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[Gedi]

My mother has just done it.....

 

This is the bad way round, right?

What's the best course of action?

[mbes2]

http://www.theaa.com...uel-advice.html

 

[turboluca]

A fuel doctor ASAP Not that bad as long as hasn't been run for awhile .

[Gedi]

She ran it until it the engine died  

[simonlpearce]

Did this in my 306 1.9dt, ran it about 10miles.

 

Fuel drained and systems flushed and it ran fine without any lasting problems.

[fezzasus]

Yeah, that's not going to go well.

 

There's probably damage to the fuel pump, as well as piston/head damage from knock. I would get it bore scoped before spending a lot of money on it.

 

Does insurance cover something like this?

Edited by fezzasus, 23 October 2014 - 10:55 AM.

[fezzasus]

Did this in my 306 1.9dt, ran it about 10miles.

 

Fuel drained and systems flushed and it ran fine without any lasting problems.

 

To be fair, the 1.9 pug engine will run on anything.

[CocoPops]

Uh Oh. Running til it stopped, isn't good. Diesel acts a lube for the engine as well right? and Petrol cleans this all away, thus leading to scoring and the like? What car is/was it?

[simonlpearce]

 

Did this in my 306 1.9dt, ran it about 10miles.

 

Fuel drained and systems flushed and it ran fine without any lasting problems.

 

To be fair, the 1.9 pug engine will run on anything.

 

 

Very true, it was fairly bullet proof, just a shame about the rest of the car.

[Gedi]

Uh Oh. Running til it stopped, isn't good. Diesel acts a lube for the engine as well right? and Petrol cleans this all away, thus leading to scoring and the like? What car is/was it?

Yeah, this is what I heard too. A garage is curently draining the tank and the said it'd be fine, but I think they're wrong. It's a dodge, which might explain why the filler allowed the wrong nozzle in?

[simonlpearce]

Diesel nozzles are larger than petrol so you can get a petrol nozzle in a diesel but not the other way round.

[turboluca]

Gedi Two of my friends done same an had no further problems so u just got wait an see .

[fezzasus]

Uh Oh. Running til it stopped, isn't good. Diesel acts a lube for the engine as well right? and Petrol cleans this all away, thus leading to scoring and the like? What car is/was it?

 

The sulfur in the fuel lubricates the fuel pump, since the switch to low sulfur fuel it's now lubricity additives instead, as when the initial switch happened there were lots of fuel pump failures.

 

There won't be scoring inside the engine, as the oil lubrication won't be impacted.

[fezzasus]

Oh, and http://www.misfuelli...evention.co.uk/

[slindborg]

My dad managed to drive about 60 miles when filling the tank of his derv with superunleaded Added diesel and it was fine. Helped it was a company car so didnt care too much.

 

What I'd do, is if its "ok" after the drain and fill, is to SELL!!!!! you dont want that gamble of a car to be with you for much longer.

[Stevie Dubyah]

 

 

What I'd do, is if its "ok" after the drain and fill, is to SELL!!!!! you dont want that gamble of a car to be with you for much longer.

 

I'll keep an eye out for that little bargain in the For Sale section.

[Gedi]

I'm not sure I'd be dishonest enough to sell it on to someone, not without letting them know it might need a new fuel pump before they can get it home

[Harry Hornet]

I did it with our land cruiser Ran for about 20 miles Drained and filled up and no lasting problems Another 80k on the clock since

[Mangham54]

I always thought it was more problematic the other way round. Isn't redex pretty much just unleaded petrol and is added as a supplement.

[JG]

It kills the quite complicated fuel pump.

 

If its direct injection it will be even more likely to have done damage.