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Filling up your car with the wrong fuel
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Well, after witnessing somebody today curse profusely after putting diesel in their petrol car (and me laughing quietly, am I mean?), who else has fallen foul to this lapse of judgement and concentration? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Awww mate I feel for you ! Hope you'll get it sorted.
Happened to me once, yet it wasn't my car and I was tired  "
It wasn't me, it was someone else I was giggling at! I don't do diesel me, it's boring, so I never get chance to get confused :p |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I know soneone that has, that was one hell of an expensive mistake"
It is! Not too bad if you don't drive off, but if you do then you're in serious trouble! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"You'd be surprised how many people do it. It make me a fortune every year. What can I say we all have to make a living  "
No shame in that! Making a living out of people mistakes is a big market, people make plenty of them! |
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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago
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"I know soneone that has, that was one hell of an expensive mistake
It is! Not too bad if you don't drive off, but if you do then you're in serious trouble!"
Yep she drove off, about 30 seconds after realised and rang me to go to her whilst sitting waiting for recovery. Daft mare |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Don't know why you were giggling really and are admitting it on here. It's really not funny at all. X"
Apologies, my humour is a little dry and dark I'm afraid. Got to laugh about these sortof things otherwise you just end up miserable! :p |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"My fb did this after getting distracted by my boobs in a low cut top and no bra. We did drive off until it cut out not far down the road  "
I think that excuse is acceptable mind you, I don't think I'd even be able to concentrate on driving with a view like that :p |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I know soneone that has, that was one hell of an expensive mistake
It is! Not too bad if you don't drive off, but if you do then you're in serious trouble!
Yep she drove off, about 30 seconds after realised and rang me to go to her whilst sitting waiting for recovery. Daft mare"
We're all guilty of a fuck up every now a days then, got to laugh about them though! I bet the recovery guys had a right giggle on the quiet! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My fb did this after getting distracted by my boobs in a low cut top and no bra. We did drive off until it cut out not far down the road "
Meh, I would say it was worth it  .
You have a very nice cleavage amongst other things... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Eyes front boys 
Can we not even look with the peripherals? :p
Not while you're at the pump  "
How did that even work? The filler is at the back you wouldn't even have seen cleavage because you'd be facing forwards :p |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Eyes front boys
Can we not even look with the peripherals? :p
Not while you're at the pump
How did that even work? The filler is at the back you wouldn't even have seen cleavage because you'd be facing forwards :p"
My friend had a van and could only get to the petrol cap by opening the passenger door. I admittedly teased a little |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Eyes front boys
Can we not even look with the peripherals? :p
Not while you're at the pump
How did that even work? The filler is at the back you wouldn't even have seen cleavage because you'd be facing forwards :p
My friend had a van and could only get to the petrol cap by opening the passenger door. I admittedly teased a little "
That makes sense! I miss having a van! And that's just mean, so technically it was your fault |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Did this 15 years ago, had a Peugeot 405 diesel. Pulled in one tired night went to a pump didn't realise had three green pumps. After half a gallon noticed stopped rolled to a diesel filled the tank, luckily was old diesel type. Had no problems and fuel consumption wasn't even affected |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Did this 15 years ago, had a Peugeot 405 diesel. Pulled in one tired night went to a pump didn't realise had three green pumps. After half a gallon noticed stopped rolled to a diesel filled the tank, luckily was old diesel type. Had no problems and fuel consumption wasn't even affected"
Good old XUD series, used to run one on a 50/50 mix of used engine oil and diesel, worked a treat and worked out at 65p a litre :p |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Eyes front boys
Can we not even look with the peripherals? :p
Not while you're at the pump
How did that even work? The filler is at the back you wouldn't even have seen cleavage because you'd be facing forwards :p
My friend had a van and could only get to the petrol cap by opening the passenger door. I admittedly teased a little
That makes sense! I miss having a van! And that's just mean, so technically it was your fault"
Lil bit |
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"Well, after witnessing somebody today curse profusely after putting diesel in their petrol car (and me laughing quietly, am I mean?), who else has fallen foul to this lapse of judgement and concentration? "
Whilst in France on a bike tour a few years ago, the attendant at a village fuel shop filled our minibus with petrol.... about 100 litres after he siphoned the fuel out and refilled it with diesel, he expected us to pay for the petrol too. He said it was our fault because the fuel cap was green.... even though there was a sign to say DIESEL ONLY. Fair to say, we didn't pay for his mistake... he didn't get a tip either.
Cal |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Well, after witnessing somebody today curse profusely after putting diesel in their petrol car (and me laughing quietly, am I mean?), who else has fallen foul to this lapse of judgement and concentration?
Whilst in France on a bike tour a few years ago, the attendant at a village fuel shop filled our minibus with petrol.... about 100 litres after he siphoned the fuel out and refilled it with diesel, he expected us to pay for the petrol too. He said it was our fault because the fuel cap was green.... even though there was a sign to say DIESEL ONLY. Fair to say, we didn't pay for his mistake... he didn't get a tip either.
Cal"
I bet his boss bent him over the counter and shafted him verbally after that mistake! |
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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago
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Well the mistake i know of shed always has a petrol car, it was about 6 months after shed got her first deisel car. but a couple of weeks i can understand. 6 months who knows what she was thinking |
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"Diesel in a petrol is not as bad a petrol in a diesel. How people can get the two mixed up is beyond me tho. Different colours and it's even marked diesel on the pump. "
You've got that the wrong way round mate. Petrol in diesel isn't so bad diesel in petrol can be fatal  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Diesel in a petrol is not as bad a petrol in a diesel. How people can get the two mixed up is beyond me tho. Different colours and it's even marked diesel on the pump. "
We humans do the stupidest things at times:p |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Well the mistake i know of shed always has a petrol car, it was about 6 months after shed got her first deisel car. but a couple of weeks i can understand. 6 months who knows what she was thinking"
Thats a bit of a genius right there, momentary relapse! |
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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago
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"Well the mistake i know of shed always has a petrol car, it was about 6 months after shed got her first deisel car. but a couple of weeks i can understand. 6 months who knows what she was thinking
Thats a bit of a genius right there, momentary relapse!"
Maybe, shed been working all day maybe tiredness |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Diesel in a petrol is not as bad a petrol in a diesel. How people can get the two mixed up is beyond me tho. Different colours and it's even marked diesel on the pump.
You've got that the wrong way round mate. Petrol in diesel isn't so bad diesel in petrol can be fatal "
I can vouch for that, I put a gallon of diesel in an old petrol escort many years ago, I was told to just top it up with petrol and let the deisel burn off which it did but 6 months later the engine blew up in unexpected if smoke. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Well the mistake i know of shed always has a petrol car, it was about 6 months after shed got her first deisel car. but a couple of weeks i can understand. 6 months who knows what she was thinking
Thats a bit of a genius right there, momentary relapse!
Maybe, shed been working all day maybe tiredness"
Most likely, it's the usual culprit! I bet she was distraughta |
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By *qua vitaeWoman
over a year ago
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"Diesel in a petrol is not as bad a petrol in a diesel. How people can get the two mixed up is beyond me tho. Different colours and it's even marked diesel on the pump.
You've got that the wrong way round mate. Petrol in diesel isn't so bad diesel in petrol can be fatal "
That's correct. You can get away with a little bit of petrol in a Diesel engine, but not the other way round - I work at a petrol station.
Once I filled hubbys Renault Clio petrol into its diesel tsnk (1/3 tank). Filled it up with diesel and was ok! |
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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago
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"Well the mistake i know of shed always has a petrol car, it was about 6 months after shed got her first deisel car. but a couple of weeks i can understand. 6 months who knows what she was thinking
Thats a bit of a genius right there, momentary relapse!
Maybe, shed been working all day maybe tiredness
Most likely, it's the usual culprit! I bet she was distraughta"
Well it cost her about £400 i think |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Well the mistake i know of shed always has a petrol car, it was about 6 months after shed got her first deisel car. but a couple of weeks i can understand. 6 months who knows what she was thinking
Thats a bit of a genius right there, momentary relapse!
Maybe, shed been working all day maybe tiredness
Most likely, it's the usual culprit! I bet she was distraughta
Well it cost her about £400 i think"
Not as bad as it could have been, I would expect alot more! |
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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago
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"Well the mistake i know of shed always has a petrol car, it was about 6 months after shed got her first deisel car. but a couple of weeks i can understand. 6 months who knows what she was thinking
Thats a bit of a genius right there, momentary relapse!
Maybe, shed been working all day maybe tiredness
Most likely, it's the usual culprit! I bet she was distraughta
Well it cost her about £400 i think
Not as bad as it could have been, I would expect alot more! "
Thats only a guess (it was about 8 years ago i think) i remember her lending money off me for it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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What hapens both eays out of curiosity?
Desil in a petrol and petrol in a desil?
Guessing desil in petrol just gums up the injectors.
And petrol in a desil just explodes/detonates |
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"What hapens both eays out of curiosity?
Desil in a petrol and petrol in a desil?
Guessing desil in petrol just gums up the injectors.
And petrol in a desil just explodes/detonates"
Putting diesel in a petrol will gum up piston seals where as petrol in diesel so long as it's not to much will just burn hotter and obviously like a bag of spanners but will normally live to tell the tail |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What hapens both eays out of curiosity?
Desil in a petrol and petrol in a desil?
Guessing desil in petrol just gums up the injectors.
And petrol in a desil just explodes/detonates
Putting diesel in a petrol will gum up piston seals where as petrol in diesel so long as it's not to much will just burn hotter and obviously like a bag of spanners but will normally live to tell the tail"
Ahh cool id have thought rhe oeteol would have gone of premature on the glow plug and fucked the pistons/crank.
Didnt know desil would do to petrol piston seals surprised the pump can get it through the injectors.
Fuel injectors scare me ever since doing a hydraulic swaging course.
Hydraulic injection is just horrific
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
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My friend`s daughter put petrol in a diesel Fiat Tipo twice! I had the petrol to put in my old Range Rover which it ran on fine unless I really put my foot down!
As for hire vehicles, I reckon that in the small 50 vehicle firm I worked for, we`d have on a month despite telling people what went in when they picked the vehicle up! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I did it once and was close to tears as I never did it before. I heard of it happening to quite a few others so I had the sense to not turn the engine over (start up with the key) and all it took was for it to be drained out and replaced with the diesel it runs on which saved me hundreds |
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