Petrol 08 Golf filled with diesel and driven

Donal94 · 02-01-2009 3:47pm #1

Anyone have any ideas regarding where to take a petrol 08 Golf filled with diesel and driven until it died! VW garage is quoting €600-€1000. Seems a bit pricey. I think the cat has to be done

L1011 · 02-01-2009 3:52pm

You're looking at a new fuel filter and possibly a new cat depending how much damage has been done to it. May be other work required - injectors possibly?

How on earth did it get filled with diesel though? Diesel fillers are too high bore to fit in petrol filler mouths these days...

Donal94 · 02-01-2009 4:03pm

Not sure to be honest sister in law did it. Do you reckon an independant garage is the best way to go?

crosstownk · 02-01-2009 4:04pm

MYOB wrote: »

How on earth did it get filled with diesel though? Diesel fillers are too high bore to fit in petrol filler mouths these days...

Yeah, was wondering that myself for exactly the same reason. It's been a long time since I've come across diesel in petrol car - the reverse is relatively common though.

Donal94 · 02-01-2009 4:07pm

I must ask her where she got it

L1011 · 02-01-2009 4:12pm

I'd have to wonder if there was an almighty cockup in the filling station...

Donal94 · 02-01-2009 4:22pm

Apparently it was Apple Green in Celbridge and she checked it deffinately came from a diesel pump

V22 · 02-01-2009 4:25pm

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=83464&cat=500

thetyreman · 02-01-2009 4:32pm

Let us know how this hapened,the nozell shouldnt fit in to the petrol filler,

Was it maybe Kerosine/parafin she put in it.

Its amazeing what the superior species (women)can do when the set there mind to it....

Donal94 · 02-01-2009 4:39pm

i'll be sure to let you know, seems like a bit of an odd one alright

TGi666 · 02-01-2009 4:45pm

what engine is the golf ? if its a gt your screwed

samsemtex · 02-01-2009 4:55pm

MYOB wrote: »

You're looking at a new fuel filter and possibly a new cat depending how much damage has been done to it. May be other work required - injectors possibly?

How on earth did it get filled with diesel though? Diesel fillers are too high bore to fit in petrol filler mouths these days...

Does that not strike anyone else as a strange way of doing things? Considering a diesel car filled with petrol is far more damaging than the other way around, wouldnt you think they would make it so that a petrol nozzle cannot fit in a diesel car rather than the other way around. Makes no sense.

L1011 · 02-01-2009 4:59pm

Old diesels barely missed a beat if you accidentally slopped a few litres of petrol in them. Of course, new ones are far more badly damaged by the affair...

Donal94 · 02-01-2009 4:59pm

Its the 1.6l

alexmcred · 02-01-2009 5:15pm

If it's 08 she may be better off going to the dealer as it still has a year or more warranty left on it. At least if it is fixed by them they shouldn't be able to come back and say warranty is void.

Tigger · 02-01-2009 5:15pm

V22 wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=83464&cat=500

:P

Petrol 08 Golf filled with diesel and driven

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