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keith



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Half asleep after night time journey back from Heathrow . Returning an Enterprise car hire the next morning I put 40L of unleaded into an empty tank instead of diesel .oops ! And topped the rest off with diesel when I realised . I handed them the keys and said nothing . I didn't bother a toss though as 4 weeks before some little monkey at Enterprise Heathrow stole our iPad from the car .
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eutek



Member Since: 03 Mar 2009
Location: High Wycombe
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United Kingdom 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey
BigWheels wrote:
Might find this interesting


Thanks - made for an interesting watch.
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rossy



Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
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Glad everything seems to be OK Eutek.

One positive outcome will be (from my own experience Embarassed ) you will never, ever make that mistake again. Guaranteed ! Laughing
Post #268127 20th Sep 2013 12:06pm
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JWL



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I spotted this after watching a link for another thread on the forum but it's totally appropriate Very Happy Very Happy

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JSG



Member Since: 12 Jul 2007
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I always thought you had to a daft to this - BUT,

Leaving Reading last Sat eve I stopped at the BP station as the fuel light had been on for 10 miles or so to stick half a tank in as we were going out for dinner later that night.

Put just over £50 worth in - and then noticed I had used the unleaded pump - FECK Evil or Very Mad

Never done it before and can only put it down to not thinning what I was doing and using auto pilot to select the nozzle as I'd filled the bike up twice since the Defender.

Censored . Paid for the fuel, told the chap in the kiosk I wasn't moving it and phoned LR Assist.

Got recovered home with the 110 which was then collected again on Monday morning and taken in to the dealer. Luckily I had realised before starting it so limited the problem to the tank.

Dealer drained and removed the tank, cleaned everything and fitted new filter, gaskets etc. Not cheap but better than it could have been. From what I hear if they have been run the bill can run into thousands of pounds and end up an insurance job.

Running fine now and they gave it a full valet free at the same time but the bank account isn't happy. John

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2011 Tdci 110 CSW XS
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SteveG



Member Since: 29 Nov 2011
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Once recovered home, why didn't you just drain the tank and refill with diesel??
Post #274209 16th Oct 2013 10:50am
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JSG



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Two reasons - I don't have the space / equipment to do it and the tank / filter would still be contaminated which could lead to warranty issues.

This way it keeps the warranty intact in case of future problems. John

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blackwolf



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If you haven#t started the engine, the fuel pump won't have pulled any contam into the filter or pipework. If you drained the tank, any petroleum will evaporate quite quickly. So if you do have the misfortune to make this blunder, provided that you haven't started the engine then I think a home drain should be quite satisfactory.

However, it won't be easy to get rid of the contaminated fuel you've drained out, and if there's 16 gallons of it you're going to have quite a probelm on your hands.
Post #274226 16th Oct 2013 11:51am
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