Thread: ULP in D4 Diesel tank ;(

Originally Posted by MuzD4

Surprisingly, it didn't trip the fuel guard!

Does the two stroke oil trick work ok with these engines?

Cheers

It will make up for the petrols lack of lubricity until you dilute it further.

Otherwise 2SO is useless in a diesel

Originally Posted by MuzD4

I'm guessing that it's not good to accidently put ULP in your Diesel tank (even if it <2L)!!??

Any recommendations?

What's the best way to drain the fuel tank in D4 - I'm guessing there's no simple drain plug arrangement in these?

In Victoria I'd ring the RACV and if they didn't think it was OK to press on they'd either send out a company that specialises in doing mobile misfuel removal, or they'd flat-bed it to somewhere that can.

An LR dealer told me that they get heaps of these each week to fix, so it must be fairly common.

They would not say to keep driving for fear of legal. Nowadays good advice isn’t given - legally safe advice is.

You’d need more than 2l in 89l to cause any damage.

I have seen posts on ski forums that say if you cannot get alpine diesel, put 1 - 2 litres of petrol into the tank, then fill the rest with regular diesel. It probably works, given how regularly those posts appear, but not for me. I will stick to alpine diesel, when needed, and ensuring I can get it by planning ahead.

Originally Posted by AlM

I have seen posts on ski forums that say if you cannot get alpine diesel, put 1 - 2 litres of petrol into the tank, then fill the rest with regular diesel. It probably works, given how regularly those posts appear, but not for me. I will stick to alpine diesel, when needed, and ensuring I can get it by planning ahead.

Presumably the people who are advocating putting ULP in diesel aren't providing an indemnity if it turns out that they were wrong.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

Presumably the people who are advocating putting ULP in diesel aren't providing an indemnity if it turns out that they were wrong.

Do you go to a public forum and ask a random group of people for an indemnified approach? I hope not.
Who is going to provide any identity anyway? No professional will either. Even if they drain it and refill it with diesel, if it fails after, I can assure you they won’t cover the costs
Land Rover don’t provide any indemnity for their damn engines!

Different to your case as you only filled up 2L but this news story is still worth a watch. This should help anyone remember to always fill up with the correct fuel!

9 News Adelaide - Fuel Fire | Facebook

Originally Posted by Cpt

Different to your case as you only filled up 2L but this news story is still worth a watch. This should help anyone remember to always fill up with the correct fuel!

My favourite comment : "To be honest.... I wish I did this to my discovery 3 when I owned it. Would have saved me a lot of trouble. Terribly unreliable cars."