Help - £20 petrol could cost £6k

crittertog

Not fully up-to-speed on the workings of CR diesels, but putting petrol in them is worse than doing so in the old unit-injector diesels, due to the fuel being used as a lubricant (or at least, it is for the CR version of my car, compared to mine). Having said that, if it's not being operated for very long...

Gloomendoom wrote: »

To replace every part that might, during the warranty period, fail will cost £6K. It is a lot of parts and very time consuming to do.

It's a lot of money, but when you look at what's being replaced, it's not surprising. Someone I know did this with a Jaguar X-Type diesel, which they had as a courtesy car. They were told by Jaguar that they'd have to replace the entire fuel line to maintain the warranty on that section of the car, which would be £4,000 (which was covered by insurance).

pelirocco

Hotspur wrote: »

A friend put £10 of petrol in their diesel Seat and drove 5 miles. Didn't realise until they went to start it a few hours later and it didn't. Drained the tank the next day and put a few litres of derv in to get to the filling station. Filled up and things have been fine ever since. Maybe luck was on their side that day.

You've nothing to lose by draining and filling with derv

Same thing happened to my son , Oh towed his car to our workshop , it was drained , had a new filter , and its fine