Needed to put diesel in the Pajero. Eril gives me the rewards card and after an appointment I stopped at the servo. A bit of a wait but no rush these days. Pulled into position flipped the filler open, grabbed the nozzle and away it went. Suddenly something sounded not right and I let go the handle. UNLEADED!!! I had put 7 liters into the approx. 80 liter tank!!!!
I figured if I filled the rest with diesel the % was not that high. I had known truckers who added a little petrol but that was many years ago. So 8 km later I am home absolutely peeved with myself. I checked with my mechanic as well as going online to find the repercussions on these common rail diesels. It appeared to me that less than 10% petrol and not towing would be ok. Anyway decided to shove the garden hose down the Pajero tank and after a gob full of diesel I had the fuel decanting into 20 liter containers. I managed to get 35 liters and then filled up again with the CORRECT fuel.
I had a guy I knew who put diesel into his Subaru powered gyroplane and then put unleaded into his diesel Landcruiser on his way home from Alice Springs. He was a Jumbo Jet check captain with Qantas.
Aussie Paul.
Aus-Kiwi said
07:50 PM Jun 4, 2016
Wouldn't muck around with single rail . They are so far higher tuned.. Did the right thing draining most out ., As discipline action the big fella made you swallow some ..lol I add a little 2 stroke oil to my old diesel but that's another story .
aussie_paul said
09:02 PM Jun 4, 2016
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Wouldn't muck around with single rail . They are so far higher tuned.. Did the right thing draining most out ., As discipline action the big fella made you swallow some ..lol I add a little 2 stroke oil to my old diesel but that's another story .
Aussie Paul.
Desert Dweller said
01:51 PM Jun 5, 2016
I nearly did the same thing in a service station in Horsham. Four hoses in a row intertwined with each other with no color coding or name of fuel on the nozzle. Untangled the mess & I was about to put petrol in my diesel tank. Easily done in some instances.
aussie_paul said
02:05 PM Jun 5, 2016
I was just lucky my ear told me something as if I had filled it up it would have been exremely stressful with my disabilities.
We have diesel and petrol vehicles in the household. No excuse really though!!!!!!!!!!
Aussie Paul.
-- Edited by aussie_paul on Sunday 5th of June 2016 02:07:19 PM
usedtobe said
02:56 PM Jun 5, 2016
Did the same thing last year, some months later had to replace the high pressure fuel pump, $1400 ---ouch, another 3 months later had to replace the oil filter $1500 double ouch !! Own Stupid fault, always wondered of they were related to the unleaded in the tank which was drained after driving 8 ks....
Vince said
07:38 PM Jun 5, 2016
I have done it too Aussie Paul, but I managed to put 75 Litres (Fill) of Premium Unleaded, yes the high priced stuff, not thinking in a world of my own at the time.
I only realised when I went to but the nozzle back onto the diesel bowser and stood there wondering why there is one already there.....in a world of my own still.
On a flatbed back to home and drained the tank to get 4 x 25L containers of cleaning fluid.
What hurt the most was how much I spent on fuel that day, the tow was a free NRMA job.
-- Edited by Vince on Sunday 5th of June 2016 07:39:14 PM
Aus-Kiwi said
08:09 PM Jun 5, 2016
But you had loads and loads of lawn mower fuel !! Lol
Ge said
07:18 PM Jun 11, 2016
Usedtobe
Why would you replace the oil filter, $1500 must be gold.
Must admit I have done it twice over the last 10yrs also I known the a few tanker drivers to make the same mistake.
Even thou the pipe nozel are coloured coded the connection is the same size.
-- Edited by Ge on Saturday 11th of June 2016 07:19:48 PM
-- Edited by Ge on Saturday 11th of June 2016 07:20:36 PM
-- Edited by Ge on Saturday 11th of June 2016 07:28:29 PM
Needed to put diesel in the Pajero. Eril gives me the rewards card and after an appointment I stopped at the servo. A bit of a wait but no rush these days. Pulled into position flipped the filler open, grabbed the nozzle and away it went. Suddenly something sounded not right and I let go the handle. UNLEADED!!! I had put 7 liters into the approx. 80 liter tank!!!!
I figured if I filled the rest with diesel the % was not that high. I had known truckers who added a little petrol but that was many years ago. So 8 km later I am home absolutely peeved with myself.
I checked with my mechanic as well as going online to find the repercussions on these common rail diesels. It appeared to me that less than 10% petrol and not towing would be ok. Anyway decided to shove the garden hose down the Pajero tank and after a gob full of diesel I had the fuel decanting into 20 liter containers. I managed to get 35 liters and then filled up again with the CORRECT fuel.
I had a guy I knew who put diesel into his Subaru powered gyroplane and then put unleaded into his diesel Landcruiser on his way home from Alice Springs. He was a Jumbo Jet check captain with Qantas.
Aussie Paul.
Aussie Paul.
I was just lucky my ear told me something as if I had filled it up it would have been exremely stressful with my disabilities.
We have diesel and petrol vehicles in the household. No excuse really though!!!!!!!!!!
Aussie Paul.
-- Edited by aussie_paul on Sunday 5th of June 2016 02:07:19 PM
I have done it too Aussie Paul, but I managed to put 75 Litres (Fill) of Premium Unleaded, yes the high priced stuff, not thinking in a world of my own at the time.
I only realised when I went to but the nozzle back onto the diesel bowser and stood there wondering why there is one already there.....in a world of my own still.
On a flatbed back to home and drained the tank to get 4 x 25L containers of cleaning fluid.
What hurt the most was how much I spent on fuel that day, the tow was a free NRMA job.
-- Edited by Vince on Sunday 5th of June 2016 07:39:14 PM
Usedtobe
Why would you replace the oil filter, $1500 must be gold.
Must admit I have done it twice over the last 10yrs also I known the a few tanker drivers to make the same mistake.
Even thou the pipe nozel are coloured coded the connection is the same size.
-- Edited by Ge on Saturday 11th of June 2016 07:19:48 PM
-- Edited by Ge on Saturday 11th of June 2016 07:20:36 PM
-- Edited by Ge on Saturday 11th of June 2016 07:28:29 PM