In a moment of total and utter madness, I've gone and put a tenner's worth of unleaded in my vRS... Unfortunately I didn't spot this until 7.45 tonight when I ground to a halt on the south slip of J37 M6. :eek:

Now considerably wiser and [when I've paid off my sister's credit card]

No idea mate, but i've got ulimate sympathy 4 you.

What a blag!

Geese.

Let me know the outcome.

Someone else done it recently and suffered no ill effects just run good diesel in it and hopefully all should be well. Do a search for the recent post.

Some Millers diesel-plus might not go amiss. Better off in the long run just to keep putting the right fuel in. :P (sorry )

I reckon you'll be fine. Unleaded in a diesel, isn't as bad as the other way round.

Finger's crossed for you mate, i've nearly done exactly the same thing on many occassions.

Some Millers diesel-plus might not go amiss.

Does the handbook say NOT to put any additives through the engine?

Chris

you see, subconsiously you fabia vRS drivers wish you had bought a proper(petrol) car and can't get these thoughts out of your head

you see, subconsiously you fabia vRS drivers wish you had bought a proper(petrol) car and can't get these thoughts out of your head

As said, just fill it to the brim with good diesel, NO injector cleaner. I would replace the fuel filter though. Petrol is the best injector cleaner there is. Used to put it in my pug hdi (1 gallon in a tank of diesel) when i got it as it was all clogged up and powerless. Worked a treat. Dont know about the PD unit though, although the basics cant be too far removed.

Dont stick petrol in a diesel whatever you do, certianly dont listen to Shifty's advice (sorry mate). Diesel is a heavy oil. The fuel has lubrication properties which is used to lubricate parts of the diesel system such as the injection pump (if fitted) and injectors. Flushing petrol through it cleans off this lubrication and it runs dry. Think of it like draining your oil out of your engine and running it up, it just ends up grinding metal. We have a 2.5 Superb here at the moment which has to have a new pump for this reason, I can think of better ways of spending

Thanks guys

Guess I'll be off to get a fuel filter and a tank of decent diesel...

Doubtful in the extreme that I'll ever forget "unleaded into vRS is a no-no" [ ] but I'm gonna mark the filler cap in some way to make doubly sure...

Think this has come up before - but what about fitting diesel and petrol cars with different shaped fillers? And having the service station pumps with the corresponding shape?

Square for petrol, triangular for diesel something like that?

Although having never fallen foul of it myself, I imagine it's easily done. If you're thinking of other things at the time, or you drive a variety of cars for example.

Steve

I thought all newer cars were colour coded?

i.e. black for diesel, green for unleaded.

Would be great wouldnt it. But you would have to get every petrol supplier and every car maker to follow suit and convert all cars currently on the road.

On the forecourt I used, the pumps are colour coded. But I'd had a s*** day and had swapped to my Furby from my petrol Fiesta and I didn't make the connect...

Have to admit bafflement as to why the nozzles and / or fuel fillers aren't different. After all they did it when leaded swapped to unleaded - you couldn't put the leaded nozzle in a car designed for unleaded... Apparently you shouldn't be able to put diesel in a petrol car for the same reason, though I've heard of it happening, so guess some petrol retailers don't especially care if some silly sod [ ] f**** up !!

I thought all newer cars were colour coded?

i.e. black for diesel' date=' green for unleaded.[/quote']

Yup just checked my furby.... the nozzle receiver is green plastic.

Would be great wouldnt it. But you would have to get every petrol supplier and every car maker to follow suit and convert all cars currently on the road.

and the cheaper and easier option would be to engage brain before pumping!

Even my dad has done it when he borrowed the Rover, he filled it up to the top with diesel (only

Would be great wouldnt it. But you would have to get every petrol supplier and every car maker to follow suit and convert all cars currently on the road.

Not a mega problem I don't think. Could just be a plastic sleeve for the pump nossles, and existing cars could be fitted with a template of some sort, over the standard round filler insert....

On the colour argument, that does help, obviously. But it's clearly not enough. And I'm not sure if the BP Ultimate diesel pump is green?!? :confused:

Steve

BP ultimate is a kind of dark blue around here, to differentiate it from the ultimate unleaded which is a kinf od light :gay: shade of blue.

Diesel is usually black and petrol usually green. However if I go somewhere unfamiliar I'll read the nozzle right down to the ISO number or whatever is on them, just to be sure.

I'm not being funny, but it amazes me how many people do this. Why dont people CHECK to ensure they have the right pump before putting fuel in. When you consider the implications for your car and wallet, I am surprised that people dont think about it before they start putting fuel in the car.

On the forecourt I used, the pumps are colour coded. But I'd had a s*** day and had swapped to my Furby from my petrol Fiesta and I didn't make the connect...

Rough deal, I know I do some pretty brainless stuff at the end of a bad day.

You have my sympathy.

Skoda obviously thought a bit about the problem as looking inside the fuel flap on my 05 it has the list:-

Diesel

Gazole

Gas

Dont stick petrol in a diesel whatever you do, certianly dont listen to Shifty's advice (sorry mate). Diesel is a heavy oil. The fuel has lubrication properties which is used to lubricate parts of the diesel system such as the injection pump (if fitted) and injectors. Flushing petrol through it cleans off this lubrication and it runs dry. Think of it like draining your oil out of your engine and running it up, it just ends up grinding metal. We have a 2.5 Superb here at the moment which has to have a new pump for this reason, I can think of better ways of spending

Ooops

I'll stick to fish and chips....

shock horror, some one beingtold that they are wrong and no backlash :eek:

or did you PM him? :P

I managed to put 45Lt of unleaded in my Octy 110 about 6 weeks ago.........and I have never bought petrol for anything but a lawn mower for 20 years!!.

Garage drained in and changed the filters and said it would be ok. I had been looking to change the car anyway so that made my mind up - just in case!

seemed to be running ok but ther did seem to be odd hesitations - but probably just my imagination.

ANYWAY - picked up my new 1.9 TDI DSG elegance today - I think i'm in love!!

I managed to put 45Lt of unleaded in my Octy 110 about 6 weeks ago.........and I have never bought petrol for anything but a lawn mower for 20 years!!.

Garage drained in and changed the filters and said it would be ok. I had been looking to change the car anyway so that made my mind up - just in case!

seemed to be running ok but ther did seem to be odd hesitations - but probably just my imagination.

ANYWAY - picked up my new 1.9 TDI DSG elegance today - I think i'm in love!!

Thank you, oh thank you, I'm not on my own anymore