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ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

I know 10 years ago it was still the custom in real cold minus winter temps that in order to avoid solidifying of the parrafin in diesel, one would add 5 liter petrol to a full tank of diesel.
Seems with todays modern common rail diesels this does not work anymore, todays high tech equipment does not support this. So guess this means that even smaller amounts of misfills in a not really empty diesel tank may cause serious problems. Even if todays Defender is not really high tech all over, the Puma engine falls in that category. You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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9th Oct 2012 4:57am

Delskinz

Member Since: 18 May 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 84

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Tonga Green

Around 3 years ago my wife put petrol in our diesel VW Golf, drove it home before the engine spluttered to a stop and wouldn't even turn over! I was hugely impressed .......

We called VW and they said the engine would be toast and that would be 3500 grand ...... Thank you very much.

Called my local garage who is a true mechanic not a technician, who nearly spat his coffee across the garage with rage at Volkswagens comments.

Well he got the Golf back to his garage dumped the fuel from the tank, flushed the system and fitted a new filter, 200 quid later the Golf was running perfectly...... and Volkswagen Barnstaple had lost a customer.

9th Oct 2012 7:26am

Patrick

Member Since: 21 Aug 2012
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 9

Adrian Flux offer cover for this. It costs about £15. I have it just in case my wife happened to be filling up

9th Oct 2012 8:01am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17380

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Glynparry25 wrote:
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If ... you accidentally add 15 litres of petrol to 60 litres of Diesel you shouldn't have much problems because it is a 2:1 ratio

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I think you'll find that's 4:1

9th Oct 2012 9:24am

rossy

Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
Location: Co. Roscommon
Posts: 1296

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Stornoway Grey

Well its the kind of mistake you only make once ! I filled up a Mondeo diesel with petrol a few years ago in Danbury, Essex and realised what I had done before I started the engine. Waited an hour for a recovery truck then off to a Ford dealer to have my nice full tank that I had just paid for emptied for a fee then had to fill it up again !
The worst part of it is feeling such a total plonker !

10th Oct 2012 3:26pm

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