£20 of petrol in a diesel ZT - Page 2

Mickyboy · 30th October 2019, 18:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by M17TT

Hi, it was me that did it. Fuel tank was empty and put £20 in at around £1.25 per litre. Drove about half a mile before I realised and switched off and got recovered home.

At least you did the most important thing as soon as you realised and switched off and got recovered I suspect in that case you may be okay, I would certainly suggest you drain the tank pop the back seats up open both sides and use a siphon pump, you can get some from pets at home that also have a filter on the end to make it easier, then refill with a couple of jerry cans of diesel
Mick

marinabrian · 30th October 2019, 18:59

Exactly the scenario of the previous owner of Mrs MB's Classicasseur..........I bought a super low mileage diesel for peanuts, then rebuilt the leaking HP pump

Pump it out, then fill with diesel and you might get away with it

Brian

Rick-sta · 30th October 2019, 19:05

Thanks all have passed the replies on. He's been recovered back home and think he's going to get someone to come out and drain all the petrol out

trikey · 30th October 2019, 19:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mickyboy

use a siphon pump

Or a spare underbonnet pump

Mike Noc · 30th October 2019, 20:03

Or unplug the fuel outlet pipe from the UBP where it enters the fuel filter and put that in a container.

SCP440 · 31st October 2019, 06:54

Not that many years ago VW used to tell there customers who lived in very cold parts of the world to put up to 33% of petrol in there diesel to stop it waxing and freezing in the tank.

I know modern diesel is less likely to do this and modern diesel engines are less tolerant to the wrong fuel but I suspect if he could drain 50% of what he has put in there and top it up with diesel he should get away with it.

There are companies out there that will do it for you but they usually charge about £100 and keep the fuel.

A mate of mine filled his Range Rover with petrol instead of diesel and it was not until it conked out several miles down the road did he realise what he had done, he rung one of these companies who drained out the petrol, put in £10 of diesel and bled the system. His car is still OK and that was over 12 months ago.

RoverP480 · 31st October 2019, 07:47

I would change the in tank fuel pump as well. This has now run on near neat petrol and is likely to be compromised with metal debris being flushed through the whole system . Some can get though the filter. I believe a used discovery 3 I purchased had been run with petrol. All the fuel lines, the in tank pump , the HP pump and injectors were damaged had debris in them . The gauze pick up on the LP pump was full of metal that had gone round the whole loop.

Briodyjl01 · 31st October 2019, 12:16

recently ive done this...... I put 16.45liters of unleaded into my cdt. I have brimmed it and keep topping it up ive driven from leeds to Birmingham and back and then a 25 mile round trip to work for over a week and it seems to be running like it was before.

Mr bountyfull · 31st October 2019, 12:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Or unplug the fuel outlet pipe from the UBP where it enters the fuel filter and put that in a container.

What I said.

Jim Jamieson · 31st October 2019, 18:18

Both the missus (first) then myself accidentally filled our diesel 75 to the brim with petrol.

It’s an easy job to rectify, simply disconnect the pipe prior to the filter and drain the tank into containers. On my second incident after draining the first couple of petrol diesel mixes I put the rest of the pure petrol straight into the tank of my Vitesse sitting alongside.
I used a power steering pipe which I still have which mated straight onto the supply pipe at the filter which allowed me to extend the outlet to the containers.
Note. Supply of fuel cuts off after around 30 seconds which is a safety issue. Simply switch off ignition and switch back on.
On the second mis fill it was at an ex MG Rover garage and the mechanics were suitably impressed with my “mishap and recovery”
BTW the couple of petrol diesel mixes weren’t wasted as I ran them through my Vitesse diluted down with full tankfuls of petrol.

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30th October 2019, 18:59	#12
marinabrian MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 20,151 Thanks: 3,565 Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts	Exactly the scenario of the previous owner of Mrs MB's Classicasseur..........I bought a super low mileage diesel for peanuts, then rebuilt the leaking HP pump Pump it out, then fill with diesel and you might get away with it Brian

30th October 2019, 20:03	#15
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,544 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	Or unplug the fuel outlet pipe from the UBP where it enters the fuel filter and put that in a container.

31st October 2019, 06:54	#16
SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,504 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	Not that many years ago VW used to tell there customers who lived in very cold parts of the world to put up to 33% of petrol in there diesel to stop it waxing and freezing in the tank. I know modern diesel is less likely to do this and modern diesel engines are less tolerant to the wrong fuel but I suspect if he could drain 50% of what he has put in there and top it up with diesel he should get away with it. There are companies out there that will do it for you but they usually charge about £100 and keep the fuel. A mate of mine filled his Range Rover with petrol instead of diesel and it was not until it conked out several miles down the road did he realise what he had done, he rung one of these companies who drained out the petrol, put in £10 of diesel and bled the system. His car is still OK and that was over 12 months ago.

31st October 2019, 07:47	#17
RoverP480 Gets stuck in None at the moment Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Hereford Posts: 501 Thanks: 1 Thanked 165 Times in 146 Posts	I would change the in tank fuel pump as well. This has now run on near neat petrol and is likely to be compromised with metal debris being flushed through the whole system . Some can get though the filter. I believe a used discovery 3 I purchased had been run with petrol. All the fuel lines, the in tank pump , the HP pump and injectors were damaged had debris in them . The gauze pick up on the LP pump was full of metal that had gone round the whole loop.

31st October 2019, 18:18	#20
Jim Jamieson This is my second home Rover less ! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tarbolton Posts: 3,442 Thanks: 393 Thanked 888 Times in 542 Posts	Both the missus (first) then myself accidentally filled our diesel 75 to the brim with petrol. It’s an easy job to rectify, simply disconnect the pipe prior to the filter and drain the tank into containers. On my second incident after draining the first couple of petrol diesel mixes I put the rest of the pure petrol straight into the tank of my Vitesse sitting alongside. I used a power steering pipe which I still have which mated straight onto the supply pipe at the filter which allowed me to extend the outlet to the containers. Note. Supply of fuel cuts off after around 30 seconds which is a safety issue. Simply switch off ignition and switch back on. On the second mis fill it was at an ex MG Rover garage and the mechanics were suitably impressed with my “mishap and recovery” BTW the couple of petrol diesel mixes weren’t wasted as I ran them through my Vitesse diluted down with full tankfuls of petrol.