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This morning I did something really stupid....

  • 23-01-2012 12:04pm
    #1
    fro9etb8j5qsl2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,391 ✭✭✭


    I put 1 litre of petrol into my 2ltr diesel avensis.... I know, I know, stupid me :rolleyes: Anyways, I put a half a tank of diesel in on top of it and drove it the 10 miles home at 3000 rpm hoping it'd burn through without damaging the seals. Will my car go to heaven? I turned the engine off and it started again no problem.


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  • #2
    lost marbles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭lost marbles


    you,ll be alright . if it was only a litre of petrol .


  • #3
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Should be okay


  • #4
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,260 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Emiliano Repulsive Hair wrote: »
    I put 1 litre of petrol into my 2ltr diesel avensis.... I know, I know, stupid me :rolleyes: Anyways, I put a half a tank of diesel in on top of it and drove it the 10 miles home at 3000 rpm hoping it'd burn through without damaging the seals. Will my car go to heaven? I turned the engine off and it started again no problem.

    Why only a half a tank? Surely it was worth putting the extra few quid into minimize the effect?


  • #5
    monkeybutter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,141 ✭✭✭monkeybutter


    godtabh wrote: »
    Why only a half a tank? Surely it was worth putting the extra few quid into minimize the effect?


    that post sums up the boards perfectly, they say there aint no such thing as a stupid question, but they would be wrong.


  • #6
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    monkeybutter wrote: »
    that post sums up the boards perfectly, they say there aint no such thing as a stupid question, but they would be wrong.

    What's wrong with what they said? Avensis tank 55 litres I think. With 1L of petrol in a half full tank, it's at 1:22.5

    If they filled it, it would be 1:55.


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  • #7
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    No damage will be done. It's so diluted at this stage as to not make a blind bit of difference


  • #8
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    monkeybutter wrote: »
    that post sums up the boards perfectly, they say there aint no such thing as a stupid question, but they would be wrong.
    Who's they?


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    monkeybutter wrote: »
    that post sums up the boards perfectly, they say there aint no such thing as a stupid question, but they would be wrong.

    ...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74556683


  • #10
    analfabets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 248 ✭✭analfabets


    BX 19 wrote: »
    No damage will be done. It's so diluted at this stage as to not make a blind bit of difference

    +1 on this. Forget about it.
    And it's not that stupid of a mistake really. Easelly done when you have hundreds of different things on your mind. Even worst if one of your cars is diesel and other one petrol. Little bit silly, maybe but not stupid.


  • #11
    sean1141
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭sean1141


    godtabh wrote: »
    Why only a half a tank? Surely it was worth putting the extra few quid into minimize the effect?

    maybe the op just didnt have the cash on them to brim it??


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  • #12
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    sean1141 wrote: »
    maybe the op just didnt have the cash on them to brim it??

    He'd be complaining that he didn't get left off for the 2 cents he went over on the pump :D


  • #13
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    maybe the op just didnt have the cash on them to brim it??

    Who said he or she didn't brim it!!


  • #14
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    ardmacha wrote: »
    Who said he or she didn't brim it!!

    The OP said it, in the first sentence. :pac:


  • #15
    cruizer101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,205 ✭✭✭cruizer101


    166man wrote: »
    The OP said it, in the first sentence. :pac:

    Nope they said they put half a tank in on top of it, that doesn't mean there wasn't half a tank already there, if I've learned one thing from boards its not to assume anything until its explicitly stated.

    And if I really wanted to be pedantic it was in the second sentence they said that:p


  • #16
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    cruizer101 wrote: »
    Nope they said they put half a tank in on top of it, that doesn't mean there wasn't half a tank already there, if I've learned one thing from boards its not to assume anything until its explicitly stated.

    And if I really wanted to be pedantic it was in the second sentence they said that:p

    Yep that's a fair point but that means you might assume that the tank was half full with diesel, then the OP put 1 litre of petrol in it before switching back to diesel to fill it.. Unlikely I think.. I dunno though probably wrong to assume anything on this motors forum!:pac:


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