John Gryphon
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A lot of you members have mentioned the practice but at what cost in the long run?
petrol in diesel
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The amount of people that mis-fuelled police cars was incredible. I suppose having a fleet that used both was a factor, but even so...
I started fuelling my Disco4 once with petrol, but realised pretty quickly. Thankfully the tank was almost empty. So I thought, in for a penny, I filled the tank to the brim with diesel and thought I'd see how that went. And it was okay. It produced a different smell. When I pulled up, immediately my son said "you've put some petrol in haven't you". But it behaved itself and there were no long term effects. But the amount of petrol I'd put in was minimal.
I started fuelling my Disco4 once with petrol, but realised pretty quickly. Thankfully the tank was almost empty. So I thought, in for a penny, I filled the tank to the brim with diesel and thought I'd see how that went. And it was okay. It produced a different smell. When I pulled up, immediately my son said "you've put some petrol in haven't you". But it behaved itself and there were no long term effects. But the amount of petrol I'd put in was minimal.
John Gryphon
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I put a lot of petrol into my hilux one time last year. Siphoned what I could get out and refilled with the diesel. She never missed a beat thank phuk.
Smellydog
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Said before, in very cold weather VW use to say add one gallon petrol to eight diesel.
Ive accidentally added petrol to a near empty diesel then filled with diesel and been ok.
Filling a diesel tank with petrol and adding one gallon of diesel hoping its gonna be ok is foolish.
Use a bit of common....
Ive accidentally added petrol to a near empty diesel then filled with diesel and been ok.
Filling a diesel tank with petrol and adding one gallon of diesel hoping its gonna be ok is foolish.
Use a bit of common....
John Gryphon
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Will they say that today Smelly?
Smellydog
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Dunno, that was from a time when diesels were proper and less idiots roamed the planet.
Today the first rule is cover your arse and say nothing. For instance, today most handbooks tell you not to drink battery acid ffs.
John Gryphon
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now they have taken over.
east sussex
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Many years ago I topped up the tank (about 60%) on a 300 series diesel land rover with petrol .
Drove down to Stonehenge with it running like shite.
Two landrover dealers couldn't find the problem.
Eventually a little village garage diagnosed the problem told me to top it up with diesel.
Felt a bit of a pratt but no harm done.
Kept the landrover many years .
Drove down to Stonehenge with it running like shite.
Two landrover dealers couldn't find the problem.
Eventually a little village garage diagnosed the problem told me to top it up with diesel.
Felt a bit of a pratt but no harm done.
Kept the landrover many years .
Interesting, but the headline is misleading. He wasn't fired for misfuelling, but for trying to cover it up by, in effect, lying. Or so they allege anyway. Obviously the ex-officer disagrees, but I guess they must have some compelling evidence.
I had a MK5 Hilux up to 7 years ago. The handbook actually stated that it could run on 20% petrol to diesel mix.
I did accidentally put about 15 litres of petrol in the Mk7 last year. Planked myself and filled up to the neck with diesel. Drove 25 miles as I had to. Then i siphoned off 20 litres and topped up with diesel. It ran faultlessly and fuel consumption rose from 440-450 a tank to 540 a tank for a few months.
I reckon the petrol did a great job on the catalytic converter. No, I haven’t been tempted to repeat my faux pas.
I did accidentally put about 15 litres of petrol in the Mk7 last year. Planked myself and filled up to the neck with diesel. Drove 25 miles as I had to. Then i siphoned off 20 litres and topped up with diesel. It ran faultlessly and fuel consumption rose from 440-450 a tank to 540 a tank for a few months.
I reckon the petrol did a great job on the catalytic converter. No, I haven’t been tempted to repeat my faux pas.
Any more detail on this?? - tanks are all very clearly marked so not sure how this can happen?
Back in the late ‘80s a friend of mine bought a new Land Rover 110 diesel (non turbo) & in the winter routinely ran the tank down to the red light before putting in a gallon of petrol & then filling up with diesel. This he said prevented the diesel from waxing in the fuel lines between the tank & the engine. I only had petrol engined vehicles back then, including a 110 V8, so assumed he knew what he was doing, albeit not sure the winter temps actually warranted such precautions as not exactly arctic conditions!
I seem to remember 5th Gear doing a miss fuel test once. It was a lot better (if harder owing to pump size) to put diesel in a petrol car. Diesel has a lubricating effect, and when petrol is put into the diesel system the lack of lubrication wrote it off. Obviously if it's caught and diluted then it may be a different story.
It was in the press. I think it occurred in the Taunton area a few months ago.
In the old days pre winter diesel it was common to put a gallon of petrol in before a tank fill to prevent waxing up in cold freezing weather.
I knew a guy who ran an old citron on kerosene and to a 50 gallon drum he added a small amount of light oil and some petrol. It did over 200k miles!
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In the old days pre winter diesel it was common to put a gallon of petrol in before a tank fill to prevent waxing up in cold freezing weather.
I knew a guy who ran an old citron on kerosene and to a 50 gallon drum he added a small amount of light oil and some petrol. It did over 200k miles!
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rafael fach
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Years ago I drove mk 2 Cortina had 4 brothers who all drove cars
I was about to walk out the front door and I kicked a green plastic petrol can which was full
Now because it was un attended it was fair game picked it up walked around the corner emptied it straight into the tank chucked the can I n t he boot and off we go got half a mile down the road and she started splattering and ground to a halt only to find the can was filled with water even after drying and flushing the car would miss fire every now and then for weeks
I was about to walk out the front door and I kicked a green plastic petrol can which was full
Now because it was un attended it was fair game picked it up walked around the corner emptied it straight into the tank chucked the can I n t he boot and off we go got half a mile down the road and she started splattering and ground to a halt only to find the can was filled with water even after drying and flushing the car would miss fire every now and then for weeks
Stalker62
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Yeah. About that...
I had a 'friend' who did that.
He actually did both variants. Petrol into a Diesel and Diesel into a Petrol.
One car died and the other survived.
Years later, the same 'friend', managed to fill his Diesel Landrover with Petrol. It made about ten miles before being stretched off to the Car Doctors.
They managed to save the old girl, but it was 'touch and go' and not cheap.
Yeah. My stupid 'friend'...
