ive put petrol in my diesel vivaro 2004

daves198522 | 20:38 Mon 02nd Feb 2009 | Motoring

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hi there ive put petrol in my 2004 vivaro van i took the petrol out of the tank and put diesel in but now it kicks out loads of white smoke been told it could be injectors or the diesel pump what do you think???

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chas2008

possibly still burning some of the petrol in the fuel lines/filter

denis567

Try filling the tank with diesel, provided that there isn't too much petrol in, you should get away with it.
Before the days of additives, lorry drivers used to add a bit of petrol into the diesel tank in freezing conditions, to prevent the diesel from freezing.
Never put diesel in a petrol tank.

Disco Fever

Did you run it for long??

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whats been done is a garage said its the turbo so its had a new one then they said its head gasket so had a new one now they say injectors or diesel pump all in all its run for 30 mins max as i dont want to cause any more damage???

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