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big_D
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Just filled up my car with 50 L of unleaded... One problem, the car is a diesel!  The garage has had 6 cars towed in this morning, so won't get mine back until Monday. Girlfriend just laughed when I 'phoned her... Well, after offering to come and pick me up.
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AlunD
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Brilliant - touch's wood quickly 
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timark_uk
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I'm just waiting for the time I do the same with mine.
Mark
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brataccas
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wont that cost about £2000 to fix if u get filings in the fuel filter system/pump etc? My stomach would turn if I did anything like that  _________________
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big_D
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Been told it will cost around €50 - €100.
Because I noticed whilst filling up, I didn't try and start the motor, so they should just be able to drain the tank.
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timark_uk
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Dave, the general consensus around the office here is that if you syphon the petrol, brim it with diesel and keep it topped up over the next couple of days/weeks you should be fine.
Just make sure you change the filter after about a week or two.
Mark
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John_Vella
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Bratty, I think it partly depends on if he started the engnine before realising what he'd done. If not, I don't think it'll be that expensive.
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JJW009
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I confess I did it once, and I did drive off. I was 100% sure I'd put diesel in, but the receipt said petrol and I only got about 100 yards Not sure how much it cost to get fixed, but the petrol alone cost about £50. I'd only had the thing 5 minutes, but it went on to over 100,000 miles without any bother. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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big_D
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I'm leaving it to the professionals... The garage where I fueled up is about 50KM from home, I don't have any tools etc. at home... So I got the ADAC (German AA) to tow me to the nearest garage. It would probably cost me as much to get the tools, containers and to dispose of the fuel - it is illegal to drain fuel from a car if you aren't in a workshop with a non-porous ground and you have to pay to have the fuel disposed of properly...
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John_Vella
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Linux_User
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And that's a very sensible precaution/regulation TBH. Petrol is notoriously dangerous and difficult to clean up, if a spillage gets into the drainage system it can literally lead to explosions miles away etc.
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John_Vella
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But as the explosion is, (or would be) miles away it's not something I'd lose sleep over _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
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l3v1ck
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Must.....resit....urge.....to mock...... Was it an unfamiliar car?
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Danstevens
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Sorry to hear that. I suppose, at least you realised before you drove off and not after.
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Angelic
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Unlucky man.
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