petrol in a diesel car

[tinatina71]

l accidentally put petrol in a 2006 diesel freelander. l put 23 litres and drove the car for 500 metres back home. l called landrover dealer who have quoted me �4070. l feel its too much. l would appreciate to get some advice before l take any action and l cannot afford the kind of money they are asking.

[4GS]

I know, tinatina71 came on a question and answer site asking a valid question looking for help, not to be abused by d1ckheads like 1702198

[david1702198]

hey 4gs dont tempt me!!!

[4GS]

1702198
I can guarantee I've thrown bigger than you out of the way in order to get into a fight
Now run along back to school, dinner time's almost up, theres a good boy

[jjaammeess]

why do we have to waste time on this sad person David IIn real life he would simply be ignored--have no friends and never get promotion What a loser

[bazzais]

I would suggest that you drain the whole system including pump, pipes and injectors. Then replace a small amount of diesel in the car with a little injector cleaner.

You can put diesel in a petrol car, but not the other way round and (as has been said) diesel is also a lubricant and putting petrol in your diesel engine will have also removed any lubricating qualities that were in the fuel system meaning it will be under extra wear until lubrication starts up again.

It sounds like you didn't drive it far so it may be OK.

[spaced]

a standard fuel siphon by a local garage is between �150-�200. Alot of our drivers make this mistake.

[dontpanic]

One of the problems of living normally is that we go on autopilot for much of the day due to overfamiliarity with what we are doing - having a petrol motor all your driving life and moving to diesel, or vice versa and its easy to make the mistake - despite the protestations of some of the more self righteous members of society. Yes, it has to be drained down and filter cleaned out and if you take it to a main dealer he will flush out the out the whole system and charge accordingly. I drove my diesel Mondeo about half a mile and a Fords main dealer charged me just under �500 so checkout your estimate first.