Petrol in a deisel van

[thomas123]

I've just put 30 quids worth of petrol in my deisel van. The tank was almost empty. Can I just fill the rest of the tank with deisel?

Tom

[bob57]

definitely no
you would be wasting time and money you'll need to flush tje fuel line and tank out before you can use it

[Lord Unstone]

no, drain the tank first.

[cossieboy]

get a hose and drain the petrol out

[thomas123]

Thankyou!

[NORMANTHEDOG]

get as much of the petrol out,then fill it up with diesel and you will be fine.but dont drive it on the petrol

[VICTIMS]

you can drive with a mix of petrol / derv and it will be ok. not to much petrol though.
it use to be, diesel would freeze in the winter. to get around this you could say put 5 galls of derv in, then top up with 1 gall of petrol.
I've done that many times in taxi ( black cab ).
Did the same as you once. cab cut out a mile later. We saved the mixed fuel and each time we filled up after, added a can of it to the tank.