2006-09-28 21:45:17 · 25 answers · asked by joe1brow 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Just fixed works vehicle, manager put petrol in a diesel. now all that fuel had to come out so I am running my car on petrol with a bit of diesel in it, bit of smoke but no biggie.
So no your engine isn't wrecked just fill it and run it, It will oil the valve seats which is ok. it will be all right and rosey in a day or two.
2006-09-29 22:12:27 · answer #1 · answered by The Count 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Diesel In Petrol Car
2016-11-04 07:25:46 · answer #2 · answered by cully 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I have put diesel in a petrol car only 8 litres and run it for about 2 miles what can i do is it wrecked???
2015-08-11 01:02:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a catalytic convert or fitted it could knacker it. and they are expensive. Otherwise fill it up with petrol run it and fill up again to totally dilute it down. It'll smoke a lot but in the long run shouldn't wreck the engine. After all diesel is really a light grade oil, you probably know that diesel is ignited by compression in the cylinder, warmed first of all by a small heater, while petrol is ignited by the spark plug. Top gear did a recent test filling a diesel car and a petrol car with fuels of opposite sort, they didn't wreck the cars although one of them wouldn't start and the other ran badly, can't recall which was which, but I doubt they would do it and wreck the cars deliberately, although Nissan Sunnys have been thrown off cliffs.
2006-09-28 22:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
<>You are much better off than if you had put gasoline (petrol) in a diesel engine (that would have been bad!). You merely need to drain the tank (siphoning as much out as possible is OK) and FILL the tank with petrol. Start it up and run it...it will probably smoke for a bit, but that should stop after it runs 1/2 hour or so.
2006-09-28 21:55:58 · answer #5 · answered by druid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's highly unlikely that you will wreck your petrol engine by putting a little bit of diesel in.
The best thing you can do is to fill up with unleaded as soon as you can. This will dilute the fuel already in your tank. Do this everyday until the car is running normally again.
It will run like s hit for a while but should be ok with no lasting damage.
2006-09-28 21:58:45 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Cheese 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Syphon out all the fuel and add the proper fuel. If you had put petrol in a diesel car the car would be badly ruined, the other way round is not as bad by a long way but you must not risk driving it further before you replace the fuel. When the correct fuel is in to to a garage to get the car checked over just in case.
2006-09-28 21:55:55 · answer #7 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isnt wrecked but its going to take a lot of cleaning.
The procedure is as follows. Empty as much fuel as you can out of the tank and refill with petrol.
If the car will start run it at medium revs.If it wont emty the tank again and refill with petrol.
If you can get it running it will run like a pig and chuck loads of black smoke out.
If you have fuel injection you might need to have the system cleaned.
But basically it is a case of keep filling it with petrol and driving it untill it cleans its self , this could take several weeks.
Also it might have buggered your cat up, burt dont worry about that untill your mot.
It wont have done any permanent damage to your car. If its an old car all the better.
Also since you've allready run it, it cant get any worse so dont worry so long as its not making to much smoke keep using it and keep topping up with petrol to dilute it.
2006-09-28 21:56:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did this about 6 months ago had to have the tank syphoned but it does depend on the size of your petrol tank. if you have a large tank 8 litres might be fine and you might get away with it. I put in nine litres and was just over the amount where you could get away with it. If you had put in too much the car would probably have ground to a halt by now.
2006-09-28 21:50:30 · answer #9 · answered by amj1670 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diesel in a petrol car should'n;t do much damage, (if it was petrol in a diesel car, that could burn the tips of your injectors).
Fill the car up with petrol, and crank it over in 10 second bursts, (any more than 10 seconds and you could burn out your starter motor), better to get a booster battery or a donor car and jump leads.
If it doesn't start after a couple of minutes, try changing the spark plugs.
2006-09-28 21:58:31 · answer #10 · answered by The Boxer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋