Petrol in diesel, only a small amount!

JohnT · Unread post by **JohnT** » 15 Jun 2005, 04:47

I have two gallons of diesel with petrol in it, diesel 70% petrol 30%, can I put the lot in to my Xantai diesel if topped up? Will it cause damage? Or bin it?

FrenchLeave · Unread post by **FrenchLeave** » 15 Jun 2005, 04:57

It seems to me that diesels have been run on far worse mixtures than that, just don't try putting it in a petrol engined car!

jeremy · Unread post by **jeremy** » 15 Jun 2005, 07:10

Value of contaminated fuel £8 - cost of repair £?
Approximate quantity 5 pints petrol - bit more than needed as a cleaner.
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j_roc · Unread post by **j_roc** » 15 Jun 2005, 08:52

If you love your Xantia you wont put the crap into the tank. "Somebody" put super unleaded into a 5 year old Vauxhall Astra 1.7 td (1995 model) for some unknown reason she "forgot" to tell me. The result - sitting on the outskirts of Camarthen wondering what the hell was wrong with this car? The end result was one fuc**d Astra. Even today I still remind her to put the correct fuel in. It is your car after all.

Homer · Unread post by **Homer** » 15 Jun 2005, 12:32

Well I hate to see waste so how about putting a few pints in at each fillup?

AndersDK · Unread post by **AndersDK** » 15 Jun 2005, 13:13

Must be a few pints pr brimmed tank then.
Used to clean my BX diesel foam air filter element in petrol. This was enough to have quite a few violent "pops" from the exhaust. But in this instance the petrol is getting in the wrong way.
Try do a bit more accurate calculation on the final dilution. You can not be wrong if you are within the mix for cold winter running.

JohnT · Unread post by **JohnT** » 15 Jun 2005, 15:49

Thanks to all.....will use it as a cleaner to be on the safe side.

Mandrake · Unread post by **Mandrake** » 16 Jun 2005, 02:11

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