds me of a story that happened many eons ago. Friend had 'scored' a contaminated drum of petrol. He estimated it had about 5% diesel in this 60 litre drum of petrol. Put it in his mum's Hillman Hunter and off we went for a test drive. It drove fine for a while until we noticed a little bit of smoke coming out the exhaust. Small price to pay he thought so carried on driving, another few km down the road we could not see anything out the back - smoke filled the road as we drove - LOL. Went back to work and drained the tank, refilled with clean petrol. He reckoned it took about 2 weeks for it to clear completely - NSTAAFL |
sam m (517) | ||
| 476372 | 2006-08-06 02:32:00 | Hi pctek. We too run two cars - one of each and I often live in dread as I get older of doing just what you have done. By chance I was recently reading a Brit AA thing about how over 120,000 people a year do it in Britain - diesel in to petrol engines - and it costs from 80 pounds to thousands, depending on....... All the best AA = www.aatrust.com |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 476373 | 2006-08-06 02:33:00 | :eek: You missed the fun part Shoulda let it run for a while :D |
kumaraguy (4464) | ||
| 476374 | 2006-08-06 02:39:00 | I see that some diesel nozzles are held in by a latch. You have to pass that "childproof" intelligence test to get diesel. Of course I'm sure that some people, even with that "stop and think" operation, still put diesel in the petrol tank. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 476375 | 2006-08-06 02:44:00 | ouch $$$$! drain the tank and refill . mind you proberly a good time to pull the tank out and wash it out (with meths) . the deisel would act like 2 stroke oil, however a 40% mix (1:1 mix instead of the usual 20:1 or 50:1 2 strokes normally have) is not going to burn well at all . save the mix for the next rubbish burn up ;) edit: funny how they put the latch on the diesel when adding deisel to petrol will simply foul the plugs and stop the car . unlike adding petrol to a diesel motor whihc goes BOOM leaving you will an exspencive repair job :( |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 476376 | 2006-08-06 03:07:00 | The gas station I go to has a pump on hand for such events....... The manager tells me they have to use it virtually every day even though there is a flap thing (with Diesel in large lettering) If you didn't turn motor on there won't be too many dramas and minimal expense :dogeye: |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 476377 | 2006-08-06 04:09:00 | Yes, it did have a flap over the nozzle - I didn't have to lift it, I just grabbed it and it came out. I did it without looking.... I did have to lift it to put it back in though....Loose flap? And I did read up on what happens, its a bad thing (both ways round) if you have a catalytic converter or injectors apparentlly. I have neither. In fact it was much nicer to steer without its power steering too. I did start it and move it about 100 feet, then thought better of it. It didn't do anything exciting in that space of time. I'd guess the diesel hasn't filtered through to the carburettor yet. Anyway the garage can drain it, less mess for us. And I rang my insurance, dunno if it is classed as claimable yet, have to ring back tomorrow, but it is an "accident". And my excess is only $100. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 476378 | 2006-08-06 07:52:00 | Welcome to the club PCTek, welcome. Will cost you about $200 - $300 sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 476379 | 2006-08-06 09:38:00 | Neighbour (mechanic) had a look, he said it hadn't got to the carb and the tank has a bung so shouldn't be a major. Also any of you mechanics out there know if I can remove my power steering with out causing any hassles? It drove excellently without it, its overkill on my car, too sensitive. Its the same as my previous car which didn't have power steering at all. Mechanic next door isn't entirely sure, he did say the grakes work of a differnt thing altogether so no worries there. He suggested I just unhook the belt and see what happens - I thinks its whether the oil or something still gets fed into the steering box or not? Its a 1989 Toyota Corolla. 1600cc, no fancy bits like power windows, injectors or anything. |
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