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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.... |
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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
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did he start the car up after he put the diesel in ?
if not then it's just a tank drain and filter change.
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Apparantly he was a few miles down the raod before it cut out - why such an expense to get it sorted.
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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. |
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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
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