Thread: Young Lady having a bad day

at least one brand (caltex) call their 98 and diesel the same, Vortex. surprising it doesnt happen more,,

And they didnt have consistent colours on their handles between stations too. That was what almost caught me out.

I inadvertently put 20l of petrol into the missus's diesel Hilux because I had stupidly put petrol into a diesel jerry (Yellow one) and didn't notice until too late.
Easy fix? NO.
There is no drain plug (That I could find) in the plastic tank and there is a plastic mesh moulded onto the filler at the top of the tank so I couldn't siphon out the fuel.
I ended up drilling a tech screw into the bottom of the tank to drain it and replaced the screw when I finished, It is still there and hasn't leaked
I didn't start the engine so no damage done but what a PITA.

Originally Posted by POD

Did she put 'High Flow' diesel in it?

Or maybe "turbo" diesel......................

Just a couple of weeks ago we had 2 X couples in one of those hire camper truck things pull up & put almost a full tank of Opal into it. They bloke realised just before it clicked off.
He fully admitted it was his fault because he was chatting to someone next to him.

They were in a panic because it was a hire camper. We did our best to help them out & the 2 blokes got stuck in, drained the tank, emptied the fuel lines & poured diesel into the tank & then re-drained it.

We put them up overnight & gave them some tools & stuff to use so by the next day they had the thing running as advertised.

They were really nice folks, paid for everything & then gave us $50 for our trouble. I said don't bother with the $50 we were just happy to help. The bloke then went & spent the $50 on stuff for our spoilt kids.

We usually have someone fill with the wrong fuel 2 or 3 times a tourist season. Our ULP is labeled Opal which confuses people & 2 of our pumps are pre-paid (have to come in & pay before you can pump) so, although we have signs on the pumps, people who want to fill pull up at the pre-paid pumps, when the pump won't activate they get stressed & make errors.

I wonder if the camper people made it to Darwin?

Jonesfam

Originally Posted by Lee Jackson

Last week at a BP servo I noticed an Ad Blue Pump. I asked the cashier and said why the pump as I thought you don't need a lot of it. She said why then told me of a guy who filled his car up with ad blue. Didn't get too far.

I am hopefully going to have my first Diesel car soon so I think i will get a sticker and put it in the fuel filler as a reminder to me. With the busy world we live in it is so easy to get distracted. I did get told though on euro cars you cant put Unleaded in a Diesel. Either the nozzle wont fit or it has a sensor that detects. I am not sure.

Think she was telling porkies. AdBlue pumps need a magnet device in the neck of the tank or they won't deliver. It cam be a PITA, but it's better than putting the stuff in your fuel tank.

The only time I put petrol in a diesel, I luckily realised before I pulled away.
The mechanic that sorted it told me that you can have up to 25% petrol in a diesel & effectively all it does is increase the octane rating. So your Astra / Escort van goes faster.

Do NOT put diesel in a petrol, he said.

I had a MkIV Golf tdi company car several years ago.
My wife dropped me off at the airport one day.
That evening I got a phone call.
"There's something wrong with your car. I put petrol in at Reading on my way home and it started getting rough as I got to the M25.
I managed to get home but I don't think I should drive it further."
Me: "Odd. It was serviced a couple of weeks ago. Oh. Hang on, what did you put in it?"
"I told you. Petrol."

So thinking she's up for around £4K for repairs, off it goes to VW.

They drained it, checked it. And...



It was perfect. No danage at all. They and I were astonished. My wife was very relieved! Lol

So, a MkIV golf diesel can survive running on petrol.


LPG is much worse.
First day on my first Australian job. I'm issued a Falcon ute.
I get to the petrol station & open the fuel cap.
What the heck is this???? I can see screw threads & a valve arrangement, but neither petrol or diesel bowsers have this style of nozzle.
Call the boss.
"It's LPG Matt"
"What?"
"LPG. Don't you have that in the UK?"

As it happens, at the time there were 4 BP's in London that had LPG. Pretty much only some Councils used it, and you couldn't order a LPG only vehicle.
So far as I know, it's still rare.

Mates in the U.K. were blown away as much that I was driving a 4L straight 6, and it was considered perfectly normal than it was LPG only ex factory.

Originally Posted by johntins

Think she was telling porkies. AdBlue pumps need a magnet device in the neck of the tank or they won't deliver. It cam be a PITA, but it's better than putting the stuff in your fuel tank.

Most Adblue pumps have the magnet on the nozzle or hanging on a cable, so it is possable for people to put Adblue in the main tank. 50m is a bout the accepted distance to get. Blocks the fuel filter solid, if you are lucky.