unleaded in diesle

[a bad dream]

i think i have put unleaded petrol into my diesle van by mistake. only �10 worth, does anyone know if this will be ok or do i need to get it drained? or can i top it up with diesle?

[teash]

Your not related to this a/d`er are ya :)
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Motoring/Questi on375211.html

[a bad dream]

no i'm not, i have just read it though was not really the answer i was after

[mr rusty]

Whats the car/year?.......as what you need to do depends on what sort of diesel engine you have.

As a basic rule of thumb, if you have a newish car with an electronically controlled high pressure injection system then drain the tank and get as much of the petrol out as possible, because there's a high possibility it will damage the fuel system and injectors.

If, however, it's an older style low pressure mechanical injection system, found on cars up to 7 or 8 years old, then it'll be fine to just leave it in and top the tank off with fresh diesel; all the petrol will do is act as injector cleaner.

Older diesels will run on virtually anything liquid that burns- veggie oil, old engine oil, melted lard, you name it, but new HDi, HPi, etc, types have extremely complex control systems and do NOT like petrol!

[ibbo20]

for the sake of a tenna drain the tank flush it with a bit of derv and then fill it back up make sure the fuel lines are dine aswell better safe than sorry