My mother in law has just put £40 worth or Petrol in her Volvo XC70 D5 Diesel and driven it about 5 miles with out any trouble. Turned it off and now it wont start

So whats the outcome................Expensive or what.

Tank drain, flush and change fuel filter, plus full tank of diesel to dilute the remaining petrol. If all done by a garage, reckon on a bill of around £200.

My other half did the same to my PD130 earlier this year. Cost over £400 but more than £100 of that was recovery and £60 of diesel that the garage put in on their fuel card.

Good luck!!!

Edited 8 September, 201015 yr by 2SkodaFamily

My mate put half a tank of petrol in his S60 D5, filled the rest with diesel and was fine

i recovered a 57 reg range rover the other day,where the owner had put £20 worth of petrol in instead of diesel and it had stopped, took him to the garage and filled with diesel, after a few turns it started so all was good (for range rover to do it it's £13k) they change the whole fuel system rather than drain and re-new filters etc.

how much does the tank hold? if there's more petrol than diesel i dont think it will work.

you could try to drain as much as possible yourself and then fill with diesel (cheapest route) or there are specialist fuel drain company's out there.

i'll check to see if there's any cards in my truck and see if they cover nationwide

EDIT: Dr fuel 24 hour fuel evacuation Tel: 0800 917 7033

web: www.drfuel.co.uk and they are nationwide

HTH

Edited 8 September, 201015 yr by sivrs

I've done about 1/3 petrol, 2/3 diesel in a pd130 and it was fine. Only issue was starting when the engine was warm - had to crank a second or two. But once running, no real issues. I topped it up with diesel after a couple hundred miles, and it's been fine

Drain it, fill it up with derv and stick a fuel lubricant for dervs in there (millers is a good example).

Fuel lubricant is mainly due to the car having a CR pump, which is fuel lubricated and petrol isn't exactly what you'd call good at that.

Don't let it near a dealer or mention it either, or that will be any warranty gone.

Incidentally, isn't "drain" a bit of a misnomer? AIUI the opening is at the top of the tank, under the rear seats (in a lot of cases) so it would involve pumping it out using a hand pump of some kind?

My father in law wanted to scrap a car the other day that was (unfortunately) 2/3 full of petrol. For speed and convenience (and as the car was being scrapped anyway) we punched a hole in the bottom of the tank and filled up 5L containers with petrol. Not that I'm recommending punching a hole in the tank of the XC70!!!!

Incidentally, isn't "drain" a bit of a misnomer? AIUI the opening is at the top of the tank, under the rear seats (in a lot of cases) so it would involve pumping it out using a hand pump of some kind?

My father in law wanted to scrap a car the other day that was (unfortunately) 2/3 full of petrol. For speed and convenience (and as the car was being scrapped anyway) we punched a hole in the bottom of the tank and filled up 5L containers with petrol. Not that I'm recommending punching a hole in the tank of the XC70!!!!

Disconnect the fuel hose on the tank pump and put another on into a suitable container (Jerry can). Then apply power to the fuel pump and it will do the work for you.

Edited 9 September, 201015 yr by cheezemonkhai

Result, well I think it is:-

Car recovered to Garage

Drained Fuel tank

Refilled with Diesel 3/4 tank full

new fuel filter

started car and checked things over

Total cost £155 incuding diesel and vat.

Result, well I think it is:-

Car recovered to Garage

Drained Fuel tank

Refilled with Diesel 3/4 tank full

new fuel filter

started car and checked things over

Total cost £155 incuding diesel and vat.

Job done, as I said, I'd probably put some additive that lubricated the fuel pump in there but nice one