Trig1903
16-04-2008, 01:00 PM
Hi, first post on the forum and an embarrassing one at that.
I recently collected my new A3 1.9 TDI. Having always driven a petrol car before I made the stupid mistake of starting to fill up with petrol last night instead of diesel. I was just short of 6 litres when I realised having had approx 7 lires of diesel left in the tank as the fuel light had not long come on. I then proceeded to fill up the rest of the tank with diesel therefore giving me a tank with about 49 litres diesel and 6 litres petrol.
Being clueless with cars I drove home and then drove the 20 miles into work this morning and the car is fine so no problem I thought. I then did a google search (possibly not the wisest info source) to find all sorts of horror stories and panic has ensued. I've spoken to a couple of knowledgeable folk and have been offered advice from get the tank drained and fuel filter changed to don't worry, put some diesel additive in and keep topping the tank up to further dilute things and ride it out.
If it's a temporary blip that I can ride through then fair enough but I'm concerned that I may do real and expensive damage to my car if I don't get it fixed properly. From what I can gather (again that dangerous google thing) it would harm a common rail system more which I don't think mine is.
Anyone any advice or experiences they can offer ?
cheers
I recently collected my new A3 1.9 TDI. Having always driven a petrol car before I made the stupid mistake of starting to fill up with petrol last night instead of diesel. I was just short of 6 litres when I realised having had approx 7 lires of diesel left in the tank as the fuel light had not long come on. I then proceeded to fill up the rest of the tank with diesel therefore giving me a tank with about 49 litres diesel and 6 litres petrol.
Being clueless with cars I drove home and then drove the 20 miles into work this morning and the car is fine so no problem I thought. I then did a google search (possibly not the wisest info source) to find all sorts of horror stories and panic has ensued. I've spoken to a couple of knowledgeable folk and have been offered advice from get the tank drained and fuel filter changed to don't worry, put some diesel additive in and keep topping the tank up to further dilute things and ride it out.
If it's a temporary blip that I can ride through then fair enough but I'm concerned that I may do real and expensive damage to my car if I don't get it fixed properly. From what I can gather (again that dangerous google thing) it would harm a common rail system more which I don't think mine is.
Anyone any advice or experiences they can offer ?
cheers