petrol in my diesel car

[dawson1338]

my misses borrowed my car to take the kids to school she went and put 10 pound of petrol in and car died on her if i fill it with diesel will t be ok if not does anyone know how to drain or syphon the tank of a 206 1.9 diesel

[almcd007]

Try this - for information :

http://www.carpages.co.uk/news/mis-fuelling-29 -05-05.asp

And this for what to do :
http://www.usedcarmart.co.uk/forum/showthread. php?t=844

[dawson1338]

thanks for the help would like to try and get the petrol ot of the tank before i fill it up with diesel just need to find out how to do this cheers

[SHARPIE73]

hope she didnt drive to far petrol can cause all sorts of trouble with the fuel pump for example causes the rubber seal s to expand ect. also change the fuel filter as this will be contaminated,also the fuel lines will probably be full of petrol, not an easy job you will probably be better off getting a garage to do it

[mr rusty]

If it's a 1.9 it'll be the older XUD engine: if this is the case then you've nothing to worry about- just top it off with diesel and all it'll do is give the injectors a bit of a clean out. An XUD will run on virtually anything- I run my BX on veggie oil and my bro in law does recoveries and runs his ZX on pump-outs from unfortunates such as yourself!!

So......Old XUD engine fine, but if you have the newer HDi engine, then don't drive it and pump it out- the HDi has all sorts of engine management gubbins and does NOT like petrol in the diesel!!

[dawson1338]

not sure if its an xud engine its a 1.9 non turbo on a t plate

[mr rusty]

Easy way to tell an XUD- look at the injectors, there'll be seperate steel pipes from the cambelt driven pump to each one, and rubber leak-off pipes, ther'll be no electrical wiring to the injectors.

Plus, of course, the HDi ones have a badge on the boot saying...HDi....

[dawson1338]

its a xud as it had an new engine fitted before i bought just checked the receipt cheers for all your help i'll let you know how i get on

[mr rusty]

XUD -no problem then, if you're worried, just keep topping it up with diesel but really, it'll be fine; they are bulletproof and as I said above, will run on anything that'll burn. Check any veg-power web site and you'll find the XUD is the motor of choice for alternative home-brew fuel users.

[dawson1338]

cheers for all the help drained out most of the petrol and filled it with diesel runs just like new well as good as it can be for a 1.9 diesel with no turbo many thanks to those who helped