Fuel spill- HELP!

notindebt

Hi guys,

I went to fill up diesel in my new car on Friday and accidently spilled a few drops on the car. I didn't have anything to wipe it off so thought I'd sort it out once i get home. Then I totally forgot about it. I noticed it this morning and almost fainted with the realisation that diesel is highly corrosive. I quickly washed it off with water and soap. It doesn't seem to have caused any damage to the paint work.

I just wanted to know if I need to do something else and whether that area will corrode later. I'm really quite worried given that its a brand new car.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers!

mchale

Diesel is not corrosive, its a light oil, in fact its the opposite of corrosive

LandyAndy

notindebt wrote: »

Hi guys,

I went to fill up diesel in my new car on Friday and accidently spilled a few drops on the car. I didn't have anything to wipe it off so thought I'd sort it out once i get home. Then I totally forgot about it. I noticed it this morning and almost fainted with the realisation that diesel is highly corrosive. I quickly washed it off with water and soap. It doesn't seem to have caused any damage to the paint work.

I just wanted to know if I need to do something else and whether that area will corrode later. I'm really quite worried given that its a brand new car.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers!

It shouldn't cause any problems. Diesel oil is just that, oil.

notindebt

Really? I always thought that diesel can actually cause signifcant damage to the paint work if left for too long. Quick search on google got me this

www .ehow.com/how_4501143_wash-diesel-fuel-off-car.html

Mark_Hewitt

I've spilled diesel all down the side of the car before and just left it. It seems fine.

KeithP

And here's another article from the same ehow site that starts of by saying...

"Diesel fuel won't do much damage to a car's paint,"

They cant both be right can they?

Valli

notindebt wrote: »

Hi guys,

I went to fill up diesel in my new car on Friday and accidently spilled a few drops on the car. I didn't have anything to wipe it off so thought I'd sort it out once i get home.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers!

for future reference most petrol stations provide paper towel in dispensers - and free latex gloves!

notindebt

KeithP wrote: »

And that starts of by saying...

"Diesel fuel won't do much damage to a car's paint,"

They cant both be right can they?

This article also mentions that it wont do much damage if left for 2 hours or less. I left it for 3 days !

maninthestreet

notindebt wrote: »

This article also mentions that it wont do much damage if left for 2 hours or less. I left it for 3 days !

If the paintwork seems to have suffered no ill effects, I wouldnt worry about it.

LandyAndy

Inside the fuel filler area of my car the paintwork has been exposed pretty much continually to diesel for the last 14 years. The paint work is fine.

I think the website you quote is just plain wrong.

Volcano

The person that wrote that article has also written another entitled "How to hypnotise animals".

Similarly, if I needed an animal hypnotising, I probably wouldn't ask a car valeter...