Dazza67
26th June 2014, 05:42 PM
Has anyone had success in recovering their costs associated with fixing a engine that has had a gutfull of contaminated diesel ???
Had a frantic call from my father this arvo that his beloved Nissan Terrano II was in for a pre trip service and the guys at All4x4 had picked up it had a gutfull of contaminated diesel in it.
They said the tank needs to be dropped and cleaned as well as the injectors may well need to be pulled and possibly replaced.
My father had done his usual and thought 'yeah they will do the service and test drive so I will fill the tank".
Lucky the guys picked up on it as he only filled it yesterday and only fills from the same servo every time (has receipts and log book).
So its now been flat bedded to the AAMI insurance center for inspection and repairs.
The servo manager has admitted this afternoon that there is a "Problem with the tank and the sump" but wont put it writing when asked but has stopped selling fuel as my father is the 3rd person over the last week or so with fuel problems.
When running it had light white smoke and the fuel sample which we have is only 1/5th fuel the rest was sort of a pale milky colour but smelt of thinners and sort of tried to ignite when I lit it, definitely wasnt just water.
So is he going to be up for possibly more than this tank of fuel and his insurance premium ?? Or insurance should recover costs and reimburse ?
Have others faced the same fate and had no probs, the insurance apparently was keen to know the location and said they knew of this servo.
He is worried as the car is due to depart in a few weeks for a NSW to WA.
Had a frantic call from my father this arvo that his beloved Nissan Terrano II was in for a pre trip service and the guys at All4x4 had picked up it had a gutfull of contaminated diesel in it.
They said the tank needs to be dropped and cleaned as well as the injectors may well need to be pulled and possibly replaced.
My father had done his usual and thought 'yeah they will do the service and test drive so I will fill the tank".
Lucky the guys picked up on it as he only filled it yesterday and only fills from the same servo every time (has receipts and log book).
So its now been flat bedded to the AAMI insurance center for inspection and repairs.
The servo manager has admitted this afternoon that there is a "Problem with the tank and the sump" but wont put it writing when asked but has stopped selling fuel as my father is the 3rd person over the last week or so with fuel problems.
When running it had light white smoke and the fuel sample which we have is only 1/5th fuel the rest was sort of a pale milky colour but smelt of thinners and sort of tried to ignite when I lit it, definitely wasnt just water.
So is he going to be up for possibly more than this tank of fuel and his insurance premium ?? Or insurance should recover costs and reimburse ?
Have others faced the same fate and had no probs, the insurance apparently was keen to know the location and said they knew of this servo.
He is worried as the car is due to depart in a few weeks for a NSW to WA.