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What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Automotive1(m): 7:43pm On Feb 25, 2018


Putting the wrong fuel in your car can be compared with pouring something marked "Poison" into your body.

Due to the different types of nozzles used for petrol and diesel fuel at stations, its usually kind of difficult to mix them up, but mistakes do happen.

Car can be mistakenly misfuel when borrowed, refueling for someone or poured from a Keg. If you realized your mistake, the important thing is to stop driving the car. Parking and turning off the engine will limit the damage that will occur.

What happens when you put petrol in a Diesel Car?
Diesel acts as a lubrication oil that keeps the fuel pump and other components running smoothly as well as powering the car. Mixing petrol with diesel has the opposite effect as it increases friction between parts, causing damage to the fuel lines and pump. If you drive away or even start the car with petrol in the mix and can lead to you needing a new engine, filters, fuel pump, injectors, and a whole new fuel tank. 

Misfueling a diesel car with petrol is easier to do because the petrol nozzle will actually fit inside the filler for a modern diesel. 

What should you do?
As long as you don't turn the key, or press the start button, the damage can be kept to a minimum. 

You're going to need to put your car in neutral, release the hand brake and get someone push it to a safe parking spot.Finally call your mechanic for a fuel drain.

What happens and what you should do when you put diesel in a petrol engine?

What makes it tricky is that the diesel nozzle simply won't fit into the filler gap of a petrol-engined vehicle,unless it is poured from a keg.

Luckily, putting diesel in a petrol engine isn’t as bad as putting petrol in diesel engine . Because diesel needs to be compressed before it’ll ignite, chances are you won’t even be able to start the engine.

Diesel will only cause serious damage to a petrol engine if you allow it to circulate, particularly if your car is of the direct-injection variety.Fuel injectors that are designed to use unleaded will not take kindly to diesel.

Once again, you should arrange with your mechanic for your tank to be completely drained.

Have you ever made the mistake of misfueling your car or a borrowed car at the filling station or through Keg?

Source https://autojosh.com/what-happens-and-what-to-do-when-you-mistakenly-put-the-wrong-fuel-in-your-car/

Cc Lalasticlala Mynd44

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by HallaDaTruth: 8:19pm On Feb 25, 2018
What happens if you put kerosene in a fuel or diesel tank

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Aldebaran(m): 12:29am On Feb 26, 2018
Putting petrol in a diesel engine or diesel in a petrol engine is like an adult pouring milk into their eyes. grin

Nairalanders Shey I lie

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Nobody: 6:47am On Feb 26, 2018
Wrong fuel How?
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Nobody: 6:47am On Feb 26, 2018
The fuel pump stops working fine, and your injector too
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Jayclinics(m): 6:47am On Feb 26, 2018
What about kerosene. Mistakenly putting kerosene inside your fuel tank?

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by timwudz(m): 6:47am On Feb 26, 2018
My pastor fuelled his car with water and he drove from Ibadan to Abuja...


can u beat that?

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by pejuakinab: 6:48am On Feb 26, 2018
Buying a wrong fuel is better not imagined than experienced. The torment that follows is unexplainable.
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by joystickextend1(m): 6:51am On Feb 26, 2018
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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by agarawu23(m): 6:58am On Feb 26, 2018
Only those who borrowed car will make such mistake cos the owner knows the fuel for his car.
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by timwudz(m): 7:24am On Feb 26, 2018
Aldebaran:
Putting petrol in a diesel engine or diesel in a petrol engine is like an adult pouring milk into their eyes. grin

Nairalanders Shey I lie
You were about to make sense

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Nobody: 7:39am On Feb 26, 2018
OP at this stage, its absurd to think pump attendants or drivers dont know the difference between diesel and petrol.

you should be talking about the different grades of pms, in nigeria we only have 87RON , which is the lowest grade.

i pity the people driving direct fuel injection cars.
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by King4Roller: 7:45am On Feb 26, 2018
Na for people wey get vehicle

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by slurity1: 8:03am On Feb 26, 2018
agarawu23:
Only those who borrowed car will make such mistake cos the owner knows the fuel for his car.
Have you heard about these words before? ' absent minded' . Someone with more than one vehicle can make such mistake. Possibility is wide
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by begwong: 8:11am On Feb 26, 2018
timwudz:
My pastor fuelled his car with water and he drove from Ibadan to Abuja...
can u beat that?
If only u have a real faith, you can also drive from Abuja to Lagos on an empty tank too! ✈✔

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Lexusgs430: 8:16am On Feb 26, 2018
The nozzle end on modern dispensing pumps, are now threaded to avoid such mistakes.

And vehicles also have complimentary dispensing holes......
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by YoungKeem(m): 8:32am On Feb 26, 2018
A fuel attendant once mistakenly put in petrol into my diesel Audi in 2016, as he was filling my tank, i noticed the smell of petrol and asked him and he said oh sh*t. I knew it was trouble. He called his manager and the called on their fuel garage mechanic. He drained everything from the diesel filter hose and they put in a pressure in the tank. After 3 hours of draining, they gave me half tank of diesel for free but i ended up giving the attendant R200 (N6,000) out of pity because i knew that free fuel will come out of his payment and i put on the engine and everything was fine.

The paramount thing is do not start the car if you notice quickly

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by timwudz(m): 9:04am On Feb 26, 2018
begwong:

If only u have a real faith, you can also drive from Abuja to Lagos on an empty tank too! ✈✔
Na jet me wan fly without jet fuel
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Manasp: 9:09am On Feb 26, 2018
Aldebaran:
Putting petrol in a diesel engine or diesel in a petrol engine is like an adult pouring milk into their eyes. grin

Nairalanders Shey I lie



Naso
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Nobody: 9:16am On Feb 26, 2018
Automotive1:




What happens when you put petrol in a Diesel Car?
Diesel acts as a lubrication oil that keeps the fuel pump and other components running smoothly as well as powering the car. Mixing petrol with diesel has the opposite effect as it increases friction between parts, causing damage to the fuel lines and pump. If you drive away or even start the car with petrol in the mix and can lead to you needing a new engine, filters, fuel pump, injectors, and a whole new fuel tank. 

Misfueling a diesel car with petrol is easier to do because the petrol nozzle will actually fit inside the filler for a modern diesel. 

What should you do?
As long as you don't turn the key, or press the start button, the damage can be kept to a minimum. 

You're going to need to put your car in neutral, release the hand brake and get someone push it to a safe parking spot.Finally call your mechanic for a fuel drain.

What happens and what you should do when you put diesel in a petrol engine?

What makes it tricky is that the diesel nozzle simply won't fit into the filler gap of a petrol-engined vehicle,unless it is poured from a keg.

Luckily, putting diesel in a petrol engine isn’t as bad as putting petrol in diesel engine . Because diesel needs to be compressed before it’ll ignite, chances are you won’t even be able to start the engine.

Diesel will only cause serious damage to a petrol engine if you allow it to circulate, particularly if your car is of the direct-injection variety.Fuel injectors that are designed to use unleaded will not take kindly to diesel.

Once again, you should arrange with your mechanic for your tank to be completely drained.

Have you ever made the mistake of misfueling your car or a borrowed car at the filling station or through Keg?

Source https://autojosh.com/what-happens-and-what-to-do-when-you-mistakenly-put-the-wrong-fuel-in-your-car/

Cc Lalasticlala Mynd44

If you put diesel in Petrol tank, at the power stage of cycle, the diesel will prevent the air - petrol mixture from being ignited by the spark from the plugs. This will cause loss of power and consequently the engine stops.

On the other hand, if you put petrol in diesel tank, since it is compression ignition process, the petrol being easily compressed will quickly ignite before the diesel and the ensuing flame with cause the diesel to start to burn without letting the compression stroke to complete. This will cause disorderly firing of the engine and damage to the engine.

Like you have said, once it is noticed, don't start your engine. Drain all and flush the system.
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by phone5: 11:45am On Feb 26, 2018
HallaDaTruth:
What happens if you put kerosene in a fuel or diesel tank
olodo

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Dollabiz: 12:50pm On Feb 26, 2018
Really
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Tunks2017(m): 2:02pm On Feb 26, 2018
timwudz:
My pastor fuelled his car with water and he drove from Ibadan to Abuja...



can u beat that?

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Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by WrongFuelSoS(m): 5:20pm On Mar 05, 2018
This is something that is very easily done. It is said that in the UK there are over 150,000 cases every year of people putting the wrong fuel in their cars. tongue
However, if you want to know more about how it affects the engine and what to do about it, take a look at these Frequently Asked Questions about wrong fuel: http://www.wrongfuelsos.com/about.html
Re: What Happens And What To Do When You Mistakenly Put The Wrong Fuel In Your Car? by Homeyfav: 1:58pm On Mar 15, 2019
How Not To Buy Bad Diesel In Nigeria

Most people are of the belief that density that is specific gravity check is all you need to conduct to determine the quality of diesel. Well that is not all, there are other various tests that has to be conducted to ascertain the quality of diesel. Tests has to be conducted for flash point, viscosity, sulphur content, water content, octane index amongst others.
Nevertheless you other simple fast tests that you can run and that is the Density test and the water test.
You can conduct the diesel density with a calibrated hydrometer and thermometer. It is best for you to conduct this test yourself and not leave it for the supplier as the supplier might falsify it. It is best if you conduct this yourself or by a trusted employee with your own instrument so you can be sure of the results. For the water test you can get a Water Paste to determine if there is water in the diesel.
It is advisable to do all these tests before purchases are made than after.

https://www.dieselsupplier.ng/buy-bad-diesel-nigeria/

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