Unleaded - Ouch please help

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

(still getting heaps of grief from first wife over how I could have made mistake in first place). Local shop drained the fuel (had to remove one tank), purged, replaced filters, filled with diesel and all good. About $300 - so I got out lightly. Its actually running better than ever now ;-) Thanks for all the assistance and replies.

I wonder what your second wife would say or what your third wife would do lol.

When I read the thread title, I immediately thought you had put unleaded in a diesel (my worst nightmare) and it came true after it loaded up haha. I would have thought the damage would be far in excess of the $300 you paid for the repair.

What did you do with the petrol/diesel fuel mixture?

[rickact Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close rickact]

What did you do with the petrol/diesel fuel mixture?

Donated it to the mechanic - there was about 40litres of diesel mixed with 140 litres of unleaded - wife's audi would not like it one bit!!!

[Madkore Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Madkore]

I'm sure I've read someone else on the forum did this also. Hey joey, do you remember who it was? I forget...

See, once its online, its there FOREVER!

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

Donated it to the mechanic - there was about 40litres of diesel mixed with 140 litres of unleaded!!!

The mechanic must have had one hell of a bonfire that night lol

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

Son in Law put 50 lts of unleaded in his Navara STX Diesel before he realised, we ended with a tow and pulling the tank out (45mins and a couple of beve's), refill with diesel, lesson learnt check the pump name don't rely on the colour of the handle.

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Most diesel pumps that I've seen have a latch to be lifted in order to eject the nossle. I suppose this is to prevent petrol users from filling up on diesel. This is usually in the city areas though, I've seen a few pumps in rural areas without latches. So I guess a tip to all would be to check that you're pulling open a latch at the pump as well as checking the label as Richo has stated

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Hadn't read this thread until today, A friend of ours put 100 odd litres of ULP in his 90 series and didn't realize, he drove a few k's before he had an issue. Took it to Toyota and they worked on it for 3 days and couldn't work out what was wrong. Finally the owner started to wonder about the fuel and bingo, drain fuel replace filter etc etc, no more problem.

On the same subject but the other way round, a few years ago our local fuel tanker driver put about 1000litres of diesel in the ULP bowser at the local servo, when he realised, he just topped it up with ULP and kept his mouth shut. We only got a minor dose that caused a bit of pinging, our mechanic correctly diagnosed bad fuel and it was all good the next tank. Those that got a real guts full of the diesel weren't all so lucky, I know of a couple of people that had their engines rebuilt because they were blowing so much smoke.

Cheers Andrew

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On the same subject but the other way round, a few years ago our local fuel tanker driver put about 1000litres of diesel in the ULP bowser at the local servo, when he realised, he just topped it up with ULP and kept his mouth shut. We only got a minor dose that caused a bit of pinging, our mechanic correctly diagnosed bad fuel and it was all good the next tank. Those that got a real guts full of the diesel weren't all so lucky, I know of a couple of people that had their engines rebuilt because they were blowing so much smoke.

Cheers Andrew

LOL!! I can't come up with two better words but EPIC FAIL! Haha

[kav Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close kav]

when you pick up the handle , if its covered in oily , slimey , stinky stuff its usually the diesel bowser , if its clean its petrol . diesel owners cant seem to fill the tank without geting it all over the handle. i have three diesels . this thread is almost as entertaining as the time my mate put 50litres of unleaded in the rod holder of his boat .

[William Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close William]

this thread is almost as entertaining as the time my mate put 50litres of unleaded in the rod holder of his boat .

LOL! That just made my day hahahaha

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This topic obviously of great interest to all those who have added even a little portion of petrol to their tanks. What portion of petrol would be OK? If added to an empty tank which tank would the petrol go into? Would the petrol stay in that tank if the vehicle was then filled with diesel? It would be better if it stayed in the rear tank as it is easier to drain.

[dermie75 Member Find all posts View Profile Close dermie75]

when you pick up the handle , if its covered in oily , slimey , stinky stuff its usually the diesel bowser , if its clean its petrol . diesel owners cant seem to fill the tank without geting it all over the handle. i have three diesels . this thread is almost as entertaining as the time my mate put 50litres of unleaded in the rod holder of his boat .

LMFAO! Bugger, must have a been a super quick pump! Whatever happened to the larger type nozzle on the diesel bowsers??

[D4D-GXL Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D-GXL]

Don't forget to change the filter under the car just above the tail shaft. But everything should be fine if all filters are changed and everything flushed.

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this thread is almost as entertaining as the time my mate put 50litres of unleaded in the rod holder of his boat .

HAHAHA! That is a crack up! Any more details you care to provide on this one Kav - 50L is a damn lot!

[D4D-GXL Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D-GXL]

I remember two things that happened in Blackwater central qld quite a few years ago.
1. The lady had an old landcruiser that had the kick-out air vents at the drivers and passenger foot wells. Well um, she was filling her car up with lots of leaded fuel at the time and was using the kick-out air vents as the fuel filler - they did look similar on those vehicles but at different ends of the car.

2. Another one I heard was a husband asked the wife if she could fill the car up and also top up the engine oil. She filled the car up and also filled the engine oil up.....right to the top of the engine. Unfortunately for her, when she started the car it went about 3 feet and stopped with a huge puff of smoke out the exhaust. I believe from memory that she blew most of the seals in the engine and it was rather costly to repair.