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Petrol in Diesel Vauxhall Vectra

I stupidly filled up my company Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 CDTi 56 plate with petrol.

The car was well into the red so i filled it up to the top with V power petrol thinking it was Diesel. The tank is 9 / 10 filled with petrol. I then drove it for about 2 miles when i noticed it wasn't running right, i pulled over and then it hit me what i had done.

Am i able to totally drain the tank and fill it up with Diesel ? or is this going to cost me ?


stanmech  Sun 06/07/08 10:38
MAD BUTCHER
Sun 06/07/08
17:32
YES - It`s going to cost you!
orly
Sun 06/07/08
17:34
How many arms and legs have you got ? Deduct half
mushroom25
Sun 06/07/08
17:42
the high pressure fuel pump gets its lubrication from the diesel fuel itself, without that effect the case hardened components become soft and disintegrate into swarf.

at best, properly flushing the entire fuel system could cost you £5k. at worst you'll need to replace the fuel pump, and possibly other components if any swarf has contaminated them - in which case prepare to spend £12k.

generally, mis-fuelling isn't covered by insurance.
heretohelp
Sun 06/07/08
19:38
you may be able to get away with getting all the fuel out of the tank & then replace the fuel filter then hope for the best,if you didn't drive it too far you may be ok but as 1 of the other replie's say it may have caused further dmg.
stanmech
Tue 08/07/08
06:44

Question Author

Had it drained and filled up with Diesel, runs fine, no problems £130

Bit cheaper than the 5k to 12k quotes, lol

Cheers anyway !
tali1
Wed 09/07/08
18:50
I accidentally filled my petrol empty Mondeo with 1 gallon of Diesel- so filled with 3 gallons of petrol - no probs at all car is fine
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