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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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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....
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
