Unleaded BP Ultimate Petrol in a Diesel Car

Thomas99

chigley wrote: »

I think the OP should buy her knickers from C&A - no mistakes that way

No such store in the UK now.

chigley

Thomas99 wrote: »

No such store in the UK now.

Yes, I know, but the joke does not sound the same if you say Primark! They are (as a Dutch company) still to be found in mainland Europe.....

bargepole

This is a true story:

A few years ago, when I used to work for a car leasing company, VW lent us some Passat demo cars for us to take round to corporate clients.

The guy from VW came down to give us a presentation on the cars, and stressed that they were all diesel models. On the paperwork that our clients had to sign when they borrowed the cars, there was a big red stamp saying "don't forget it's a diesel". Inside the fuel filler flap, there was a bright yellow sticker saying "diesel".

Despite all this, one of our drivers managed to fill one of these Passats on three separate occasions with .... you've guessed it, unleaded petrol. His career prospects diminished with each one, and disappeared on the third.

vikingaero

My fill up routine is:

(1) Pull up next to pump, get out of vehicle, open petrol flap and unscrew cap, take petrol nozzle and insert into filler
(2) Check the nozzle says petrol (or diesel)
(3) Look at nozzle and follow hose by sight to check it matches with the position where I removed the nozzle.
(4) Cross check price of petrol on forecourt sign matches the display grade
(5) Double check nozzle says petrol and fill up!

hewhoisnotintheknow

vikingaero wrote: »

My fill up routine is:

(1) Pull up next to pump, get out of vehicle, open petrol flap and unscrew cap, take petrol nozzle and insert into filler
(2) Check the nozzle says petrol (or diesel)
(3) Look at nozzle and follow hose by sight to check it matches with the position where I removed the nozzle.
(4) Cross check price of petrol on forecourt sign matches the display grade
(5) Double check nozzle says petrol and fill up!

common sense

big_gay_kirk

friend of mine loves misfuels.. he drives a GAZ comms vehicle, with a multifuel engine, and gets the resulting fuel mix for very little.. sometimes for free!! diesel/petrol mix works lovely in his!

ps... i think the colour coding on crisps should be standardised.. i accidentally ate a packet of kp cheese and onion, thinking while half asleep that it was s&v... nearly killed me, as i have a little problem with milk products...

Thomas99

vikingaero wrote: »

My fill up routine is:

(1) Pull up next to pump, get out of vehicle, open petrol flap and unscrew cap, take petrol nozzle and insert into filler
(2) Check the nozzle says petrol (or diesel)
(3) Look at nozzle and follow hose by sight to check it matches with the position where I removed the nozzle.
(4) Cross check price of petrol on forecourt sign matches the display grade
(5) Double check nozzle says petrol and fill up!

Yes all common sense, but i have been caught out in the past...having used a diesel van for 4 weeks and familiar it was diesel, i managed to put petrol in at 11pm, on my way home, just so it would be full for the morning :eek:

moggylover

CarProblems wrote: »

Do I have any comeback? At all? even a little bit?

Well....I have had better days....this goes down as the most costly of them all...

This morning I filled my diesel car and drove it for 2 miles with unleaded petrol

I used BP Ultimate and I thought I checked several times...though I didn't want Ultimate, I think that standard diesel is fine, but as I was running late I would use the more expensive Ultimate Diesel as I was next to it (except it was petrol)

They are SO similar - when the breakdown guy came he said '90% of people I come to with this issue have filled up with Ultimate - it's so misleading'

i was so convinced it was diesel we went back to check.....

I have seen some info on the net about the mix up - does anyone have any experience of this?

Little did I know how much this error would cost......

....but that's what insurance is for isn't it? Putting petrol in was total stupidity (don't write to tell me I am an idiot - I know!!!!) It is also stupid reversing into a bollard etc but that also is an accident and so gets covers by insurance

Anyway, it turns out my fully comp insurance via Swintons with Chaucer does NOT cover this

So - while I admit liability....I didn't think it would cost me quite so dearly

Quote (that will keep my warranty in place which I need to do as it is a car on HP) is over £5000

Do I have any come back on;

- BP with their almost identical branding of Ultimate unleaded and diesel
- My insurance company for exlcuding 'accidents'!

Help - I can't afford this and to cover it need to get a loan!!!

Many thanks

Idiot Driver

What on Earth do they want over £5K for? I don't expect you have any come back on BP - but what exactly is supposed to have happened to your car because of this miss-fueling?

I did this myself about 3 years ago - all that was necessary was to have the in-line filters changed, and everything flushed out! It cost me about £30.

anewman

chigley wrote: »

Yes, I know, but the joke does not sound the same if you say Primark! They are (as a Dutch company) still to be found in mainland Europe.....

Was interesting going into C&A in Germany and seeing all the same sort of stuff they used to sell before they shut up shop here, like "Yessica" and whatever it was

loofer

This could be very bad advice because I'm not very clued up on warranties and PCP...

Like many people have pointed out, it may be possible to have the car repaired/corrected at a fraction of the cost you have been quoted.

So how will the leasing company know about what you did and weather it was repaired to warranty spec.

As long as its working again, they won't know.

No doubt the above has it's own legal/moral/ethical implications.