Stupido

What a clot!

Have just filled diesel car to the brim with unleaded

Waiting for AA to get back to us (just as soon as they have stopped laughing) to find out the damage!

I have a feeling that this is going to hurt

 

[Scott-Copywriter]

Did you start the car? Or did you realise what you had done before you tried to turn it on?

 

No, I drove home (wondering why the car was playing up - approx 1.5 miles)

 

[Scott-Copywriter]

No, I drove home (wondering why the car was playing up - approx 1.5 miles)

Oh dear. As far as I'm aware Diesel acts like a lubricant (oily) but unleaded is just watery petrol. Could have done some real damage.

Here's some threads about it I found:

http://www.visordown.com/forum/forummessages/mps/dt/4/UTN/156910/
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070103062302AALLgIx
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=72&t=274684
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071214081339AAEacPb

 

[An Oasis]

The little woman filled our Rav4 (diesel) up with unleaded and drove for 170 miles before coming to a halt. Tank and all the gubbins were flushed and................it was OK! Needless to say Toyota were very impressed, so was I.

 

[Gillie]

Must admit I dread this happening - I am always away with the fairies thinking about other stuff when I fill the car up!

 

[heidi]

If its any consolation, my hubbie did the same thing, although not up to the brim. He was just told to fill it with diesel to dilute the unleaded and it was fine apart from a bit smokey. Mind, it is an old landrover so was probably smoking anyway!

Hope it doesn't cost you too much.

 

Hi everyone and thanks for your advice and support.

The AA have been and done their thing! Drain, flush through, additive and £10 worth of diesel to get me on the road again. It came to just over £200 but could have been a lot worse.

They had 8 jobs yesterday like this and another 9 today so I can't help thinking that there is a business opportunity in there somewhere

They even take their tank of contaminated fuel (diesel/unleaded all mixed into one) off to a company that buys it from them because they can split it out again and sell it back to the pumps again!

 

[Smudge]

You can get away with some petrol in the diesel. In cold weather a drop of petrol in you diesel will help with starting. It takes the viscosity out of the diesel. Its the norm in some cold climates.

 

[Cornish Steve]

The AA have been and done their thing! Drain, flush through, additive and £10 worth of diesel to get me on the road again. It came to just over £200 but could have been a lot worse.

This may be a stupido question, but why did this cost you over £200? If the AA put in £10 worth of diesel, why didn't the incident cost you £10? Does the AA only cover the call-out charge these days?

 

This may be a stupido question, but why did this cost you over £200? If the AA put in £10 worth of diesel, why didn't the incident cost you £10? Does the AA only cover the call-out charge these days?

Puzzled me also ,may have been an AA contractor.?

Its the diesel pump that needs diesel to lubricate it.

Earl

 

No, it was the AA Fuel Team (I think?)

I think that the £200 covers the call out, draining the tank and disposing of the fuel, flushing the system through, adding some sort of additive to the mix and then putting £10 of diesel in.

We have the top level of cover with them but I still thought this was fairly cheap. I think that our local garage would have charged more. I did think about attempting the whole thing myself but had no way of storing and transporting 43 litres of fuel

 

[Geoff T]

43 litres of fuel

I thought you filled up?

Either you've got a diesel Micra, or your fuel consumption really SUCKS!!