Le 47 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hi I made a big? mistake yesterday when I put about 7 litres of unleaed petrol in my diesel engined car !Having noticed that I continued to fill the tank with the normal gazole. The result is a 50 litre tank now consists of about 43 litres of gazole and 7 litres of unleaded petrol - therefore a 15% level of diesel/gazole. The engine runs OK and I drove it a short distance home. I had it in mind that my diesel van's handbook suggests adding 10% petrol to the diesel in cold weather conditions.I am wary of using the car because of risk of damage.Is there a real risk and should I siphon out the fuel or is is going to be OK.Any advice would be appreciated.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbykins Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hi, I work in a petrol station and for the amount you you put in you should have no problems . For the next 2 or 3 times you use about 10 litres worth of fuel just top itt up and it should dilute it enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 It depend on whether you have a modern common rail (Hdi ) engine or the older low pressure type. If it is the modern type you will cause accelerated damage to the pumps etc , if it is the older type then you will probably be OK. It used to be a common thing to add petrol during the winter to thin the diesel when things got cold, not a good idea nowadays.Seehttp://www.carpages.co.uk/news/mis-fuelling-29-05-05.asporhttp://www.aatrust.com/files/reports/01022004_misfuelling.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le 47 Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 HiA belated thankyou especially for prompt info with links BSJLIV?Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilec Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 The other thing you can do is add some ordinary vegetable oil to the mix. A couple of litres should suffice. This has a higher viscosity and excellent lubrication properties, and will help offset the dilution by the petrol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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