by "Doki" <mrdoki@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 28, 2008 at 10:59 PM
"malc" <malunspamwhite@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Ken wrote:
>> The other thread about someone using the wrong oil prompted the
>> following:
>>
>> Does anyone know what exactly happens if you fill a diesel tank with
>> petrol? Someone once filled a petrol tractor from the diesel tank and
>> it was not happy (just drain and replace). But I am curious about how
>> petrol performs in a diesel engine. I doubt that the result would be
>> spectacular. Diesel has a higher energy density than petrol so petrol
>> is unlikely to blow the thing up. So I would expect that petrol would
>> work. As with oil, I suspect that the net result would be nuisance
>> rather than disaster.
>>
>> But has anyone tried/experienced it?
>
> This has been done to death on uk.rec.cars.maintenance. The consensus is
> that modern common rail cars can't go very far like that as it knackers
> the injector pump (which relies on the lubrication of the diesel). An
> older simple diesel like a 405 or earlier Xants should be relatively ok
so
> long as you don't go too far, they do get very rattly and bangy though
or
> so I've been told.
You used to be able to add quite a lot of petrol to your tank of diesel in
days of yore to prevent waxing during winter. Apparently 25% petrol was
allowed in old Golf diesels, and a bloke in PPC running a 205D on veg oil
adds a bit of petrol to a tankful to thin it down a tad. In something like
a
ZX or similar that's nice and simple, you should be fine.
Common rail and you'll kill the pumps...
