Thread: D3 won't start - turns over rapidly though

Ah nevermind.. my aunty who is currently borrowing it put a gutfull of petrol in it.. hopefully no damage.. the guy with her on the phone had a quick look underneath and coudn't see any easy way to drain it so hopefully its not a mission...

oh dear. good luck sorting that out. Was it run with the petrol in, and then stop? or did it just refuse to start....

Originally Posted by Psimpson7

oh dear. good luck sorting that out. Was it run with the petrol in, and then stop? or did it just refuse to start....

Thanks for that - sort of both - it didn't konk out whilst running but it did run after filling it up ($50 of petrol she says - so maybe 50/50 mix). But it didnt start after stopping it.

I don't really know much about D3's but that doesnt sound good atall.

The TD5 gets very upset if that happens, let alone I would imagine the TDV6.

I wouldn't even consider trying to start it again without seeking advice from a knowedgable specialist.

Hope your Aunty has plenty of spare pocket money

Last "petrol" fueled TDV6 I saw required a minimum of a complete new Fuel system. The one prior to that required rebuild...

She's looking at between $6000-$17,000

Originally Posted by djambalawa

Ah nevermind.. my aunty who is currently borrowing it put a gutfull of petrol in it.. hopefully no damage.. the guy with her on the phone had a quick look underneath and coudn't see any easy way to drain it so hopefully its not a mission...

Man...you'd wanna hope it was an aunty you were close to.....otherwise I'd be gathering up the shovel and wheel barrow .....thing is...these day's you really have to try when it comes to putting petrol in diesel cars ,

Regards

Stevo

Make sure you buy a mis-fuelling device when it comes back fixed.

I paid $55 for mine. Although it is only a D1, I sometimes have no choice but to lend the car to people I have no confidence in whatsoever. It installs easily and although I've never needed to can be easily removed to use a hi-flow nozzle or one that otherwise doesnt fit.

if it wont start and was driven for more then 2 mins on that mix,, it will need a fuel sys replacement,

and a tdv6 rebuild from pet in desel??? the fuel pump will kill the injectors ( like it has happend in this case) b4 the engine will fail internaly

wev had countless 99.99% petrols in desel run till they stop and dont need a rebuild

just think your self luck you dont own a tdv8 the most resent case was 21.1k