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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189   
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wow, lucky
i'd keep topping the tank up though  |
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9th Aug 2016 6:42pm |
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| agentmulder Member Since: 16 Apr 2016 Location: Outer Space Posts: 1324 
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Reading this I'm thinking I'll keep some clear tube in the vehicle for random emergency oil fill/bleeding/syphon requirements.
It's a Land Rover after all. 
Solved the bowel problem, working on the consonants... |
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9th Aug 2016 8:39pm |
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| Riccarton Member Since: 10 Aug 2015 Location: Gods' Own Country Posts: 280  
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Quite a number of years ago now - father, who had an engine reconditioning business at the time, recieved a call from a local outbound centre.
Could they run their 2.25 diesel series III on petrol? Don't be silly, said father, why would you want to? It turned out they'd sent the 'lad' to fill it up and he'd brimmed it from 1/2 full with petrol instead of the oily stuff. They were all very impressed with the new-found performance  |
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9th Aug 2016 9:26pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3572 
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Was it not the done thing in years gone by for HGV drivers to add petrol to stop the diesel waxing up in the cold. We obviously have additives in diesel to stop this now, but I seem to remember this. As most HGVs pay for their fuel using Agency Cards, I don't suppose it would allow them to buy petrol these days?
You seem to have poked the stick at the devil, and got away with it. |
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9th Aug 2016 10:09pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3790  
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Wrong fuel?..Very easy to do.
In Aussie, all types of fuel are sold from the same pump,..4 hoses etc,...very easy to be confused,...as we were! Luckily Wifey was standing alongside me when I was filling up, and she noticed that I had the wrong fuel, so luckily only 1.5L went in,...no probs in 60L. I was talking to a friend of mine who runs an Ultra Tune Service Centre, and He said He's regularly getting calls to exit petrol from diesel vehicles,...He reckons that diesel should be served from a separate pump to lessen confusion. Pickles. |
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9th Aug 2016 10:24pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3572
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Had a bit of a double take in Florida a few years back. They had green hoses for Diesel and black hoses for Petrol. We didn't miss fuel, but worth remembering if you are going over on your hols.
Four hoses Pickles? What flavours of fuel do you have? |
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9th Aug 2016 10:35pm |
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| Ryderoo Member Since: 28 Aug 2015 Location: South Oxfordshire Posts: 1666  
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We usually have 4 hoses at the pumps in the UK too.
Diesel, Diesel Premium, Unleaded and Unleaded Premium. Some put there hoses opposite to others which could cause confusion! 
Click image to enlarge Cheers Simon I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you 1990 110 TD5 county, my first Land Rover - gone 2012 Discovery 4 XS SDV6 - gone 2014 Discovery 4 XS SDV6 - gone 2015 Evoque SD4 dynamic - Wife’s - gone 2015 Urban Truck 90 XS Santorini Black Hard Top - Reluctantly gone 2020 Discovery 5 Eiger Grey 3.0 SE - gone March 24 2021 Defender S D250 Santorini Black 110 HT - gone March 24 2023 Evoque P300e SE wife’s current vehicle |
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10th Aug 2016 3:55am |
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| yostumpy Member Since: 01 Aug 2010 Location: n/kent Posts: 327 |
Lol, no confusion here, just a senior moment.
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10th Aug 2016 8:48am |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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I'd consider changing the fuel filter soon as it is more than likely to have cleaned the tank and fuel lines out a bit which can block the filter. Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197
Self confessed mileage hunter  |
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10th Aug 2016 12:32pm |
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| Birdy Member Since: 07 Oct 2011 Location: Côte d'Azur Posts: 873  
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"Was it not the done thing in years gone by for HGV drivers to add petrol to stop the diesel waxing up in the cold"
It was, and I've needed to do it myself in old W123 Mercedes cars. But today's direct injection engines with their squillionth of a millimetre tolerances are not quite the same thing, it's the lubrication of diesel fuel as opposed to petrol that's important. Eight litres of petrol in a full tank might not cause me to lose TOO much sleep though, any damage has in any case already been done by now, the engine will probably blow up at 240,000 miles rather than 250,000... Peter |
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10th Aug 2016 2:09pm |
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| yostumpy Member Since: 01 Aug 2010 Location: n/kent Posts: 327 |
Oh no!!!240,000 miles , only 80,000 to go then.....were doomed. Now put 10 ltrs svo in the tank, sounds just the same, but a tad perkier I do feel. I do put a couple of ltrs of petrol in, when I am running high SVO %, and we get a frosty snap.
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10th Aug 2016 2:16pm |
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| Jukathy Member Since: 25 Jan 2015 Location: Berlin Posts: 170 
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I like to fuel up where the trucks are.
No petrol over there. And it gushes so fast  |
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4th Sep 2016 12:23pm |
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