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yesterday i put £4.46 of diesel in my camper,nothing wrong with that i hear you say, until i tell you i have a 1.9wc petrol i noticed it at this amount and then put £30 petrol in. WILL this be ok i drove home 7 miles no problem but have left it this morning untill i get some advice what a tw#t.

Should be fine might smoke a bit.
When you get to 3/4 of a tank top it up again then at 1/2.

Adrian

prob smoke a bit.....
good upper cyl lubrication...

at least it wasnt a lot of dweezil coz the price..

fill it right up to dilute it more...

at least with a petrol all that usually happens is it smkes, runs very rough or not at all depending on how much has been put in..
in a D/TD then filling with petrol, boosts performance then blows it up depending on how much petrol you put in..

Modern cars are less tolerant....

Did the same many years ago, apart from being pulled by the police for lots of smoke managed to burn it off with lots of refills, soooooo embarassing but its a common mistake, you are not alone!

nutter wrote:yesterday i put £4.46 of diesel in my camper,nothing wrong with that i hear you say, until i tell you i have a 1.9wc petrol i noticed it at this amount and then put £30 petrol in. WILL this be ok i drove home 7 miles no problem but have left it this morning untill i get some advice what a tw#t.

Lucky you have an older vehicle . The 2008 version would still be in the workshop having all sorts of probable unecessaries done to it. Good init !
Cheers
Ken

ken simmonds wrote:The 2008 version would still be in the workshop having all sorts of probable unecessaries done to it. Good init !
Cheers
Ken

yeah but it would give them a chance to doo all the recall work on it without the embarrasment of having to tell you...

True story. As a youth after running out of petrol, in desperation I put in a bit of parrafin to get me to the garage. Won't EVER do that again. It stunk the high street out and even when I turned off the ignition it kept on running! Had to stall it to stop it....

thanks for the replies it smoked a bit when i started it today and smelled as if it was on fire for a few minutes but it seems ok now

CovKid wrote:True story. As a youth after running out of petrol, in desperation I put in a bit of parrafin to get me to the garage. Won't EVER do that again. It stunk the high street out and even when I turned off the ignition it kept on running! Had to stall it to stop it....

Back in the good old days I used to start my Norton 16H on petrol and switch to parafin once it was warm.
Cheers Ken
(600cc sidevalve ex army motorcycle with solid rear and girder front suspension)