Petrol in a diesel

Gryzor

08 icdti accord, 9ltrs of petrol before I finally woke up!! Topped off with 45ltrs of diesel, am I gonna do damage??

dzer2

No its fine might run so well for a while.

YbFocus

It should be ok, its a strong mix but it'll be ok at that ratio I think.
You just done your annual injector clean

pippip

Keep topping back up with diesel every chance you get.

aujopimur

Personally, if I put petrol in a modern diesel, I would'nt even switch on the ignition.

flyguy

Sorry don't know the engine but if its a common rail diesel (I think it is) it can do damage to the engine, better said the high pressure injector part of the engine...
Policy with wrong fuel in a modern diesel is not to even start it and get the complete system drained... Insurance/AA can help out...
www.aaireland.ie/AA/AA-Membership/Fuel-assist.aspx

godtabh

flyguy wrote: »

Sorry don't know the engine but if its a common rail diesel (I think it is) it can do damage to the engine, it better said the high pressure injector part of the engine...
Policy with wrong fuel in a modern diesel is not to even start it and get the complete system drained... Insurance/AA can help out...

I wouldnt have thought insurance would help on this unless you talking about break down assist

flyguy

Yes sorry, that's why I mentioned AA as well (put in link now). I said; can help out (I didn't say for free;-)

beachhead

Dodgy.Get it flushed out to be sure.The AA could work out the cheapest and quickest/competent.

HeidiHeidi

I was a passenger in a diesel car that was filled - from nearly empty AFAIK, or not far off anyway - with petrol, and we drove to Cork in it from the Dublin end of the Naas Road :eek:

It was taken away and drained (I presume, I was never given the details, the culprit was totally and utterly mortified and never spoke of it again!) and was absolutely fine to drive back to Dublin again that evening.

It was an 04 from memory.

MugMugs

A lot here would suggest draining her and they're probably right but I'd just keep her brimmed tbh...

Ronnie Beck

Anything over 5 % petrol I would drain it.

Pat Mustard

The advice from the AA is drain it.

If you've added less than 10% petrol (5 litres in a 50 litre tank) – Top up with diesel and run normally unless the manufacturer has advised otherwise.

If you've added more than 10% (5 litres in a 50 litre tank) petrol - Drain the tank and refill with diesel.

It's not worth taking a chance.

goz83

Thats way too much to be safe

Gryzor

Getting it drained as we speak, wasn't happy with it, got rough enough after a few miles...

Gryzor

Cheers for all the replies, car definately got rough after a couple of miles. Also she was taking 8 or 9 turns to start, usually she starts after a couple....

Yerman charged €60 to do the job, took me in at 9pm, took about an hour, so can't argue with that. After the draining, within a mile or so, the roughness was definitely gone, and it starts straight away again....

Feckin expensive night for a 30 second blond moment :rolleyes:

monkeysnapper

Gryzor wrote: »

Cheers for all the replies, car definately got rough after a couple of miles. Also she was taking 8 or 9 turns to start, usually she starts after a couple....

Yerman charged €60 to do the job, took me in at 9pm, took about an hour, so can't argue with that. After the draining, within a mile or so, the roughness was definitely gone, and it starts straight away again....

Feckin expensive night for a 30 second blond moment :rolleyes:

I feel for you my friend, hasn't happened to me but I just know it will at some point.