#1: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: vickys.hdi.gti, Location: leedsPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 1:54 pm ---- I had £10 of diesel in and made the mistake of putting £13 of petrol in. I straight away put £53 of diesel in. any one else made this mistake?
if I keep adding diesel when it uses it will it be ok?
#2: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: E5GDM, Location: EssexPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:45 pm ---- Yes.
#3: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: tsotd, Location: kentPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:21 pm ----
E5GDM wrote:
Yes.
yes youve done it or yes it will be ok?
#4: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: E5GDM, Location: EssexPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:39 pm ---- Yes it'll be ok.
#5: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: mjsroofing, Location: south walesPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:00 am ---- Keep topping it up with diesel to lower the petrol mix.
#6: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:48 pm ---- I once filled a 1.6 Focus with £50+ of petrol then drove from Okehampton (Devon) to Swindon. the car cut out when I pulled to a stop at J15 M4. drained petrol and refilled with diesel. The car was at about 30,000 miles when i did that and it was still going without problem at 140,000 miles.
Diesel cars vary on how well they cope with petrol but I think you should be OK.
#7: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: commandosqueak, Location: Lower SlaughterPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:58 pm ---- i believe it should be ok, its if you do it the other way you will have major problems
#8: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:52 pm ---- Worse putting diesel in a petrol. My mate was putting mixed fuel in his car and it couldn't burn the diesel. it was forcing it past the rings into the block and it literally flooded the engine with diesel.
I put petrol on purpose in my 4x4's as its good for cleaning the injectors. But they are older direct injection engines which run on pretty much anything you care to put in them. I wouldn't do it on a common rail.
#9: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: rlees85, Location: DaventryPosted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:08 pm ---- might as well throw in my 2p yeah it will be fine as you only put a tiny bit in and put loads of diesel in straight away. you'll be VERY unlucky to have any side effects.
When you do your service next make sure there's no metal in the fuel filter housing. I heard the lift pump doesn't like petrol much... but you'd be VERY unlucky in your scenario, plus that is probably just the usual internet bulls**t.
#10: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: Ash, Location: Running from Ant and Lee and Adam...........Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:08 am ----
Rob2859 wrote:
Worse putting diesel in a petrol. My mate was putting mixed fuel in his car and it couldn't burn the diesel. it was forcing it past the rings into the block and it literally flooded the engine with diesel.
How did he manage that when the pump nozzle for diesel is bigger then the petrol nozzle hole...
#11: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: robb, Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:57 pm ----
Ash wrote:
Rob2859 wrote:
Worse putting diesel in a petrol. My mate was putting mixed fuel in his car and it couldn't burn the diesel. it was forcing it past the rings into the block and it literally flooded the engine with diesel.
How did he manage that when the pump nozzle for diesel is bigger then the petrol nozzle hole...
I have always wondered that too, but its happened about 5 times on our petrol courtesy cars at work, forever having to recover them as people have put diesel in them
#12: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: Rivis, Location: GuildfordPosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 4:31 pm ----
vickys.hdi.gti wrote:
I had £10 of diesel in and made the mistake of putting £13 of petrol in. I straight away put £53 of diesel in. any one else made this mistake?
if I keep adding diesel when it uses it will it be ok?
I did the same thing about 2 weeks ago in my 1.6 HDi. I put in £6 worth of petrol before realising, then topped up with diesel. Since then I've been topping up every few of days with around 10 litres of diesel to dilute it. I've now covered over 400 miles and it really hasn't made any difference. So I think you'll get away with it.
I was advised to add Forté diesel fuel additive which I did as soon as I could get some. Also I was told if the engine sounds noiser under hard acceleration then you might have a problem.
#13: Re: i have just put £13 of petrol into my hdi gti Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:05 pm ---- Common mistake,
We usually put diesel in instead of petrol over here.
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