Put Petrol In My Diesel Tank

[anchorman]

As far as warranty goes, yer up the proverbial unless ye carry a shotgun and negotiate. Ye'll hae mair chance o getting a £100 off Directline Insurance!

I'd have thocht that you have a good chance of

1. getting ripped off by the dealer

2. by emptying some oot and replacing wi good quality diesel (nane o yer red stuff) then things could get back tae normal.

yer an obvious petrol head so like me jist keep tae petrol enguns!!!

Course, you cuid try freaking the dealer oot by saying ye'd added 20 litres o propane as weel. An a wee bit o nitrous??

Dae yersel a favour an get a RAV4 3 door and fit the 3SGTE init - init?

Good luck. Least ye have the final satisfaction o pittin a brick thru the mans windie if they rip ye aff!!!! Cost em mair than yer engun repair!

Bothy you've turned scottish again!

What is it - a moon thing??!!!

The dealers got it now but I must admit if it had been me and it had got that far I might have chanced my arm at topping it up with diesel and seeing how it went! The trouble is if he buys a 3 door petrol I think it will run rough with diesel in it. Just a hunch, could be wrong.

[bothwell_buyer]

Weel ye see, ah foond that ma RAV ony likes tae drink the best. Its no gettin ma Grouse so it gets fed Shell Optimax - nuthin else. Ah widnae tak it tae a supermarket cheap oil ootlet cos the petrol is crap. Ah drive intae a garage an if theres nae Optimax then theres nae sale. Nuthin but the best fur ma wee friend. Jist that sum o ye have goat destracted by ither things likes we'ens an family an wives an forgotten the real love o yer life - if it isnae then ye dinnae deserve wan!

Dya see Top Gear wi Sir Terry Wogan - a wee whily ago. He disnae swerve tae avoid rabbits, foxes, or children fur fear o reckin his motor. Noo theres a man wi principles!!!

An afore ah git humphy messages, ah've gote fower o ma ain we'ens, but they've been pamped oot fur spending tae much o ma money.

So ma Redbandit pal - best tae stick tae yer red diesel frae yer name. Dinna worry aboot gettin caught. Jist say yer a cooncillor wi the local burugh.

[redbandit]

Well he's been making wooden bits for that 1935 Armstrong Siddely again but he's here now.

Now I'll tell you what to do because I've come accross several instances of this.

You are lucky because your engine still has mechanical injectors and they are tough as old boots. You have to drain as much as you can out of the tank which might neto be as easy as it sounds because there is no drain bung so it is out with the plastic pipe and you'll be spitting it out for the rest of the day.

Then add some diesel to the tank and bleed it through by pressing that plunger on top of the fuel filter until you can feel the resistance build up.

Normally you need to do no more but in this case because you might have a hich concentraion of petrol in the system you need to squeeze the clip and remove the pipe from the outward side of the filter (indicated by an arrow) to the high pressure pump and remove that pipe.

Just find a bit of pipe that will fit on and purge about a litre through. If you haven't had it running there will be none ahead of the filter so you can reconnect the pipe, pump the plunger until you feel resistance again and then start it up. It will run rough at first but that is because it is purging any remaining air through. There may be traces left in the system but don't worry, as others have said it will not cause any harm and petrol was indeed added to diesel at one time as an anti-freeze agent.

Now, having said all that there has also been some very good advice and that is that until you have checked (and now you have) never start the engine and on later vehicles with electronic injectors it can have more serious implications. It is better that you have put petrol in a diesel than for instance putting diesel in a petrol.

Oh - and welcome to the club.

Hi Anchorman

I have joined the club by adding 15 lts of unleaded into my 03 D4D Avensis which already had about 10 lts of diesel. The car unfortunatly was run for about 30 mls and is now becoming to kangaroo slightly. I have had the car recovered and left with my local T garage. What am I looking at damage wise pocket and car. Should I let them carry out repairs. I am still under warranty but feel that this will not cover me. Or does it?

look forward to your valued advise.

Well hard luck bust rest assured as you can see your're not the first and I'm quite confident you won't be the last.

As long as the dealer doesn't make a meal of it then I'm quite sure you should be OK. If they drain it, put diesel in and then purge it through it will probably be alright. You can get a feel for how bad it is when it is only kangarooing with more than 50% petrol in it! Tell them not to do any more than that without your express permission and you try it. If they start chucking injectors in and so on at getting on for £200 each then it will just get silly. For 30 miles and it was still running I think you have got away with it.

I am 99.9% confident that it won't be covered under warranty as there is no fault with the vehicle - unless you have a first class relationship with your dealer and they make some sort of gesture. Other than that expect to pay for the diesel and maybe a couple of hours labour. A guess - £100 to £200.

Keep us informed for future reference please.

Regards

Thanks for the usual prompt and informative reply. My T garage ramped it as soon as it was offloaded from the recovery vehicle. I went in from work just before closing and was informed that they had already drained the tank and would probably be changing the fuel filter. Quoted about £250 all in and will deliver the car back to my works in the morning. Cant go wrong with that I hope. I wish the industry would develop a fail safe device for re-occurences. Never had the problem with the Renault Megane....impossible to get fuels mixed up due to the fuel cap system.

Any how as the car has not been delivered yet and the final invoice has'nt been submitted I will of course keep you informed of the final outcome.

Thanks again.

[bothwell_buyer]

I'll gie ye £1.50 fur the 15 litres of unleaded..... :D

[anchorman]

I'll gie ye £1.50 fur the 15 litres of unleaded..... :D

The 10 litres of diesel now stinks of petrol, nice rich diesel contaminated with weasel pee, what a shame.

Off to drive on time trains now.

[bothwell_buyer]

I'll gie ye £1.50 fur the 15 litres of unleaded..... :D

The 10 litres of diesel now stinks of petrol, nice rich diesel contaminated with weasel pee, what a shame.

Off to drive on time trains now.

Dae ma generators but!

[redbandit]

Well he's been making wooden bits for that 1935 Armstrong Siddely again but he's here now.

Now I'll tell you what to do because I've come accross several instances of this.

You are lucky because your engine still has mechanical injectors and they are tough as old boots. You have to drain as much as you can out of the tank which might neto be as easy as it sounds because there is no drain bung so it is out with the plastic pipe and you'll be spitting it out for the rest of the day.

Then add some diesel to the tank and bleed it through by pressing that plunger on top of the fuel filter until you can feel the resistance build up.

Normally you need to do no more but in this case because you might have a hich concentraion of petrol in the system you need to squeeze the clip and remove the pipe from the outward side of the filter (indicated by an arrow) to the high pressure pump and remove that pipe.

Just find a bit of pipe that will fit on and purge about a litre through. If you haven't had it running there will be none ahead of the filter so you can reconnect the pipe, pump the plunger until you feel resistance again and then start it up. It will run rough at first but that is because it is purging any remaining air through. There may be traces left in the system but don't worry, as others have said it will not cause any harm and petrol was indeed added to diesel at one time as an anti-freeze agent.

Now, having said all that there has also been some very good advice and that is that until you have checked (and now you have) never start the engine and on later vehicles with electronic injectors it can have more serious implications. It is better that you have put petrol in a diesel than for instance putting diesel in a petrol.

Oh - and welcome to the club.

Hi Anchorman

I have joined the club by adding 15 lts of unleaded into my 03 D4D Avensis which already had about 10 lts of diesel. The car unfortunatly was run for about 30 mls and is now becoming to kangaroo slightly. I have had the car recovered and left with my local T garage. What am I looking at damage wise pocket and car. Should I let them carry out repairs. I am still under warranty but feel that this will not cover me. Or does it?

look forward to your valued advise.

Well hard luck bust rest assured as you can see your're not the first and I'm quite confident you won't be the last.

As long as the dealer doesn't make a meal of it then I'm quite sure you should be OK. If they drain it, put diesel in and then purge it through it will probably be alright. You can get a feel for how bad it is when it is only kangarooing with more than 50% petrol in it! Tell them not to do any more than that without your express permission and you try it. If they start chucking injectors in and so on at getting on for £200 each then it will just get silly. For 30 miles and it was still running I think you have got away with it.

I am 99.9% confident that it won't be covered under warranty as there is no fault with the vehicle - unless you have a first class relationship with your dealer and they make some sort of gesture. Other than that expect to pay for the diesel and maybe a couple of hours labour. A guess - £100 to £200.

Keep us informed for future reference please.

Regards

Thanks for the usual prompt and informative reply. My T garage ramped it as soon as it was offloaded from the recovery vehicle. I went in from work just before closing and was informed that they had already drained the tank and would probably be changing the fuel filter. Quoted about £250 all in and will deliver the car back to my works in the morning. Cant go wrong with that I hope. I wish the industry would develop a fail safe device for re-occurences. Never had the problem with the Renault Megane....impossible to get fuels mixed up due to the fuel cap system.

Any how as the car has not been delivered yet and the final invoice has'nt been submitted I will of course keep you informed of the final outcome.

Thanks again.

Picked the car up this morning. All done including new fuel filter £215 inc vat. I will be checking nozzels closely from now on.

What an expensive £15 quid that was.

Thanks again for advise and I will try to keep it in the right forum gents.

[jaylee]

Just filled my 2002 rav4 with petrol drove a mile and it stopped it’s a diesel,Couldn’t believe my stupidity anyway 😥Hardest part of the job was getting the fuel out , And cutting the hose or  hole 🕳 in tank I was on the roadside so opted to put a small drain hole in 1 corner with a hammer and nail Slowly drained all 50 litres into a blow up mattress  jacked car up to get every bit out . Put a self tapper and some a washer.Blocked the hole , Removed the air filter cover no tools needed pulled hose off the priming pump and then pump it by hand (black push knob on top till it runs dry)  .I then poured diesel in cranked the car started first go .Was quoted 180 ex fuel .

[Derek.w]

If I was you I put some glue over your screw head and tank area,  just to act as another seal but dont just use any glue pick one for Petrol LPG ect.

You dont want it dripping at a later date.