Well, I've just had the most wonderful morning.

Was awoken 30mins before time by insistent banging on bedroom door and being repeatedly asked, in increasingly harsh tones

"Can your Dad borrow your car?"

I'm not the most alert person 1st thing, and my re-entry process is quite specific. Waking me up and trying to immediately engage me is not a good idea. So I managed a few affirmative grunts back, which got harsher with each repeat of the question..........

He' only gone and filled his BMW with

My Dad did the same a while back - think it was about

My Dad did the same a while back - think it was about

Mmmmm If he's ran it and got petrol in the fuel pump etc etc it will be even more......as the petrol will wash all the lubrication out of the system!! Not Good!

the term "D'oH" Springs to mind!!!!

Make sure they change the fuel filter

Make sure they change the fuel filter

i'll be sure to mention that to him when I talk to him later.

I expect he'll ask for a bill of work done.

AS for running it, won't the effect (to a limited degree) be mitigated to how much diesel was in the tank already? Petrol is lighter than diesel, so assuming the level of diesel wasn't below the fuel pipe intake, a run literally "round the block" might not have dragged Tesco's finest UL through the system...........

Here's to hoping anyway.........

I once filled my previous A4 diesel with water, unknowingly i might add:)(well 50/50ish mix). Sorted it myself (too embarassed to take it anywhere) and it ran fine afterwards.

I read somewhere old diesel HGV's and the like, used to run with a 5% mix with petrol in the winter to keep the diesel thin (no need with modern fuel/engines)

Think you need this

http://www.kontraband.co.uk/show/show.asp?ID=966&rtn=main-topten

that vid is funny as ****!!!! lol

well.

the garage rang....

apparently, because he drove it less than 0.1 miles, its trashed all the fuel system....

New tank, new pressure lines, filters blah blah blah.....

Cost?

I'd take it else were for a second opinion sound's like a rip off

well.

the garage rang....

apparently, because he drove it less than 0.1 miles, its trashed all the fuel system....

New tank, new pressure lines, filters blah blah blah.....

Cost?

My Dad filled his 65 litre tank with unleaded (70l tank). Knew he'd done it but thought nothing of it. Drove it almost home noticing that it was running "a bit rough" and there was a lot of smoke :eek: Turned round and drove it back to a local garage who emptied it (as much as they could). They then refilled it with 55 litres and he drove home. He then drove it over to Taunton to the hospital for an appointment. Came out and it wouldn't start. Called AA who relayed it to the garage. They removed the tank (unlike the first lot) and fully drained it, changed the fuel filter, refilled with diesel drove it around for a day to make sure it was all ok and then returned it. Said the reason it wouldn't start was that the fuel filter seals were buggered and the ECU thought there was no fuel going through.

All happy now though.

I used to work in a petrol station and it wasn't nice to see people putting the wrong stuff in. The most common fault was hire companies as they never tell the customer what fuel it is.

My advice is try a few local independant, should be able to get a good quote like some have suggested,

Done loads of incorectly fuelled cars. PD engined cars are usually ok with just a drain, new filter and a tank of diesel.

But a note is recorded so if any further problems occur with the fueling system its not allways covered under warranty. Very unusual to work out if there is any damage as it may not come to light for another 20,000 miles. Sounds like the BMW garage are edging the bets by replacing everything, or they may well just know thier product alot better than us through experiance.

Those prices are pretty ridiculous. My wife did it on her car and she had change out of

Those prices are pretty ridiculous. My wife did it on her car and she had change out of

And you wont often find diesel in a petrol' date=' the nozzle wont fit.[/quote']

Oh Yes it Will...........Know from experience!!!!! And Diesel tastes bloody horrible!!!!

And Diesel tastes bloody horrible!!!!

Unlike petrol of course, which, as we all know, has a sweet aroma and the delicious fruity taste of a well-aged Chateau Nuef De Pape........

As regard prices, I;ll have a word in the shell-like a two independent delaer tmr for their opinions.

I discover the old boy has told the garage to fix it, but has instructed them to put ALL the parts for him to collect. I guess he's already got someone lined up to inspect and test the parts to see if they really are screwed or not, with the summons and notice of intention to sue coming very rapidly if they are not...

Man, thats why I love the PD blocks - burnt its way through 4 gallons of unleaded like it was wasn't even there.....

A acuantance of mine is a Ford mechanic he use to work on VAG vehicles at a dealership, he told me the weekend that Fords pumps do not like petrol at all and its a major problem if they are run - he was just sorting a Cmax that was filled and run with incorrect fuel, howver he said VAG did not cause problems, so the BMW dealler may be correct in what they are saying.

John

Oh Yes it Will...........Know from experience!!!!! !

Shouldnt do on new cars, they have a restrictor in the inlet of the fuel tanks meaning you cant get the larger diesel fuel nozzle in the neck. But of course you can get the smaller nozzle of the petrol pump in the larger neck of a diesel tank.

Diesel will kill a petrol cat and lambda probes very quickly.

I think the Mrs was lucky in that she realised about 100 yards up the road and stopped - surprisingly sensible for a woman (on that occasion and given that she'd already been ridiculously stupid) - and got it drained out before she'd actually sucked any petrol into the fuel pump etc.

It's a painful consquence of having one petrol and one diesel car but it's a situation which will continue when (oh when?) we replace the AX diesel with the long dreamt of Fabia vRS!

Shouldnt do on new cars, they have a restrictor in the inlet of the fuel tanks meaning you cant get the larger diesel fuel nozzle in the neck..

How "new"?

The BMW has yet to reach 9months old.....

And from a layman's visual inspected, I see no difference in nozzle size down at Tesco....

Yours is a diesel though is it not?

The restrictor will only work when trying to put diesel into petrol, you can stop the larger diesel nozzle going in a petrol tank, but being as the petrol nozzle is smaller it wil easily go into a diesel tank.

Yours is a diesel though is it not?

The restrictor will only work when trying to put diesel into petrol' date=' you can stop the larger diesel nozzle going in a petrol tank, but being as the petrol nozzle is smaller it wil easily go into a diesel tank.[/quote']

I'll test it on the mothers Vitara.........

LIke I said, I've onhly done visual checks, but that fact that the pump hoses are green for unleaded and black for diesel is usually enough for most people.... :P Unlike my dad :P