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Have you ever misfuelled a car?

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We were off down the motorway this afternoon to a memorial service of a friend. We stopped for fuel and OH pumped our diesel car full of £50 worth of PETROL :shock: Realised straight away thankfully before we drove it. The AA were pretty good and came out and drained the tank but with the petrol we lost and the cost of draining set us back nigh on £300 :shock: Didn't make the memorial either as the whole thing took 2 hours. Now we are evens as I have done it once in the same car too. We tried to look on the bright side and decided that for some reason we were just not meant to be on the motorway today.

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How annoying, bad enough when it isn't something specific you are trying to get to.

 

I've never done it but my OH could never understand why I was adamant I didn't want us to have one diesel and one petrol car because I knew I would get mixed up one time.

 

We used to have a Peugeot 306 that was very forgiving of us running it on low oil levels and when I gave it to my nephew he filled it with diesel instead of petrol (we'd abused the engine - see comments about oil so it probably sounded like a diesel :oops: )he drove it 50 miles or so before he realised I think he drained what he could and filled it with petrol and it kept going.

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Never done it myself but we have had a diesel for a long time, saw these the other day. Quite annoying but a lot cheaper that £300 :D

 

I wonder if they do one for petrol - I've recently changed from diesel back to petrol (bring back the Mini One D!! - which I think they are in September).......I'm used to pulling up at the diesel pump.......it's only a matter of time :roll:

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I did buy one of those alert things when I did it a few years ago but everyone turns around to look when you're at the petrol station and it drove me potty so I removed it. We used it on the inside of the freezer instead. It was great for telling us when the kids had left the freezer door open. OH know someone that misfuelled, had it drained and then went to fill up and filled up with the wrong fuel again :shock:

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We haven't done it (yet) as we used to have a petrol and diesel car. We only have diesel now and its got a sticker inside the flap saying diesel but I still have to double check the hose each time I fill it up. I have such a dread of getting it wrong.

 

Sorry you missed your friend's memorial.

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Oh yes, I've done it, and in my OH's car as well. Nearly led to divorce proceedings. Put Petrol in a diesel. Can't remember how much it cost as it was about 15 years ago, but it didn't do a lot for the car as I did try to drive it away. :doh:

 

Even allowing for the advance of time, I don't think it was that much though.

 

Glad to say we are still married!

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I wonder if they do one for petrol - I've recently changed from diesel back to petrol (bring back the Mini One D!! - which I think they are in September).......I'm used to pulling up at the diesel pump.......it's only a matter of time :roll:

 

I don't think it is physically possible to fit a diesel nozzle into a petrol tank...

 

At least, that was what the AA man said when I managed to put petrol in my diesel car. :roll:

 

There was one pump in the petrol station I used regularly which was the opposite way round to the others (diesel on the right instead of the left, or whatever) and I noticed as I was putting the nozzle back on to the pump. So, yes, I had to pay for the petrol, missed the dance practice I was trying to get to, waited for hours (felt like it) while the AA man rang round to find somebody to drain the tank, paid to get the tank drained then paid to fill up with diesel.Not a good evening.

 

PJ

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I wonder if they do one for petrol - I've recently changed from diesel back to petrol (bring back the Mini One D!! - which I think they are in September).......I'm used to pulling up at the diesel pump.......it's only a matter of time :roll:

 

I don't think it is physically possible to fit a diesel nozzle into a petrol tank...

 

PJ

 

Ah! thank you. When I say that I'm used to pulling up by pump......that is all I do. Petrol fumes give me migraines and so I generally just say I need petrol and Carl takes my car and fills it up 8)

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Oh dear! A friend did this in her nearly-new BMW, and they were quoted over £1000 by the BMW garage :shock:

She took it to her local garage that she's used for years, and they did it for £250. I've never done it ... yet. My car has a sticker on the filler cap reminding you that it needs diesel, but in an absent-minded moment I can see it would be easy to overlook it.

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