Wrong Fuel

Mountain_Surfer

Hi guys just wondering if anyone knows how much (ish) it is going to cost to drain a fuel tank and get the car working again?

Story goes, this morning put 30e diesel into an 06 automatic Forester instead of petrol. Then made the bigger mistake of starting it and trying to drive off. Tank was pretty much empty beforehand and only made it about 20 metres before it cut out.

Got a tow to a mechanic my family always use from my insurance company and the mechanic is a local lad who wont be a rip off merchant. Also gave him 20 litres of unleaded to use to wash out the system once it had been drained.

Any ideas of how much it might cost?

And yes, I do feel very stupid and annoyed (at myself) for this so advice only please

Anan1

Some years ago a friend put 20 litres+ of diesel in my Lancia Delta integrale, at 10pm on a Sunday night in Mullingar. Same thing, car cut out before leaving the forecourt. I called the AA, they sent out a guy with a flatbed who towed us to a shed in the middle of a field, sucked out the diesel, refilled with petrol, and away we went. Fingers crossed!:)

jmck87

Anan1 wrote: »

Some years ago a friend put 20 litres+ of diesel in my Lancia Delta integrale, at 10pm on a Sunday night in Mullingar. Same thing, car cut out before leaving the forecourt. I called the AA, they sent out a guy with a flatbed who towed us to a shed in the middle of a field, sucked out the diesel, refilled with petrol, and away we went. Fingers crossed!:)

:eek: into an Integrale?! I dont know if I could be friends with someone after that lol

You still have the car? Love em...

quarryman

Mountain_Surfer wrote: »

Hi guys just wondering if anyone knows how much (ish) it is going to cost to drain a fuel tank and get the car working again?

Story goes, this morning put 30e diesel into an 06 automatic Forester instead of petrol. Then made the bigger mistake of starting it and trying to drive off. Tank was pretty much empty beforehand and only made it about 20 metres before it cut out.

Got a tow to a mechanic my family always use from my insurance company and the mechanic is a local lad who wont be a rip off merchant. Also gave him 20 litres of unleaded to use to wash out the system once it had been drained.

Any ideas of how much it might cost?

And yes, I do feel very stupid and annoyed (at myself) for this so advice only please

Out of curiosity how did you manage to get the diesel nozzle to fit into the petrol tank mouth? I had always thought the diesel nozzle was too big to fit into a petrol tank.

Gurgle

OP, its no biggie.
Worst case is an hour's work washing petrol through. More likely draining the tank & turning the key will get it running in a few minutes.

Mountain_Surfer

quarryman wrote: »

Out of curiosity how did you manage to get the diesel nozzle to fit into the petrol tank mouth? I had always thought the diesel nozzle was too big to fit into a petrol tank.

I did seem too big alright, it puzzled me but I was in a hurry so didnt think too much of it.

An interesting side note - Once it cut out, went back to garage and bought 20e credit, entered the voucher number and didnt wait for the confirmation, threw the credit in the bin not thinking straight and subsequently lost the money/credit. So p*issed at myself, not a good start to the morning

O.A.P

Mountain_Surfer wrote: »

I did seem too big alright, it puzzled me but I was in a hurry so didnt think too much of it.

An interesting side note - Once it cut out, went back to garage and bought 20e credit, entered the voucher number and didnt wait for the confirmation, threw the credit in the bin not thinking straight and subsequently lost the money/credit. So p*issed at myself, not a good start to the morning

Go back to bed and stay there for the rest of today before something else gose wrong. Its not a big job to clean out the fuel system, about an hours labour. Petrol into a diesel engine could be much more expensive to repair.