Damage by diesel in a petrol enigne?

[Demonz]

Does anyone know if there would be any potential long terms problems of putting diesel in a petrol engine after it was fixed professionally?

I won a car on fleabay and the guy has told me he put diesel in it by mistake today (I pick it up Saturday) and it will cost him a fair bit to get fixed .... "talking about 2 x new catalytic converters, oxygen sensors, fuel filters, fuel pump and fuel injectors - at around £3000 + ..."

I was happy to go with the deal still as it was a bargain - but was concerned about any longer term issues this may cause to an engine. How the guy got the diesel nozzel in there the first place is a worry....

[Stu]

If you see invoice/speak to the garage to confirm they are liable for any consequence that they have not dealt with in the £3K bill, should be fine IMHO

[Richie]

did he start the car up after he put the diesel in ?

if not then it's just a tank drain and filter change.

[Demonz]

Apparantly he was a few miles down the raod before it cut out - why such an expense to get it sorted.

[Kinvig]

walk away!

There'll be other bargains on ebay.

...if it was too good to be true in the first place I'd start to be worried.


..how could he get a diesel nosel into a petrol tank anyways?


There's something fishy in Denmark.

This isn''t the car you're looking for, you can go about your business. Move along, move along.

[Demonz]

I'll see if I can call the garage when its getting fixed. The only thing fishy in denmark is the high extraordinary number of blondes. The car is in Southampton - which is also fishy I guess :)