Put petrol in diesel vehicle

kincaid

hi, my sister friend put €50 petrol in my her new 2006 hyundai terracan 2.9 diesel.
she drove away at it and now wont start she always had petrol cars so just completely forgot.
she going to bring it to a garage but doesnt want to be fleeced.

what you's think

thanks

meercat

,mods
is there anyone who would sticky a solution to this problem
i think it would help
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/fuels-and-environment/misfuelling.html

Lord Trollington

There's no quick fix, The tank needs to be drained. Fuel filter will need to be changed.

And hope that there has been no damage to the engine. How far did she drive?

vibe666

Lord Trollington wrote: »

And hope that there has been no damage to the engine. How far did she drive?

that's the big question and the answer is going to be the difference between a few hundred quid to a few thousand if she's done a lot of damage.

http://www.motortorque.com/articles/auto-0711/help-ive-put-petrol-in-a-diesel-engine-frequently-asked-questions.asp

kincaid

she drove it home probably 30miles

delly

€€€ I would think....

kirving

Doesn't sound good at all, you could be looking at serious bills. No expert, but I believe that even turning the fuel pump on can cause damage. Sorry to be pessimistic!

colm_mcm

Yep, the fuel pump in the terracant has an awful reputation at the best of times, tiny shards of metal from the pump go up the fuel lines and feck the injectors up

Petrol in the diesel pump could have catastrophic effect on the pump. Don't want to alarm you but I'd cover all bases on this if I were you.

sandra06

worked in a petrol station for years ,u wound not believe how many times a week people would do this ,the good news is its not as bad as u think ,it be worse if it was diesel into petrol tank as diesel is not as clean ,if your with the aa they will sort it out for you or your insurance normally has roadside assistance try them ,the aa will tow you to a garage ,now when i worked in the garage we used to phone a guy who would empty the tank and the most he charged was 150 euro,

kincaid

ok hoping the worse case would be new pump and few injectors and clean out tank.... hoping the engine would be ok and wouldnt need to be replaced

thanks

sandra06

meercat wrote: »

,mods
is there anyone who would sticky a solution to this problem
i think it would help
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/fuels-and-environment/misfuelling.html

just read that in the garage the customer never started there car maybe thats why it was so cheap to fix

sean1141

sandra06 wrote: »

worked in a petrol station for years ,u wound not believe how many times a week people would do this ,the good news is its not as bad as u think ,it be worse if it was diesel into petrol tank as diesel is not as clean ,if your with the aa they will sort it out for you or your insurance normally has roadside assistance try them ,the aa will tow you to a garage ,now when i worked in the garage we used to phone a guy who would empty the tank and the most he charged was 150 euro,

maybe thats ok if they cop what they are after doing in the petrol station but after driving it for 30 miles and the car cutting out i dont think it will stop at a quick drain of the tank

vibe666

after 30 miles there's a good chance it'll be fecked. diesel fuel is one of the main lubricants of a diesel engine and petrol will remove all of those lubricants and leave bare metal scraping together.

depending on how much diesel was in the tank at the time, it'll be anywhere from a tank drain, a new fuel pump and filters etc. (potentially, if there's a lot of damage) all the way up to an engine rebuild.

guy i used to work with did it the first time he filled up his brand new x-trail and it cost him the guts of 2.5k to get it fixed and afaik most (if not all) insurance companies won't pay out for mis-fuelling.

sandra06

sean1141 wrote: »

maybe thats ok if they cop what they are after doing in the petrol station but after driving it for 30 miles and the car cutting out i dont think it will stop at a quick drain of the tank

yep your right ,the customers would have mostly noticed it straighaway

kincaid

ok she never had a diesel before and force of habit just going for the petrol..

only got it 2 days and would be a real nightmare if had to replace the engine

vibe666

according to the article a linked to earlier, something like 40,000 people do it in the UK every year, so she's not alone. fingers crossed it doesn't turn out too bad for her.

Pete67

Very unlikely the entire engine would need replacing, however it is quite possible the injection pump, injectors, fuel lift pump and filters would all need replacing, unfortunately this could cost several thousand to fix.

To start with, the tank needs to be drained and refilled with diesel, filters changes, fuel lines bled, and then see if it starts / runs.