My wife accidentally topped up our Fabia 1.4 diesel combi with unleaded! She did not drive the car and my mate kindly towed it back. It has about £25 of unleaded in it. Luckily my friend is an ex AA patrol man so he is going to sort it out, when he is finished at work.

Just wondered if anyone can advise me on the easiest way to drain the tank on the Fabia, will we need any special tools for the job. We hopefully have enough fuel cans between us to get rid of the unleaded!

I have full AA relay but they would not tow the car as it was an operator error!

Thanks in advance for any help

As said the AA man will tell you the best way.

I put £15 of unleaded in my car once and then brimmed it with diesel and never noticed a thing. I'd be tempted to do the same even at £25 to be honest.

I put £15 of unleaded in my car once and then brimmed it with diesel and never noticed a thing. I'd be tempted to do the same even at £25 to be honest.

Thanks for the replies

My mate did say you could take a chance on a full top up, but I am not sure I want to risk it.

How much was in it roughly before the unleaded?

How much was in it roughly before the unleaded?

Just before the red line on the gauge I am told.

In a Fabia I (they are not so sensitive as modern diesels) I'd just siphon out what I could and then fill the tank right up with fresh diesel.

It'll be such a small percentage of petrol then it'll be fine.

In a Fabia I (they are not so sensitive as modern diesels) I'd just siphon out what I could and then fill the tank right up with fresh diesel.

It'll be such a small percentage of petrol then it'll be fine.

Thanks for the reply

Do you syphon the tank by lifting up the rear seats and connecting a syphon hose from there?

I am sure my mate will know what to do but I am just trying to get as much info as possible together before he tackles the job, so I do not waste too much of his time.

Screw fix sell fluid extractors. I use it to do oil changes on my vrs. Should be able to suck out the fuild via the filler neck.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/laser-oil-fluid-extractor/21663

Hope this helps

Gaz

Screw fix sell fluid extractors. I use it to do oil changes on my vrs. Should be able to suck out the fuild via the filler neck.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/laser-oil-fluid-extractor/21663

Hope this helps

Gaz

Thanks a lot for the link. Just what I was looking for

You have an electric lift pump, far easier to power the fuse up after taking the delivery pipe off the fuel filter and let let it pump itself out. Then replace the filter.

As for not being sensitive, it's a PD engine thus rather sensitive to petrol. The tandem pump and injectors are all lubricated by diesel, petrol strips the lubrication out of the components which then start to break up. Problems might not become apparent for many miles afterwards.

As for not being sensitive, it's a PD engine thus rather sensitive to petrol. The tandem pump and injectors are all lubricated by diesel, petrol strips the lubrication out of the components which then start to break up. Problems might not become apparent for many miles afterwards.

You think if it's maybe 2% petrol that'll cause a problem?

That's why I advised getting what you can out of the tank first.

You have an electric lift pump, far easier to power the fuse up after taking the delivery pipe off the fuel filter and let let it pump itself out. Then replace the filter.

As for not being sensitive, it's a PD engine thus rather sensitive to petrol. The tandem pump and injectors are all lubricated by diesel, petrol strips the lubrication out of the components which then start to break up. Problems might not become apparent for many miles afterwards.

Is this done roughly the same as this link Draining-the-fuel-tank

This sounds like a good way to do it

Thanks

Personally... I'd replace the fuel filter after draining the tank completely.

That should pretty much sort everything I would have thought... And a fresh filter should take care of any remnants.

http://www.misfuellingprevention.co.uk/

http://www.misfuellingprevention.co.uk/

I think I will buy her one of these for Christmas!

I think I will buy her one of these for Christmas!

Think ! Diesel is a bit cheaper and it is funny watching other people trying to find where the voice in coming from on the forecourt.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/234484/think_diesel.html

Got one on my Fabia to stop me trying to fill mine up with Super UL.

I did this to my vRS a few weeks after i got it. Was in the filled up £25 of v power petrol and drove it until it conked out.

Got it home and disconnected the flow pipe to to the filter and kept turning the ignition. On and off to drain the tank. Also replaced the filter and drained the fuel lines from the filter to injectors.

Topped with. Diesel and started first time and in my has been running better since lol. Oh and that was over 20k miles ago.

Got the car going again yesterday. My friend drained the tank from below the passenger seat in the end, not sure why but he could not get the electric lift pump to work for him, so he drained it manually with a pump.

Seems to be working fine, hopefully it was sorted before any damage was done

Thanks all for the advice

As Steve said, I done exactly the same, new fuel filter and jobs a good 'un