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Car Forum / Peugeot Cars / November 2006petrol in my diesel tank
hi, i have just done the most stupid thing and put £10 of petrol in my diesel 406 on the n plate, i didnt realise this untill 15 miles later when my car came to a halt, it pulled back a few times before this happened, i tried starting the car many times, it did start once but soon stoped again, what can i do to rectify this act of maddness and what sort damage have i done? can this car be repaired at a resonable cost? Thanks Diviy Dave >hi, i have just done the most stupid thing and put £10 of petrol in my diesel >406 on the n plate, i didnt realise this untill 15 miles later when my car >came to a halt, it pulled back a few times before this happened, i tried >starting the car many times, it did start once but soon stoped again, what >can i do to rectify this act of maddness and what sort damage have i done? >can this car be repaired at a resonable cost? drain the fuel tank, replace the fuel filter fill up with diesel, should run fine again damage that could have been done is that the fuel pump was not lubricated for a while but bosch pump are quite rugged and can stand a fair amount of abuse oh and yes you are plain stupid, as s my mom and half of my friends....( the other half drives petrol) Mark Don't worry I have done it with my R plate 406 1.9TDI. In this case I only put in £1 worth The solution used here was to fill the tank up completely with diesel and I had no problems but then the tank was only a quarter full to start with. This was 6 years ago. You will probably need to change the fuel filter but first it would be worth draining the fuel filter using the hand primer and water drain point. I have drained a jerry can of fuel this way in the past but it takes time. Mike > >hi, i have just done the most stupid thing and put £10 of petrol in my diesel > >406 on the n plate, i didnt realise this untill 15 miles later when my car [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > oh and yes you are plain stupid, as s my mom and half of my > friends....( the other half drives petrol) > hi, i have just done the most stupid thing and put £10 of petrol in my diesel > 406 on the n plate, i didnt realise this untill 15 miles later when my car [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks > Diviy Dave So many people have done this, so don't worry. How much was in the tank before this incident? If it was quite low, then you will only have put in max 1/4 of a tank. You need to fill it up with diesel ASAP, but you could add a couple of bottles of veggie oil to increase the lubricating quality of the fuel. Then as suggested, drain the filter and pump up new fuel until you lose the neat petrol. Then bleed as usual and it should restart OK and all will be fine. I doubt you will ever do it again :) |
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