l accidentally put petrol in a 2006 diesel freelander. l put 23 litres and drove the car for 500 metres back home. l called landrover dealer who have quoted me �4070. l feel its too much. l would appreciate to get some advice before l take any action and l cannot afford the kind of money they are asking.
A lot of dealers a "scamming" people this way by claiming that fuel tank, high pressure fuel pump, fuel lines and injectors all need replacing when in a majority of cases all you need to do is drain the tank, change the fuel filter and fill up with correct fuel
I would try a non franchised garage, ask friends for any recommendation, and get estimates from a couple of places
I hope this helps and you get sorted soon
What harm can it have done? can't you just have it syphoned out, I thought it was ok to put petrol into diesel but not the other way round, or am I completely wrong?
As Norman says, we need to know exactly what they quoted you for. I did the same thing once and had the RAC come out. They took it away and drained the tank and charged me around �400. Is using the RAC or AA an option for you? (You could always drive it to a garage and call them in case they aren't interested because you've taken it home).
sometimes u get away with it sometimes u dont, diesel as a heavy oil lubricates the inside components of a fuel injection pump hence the reason sometimes it has to be replaced and on some cars its a major job.
Yes MB, I "accidently" drove on the wrong side of the M62 causing a coach to crash and kill 22 people. But I was unharmed so everything is O.K., so now I "accidently" ignore red traffic lights, "accidently" take no notice of speed restrictions.
Well I accidently filled my petrol car with diesel and went on the motorway outside lane doing 80. Of course it suddenly cut out and I lost control, swerved all over, making twelve vehicles in all crash.
But when the policeman got around to asking me what part I played in this carnage, I simply explained that I had "accidently" filled with the wrong fuel. He said "That`s O.K. we all do silly things sometimes - on your way lad"
no clever sod its the amount of times ive popped your sister you f u c k i n g clown!!! in my 10 years of driving various different cars of my own and through work which were both petrol and diesel i have never even came near to making a stupid f u c k i n g mistake like puttingthe wrong fuel in as coincidentaly the diesel pump is black and the unleaded pump green and it also tells you on the f u c k i n g nozzle which fuel it is !!! HOW MUCH MORE EASIER IS IT FOR THESE CLOWNS OTHER THAN TO LOOK AT WHAT PUMP THEY HAVE IN THEIR HAND!!!ITS NOT F U C K I N G ROCKET SCIENCE