Sainsburys fuel gaff

AlexisV

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1534622_what-a-fuel-motorists-stranded-as-blundering-tanker-driver-puts-diesel-into-the-petrol-pumps-at-sainsburys-in-salford

There's been a few threads about this kind of thing recently - it seems it can happen.


I'm also pretty relieved as I almost put some in at this location yesterday.

Joe_Horner

At least it was the "safe" way to !!!! up - filling the diesel tanks with petrol would have been far more of a problem!

I must say, though, I'm quite surprised that anyone (in the article) could pump £40 of diesel into their petrol car without noticing that it smelt of the wrong stuff! Even as a long term smoker with no sense of smell I'm still always aware of the smell within a few seconds of starting a pump!

George_Michael

If it's anything like my local Tesco, the smell difference wouldn't have been too obvious.

There are about 14 different pumps, the majority of which seem to be in constant use, and with the current high ambient temperature, there is an awful lot of fuel vapour around each pump and as soon as you get out of your car all you can smell is petrol and diesel fumes.

Paradigm

Something tells me that the unemployment figure has just risen by 1!

mikey72

At least it proves when the filling stations get the fuel in the wrong tank, it's obvious, and never just affects the odd car. At least 44 they know about.

Premier_2

mikey72 wrote: »

At least it proves when the filling stations get the fuel in the wrong tank, it's obvious, and never just affects the odd car. At least 44 they know about.

Precisely

Dozens of motorists were left stranded at the roadside ...

Perhaps we can use this thread as a good example everytime a newbie starts a new thread blaming supermarket fuel for the reason their radiator's blown, cam-belt's failed etc.

Premier_2

AlexisV wrote: »

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1534622_what-a-fuel-motorists-stranded-as-blundering-tanker-driver-puts-diesel-into-the-petrol-pumps-at-sainsburys-in-salford

There's been a few threads about this kind of thing recently - it seems it can happen.


I'm also pretty relieved as I almost put some in at this location yesterday.

Wish I'd have known.

Diesel for the same price as petrol! :beer:

peter_the_piper

Joe_Horner wrote: »

At least it was the "safe" way to !!!! up - filling the diesel tanks with petrol would have been far more of a problem!

Is this the right way round?

I've put a couple of gallons of petrol into a diesel car in error with no problem (more might have been) but a tank of diesel in petrol car would be very expensive to sort out.

molerat

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Is this the right way round?

I've put a couple of gallons of petrol into a diesel car in error with no problem (more might have been) but a tank of diesel in petrol car would be very expensive to sort out.

Diesel in petrol = drain, flush ,clean = £300
Petrol in diesel = drain, flush, clean and possibly replace fuel pump etc = £K.

Old diesels,ie the ones that will run on chip fat, would probably be ok but any modern common rail type is a potential disaster. The fuel is the lubricant for the close tolerance components and petrol does not do it.

worried_jim

molerat wrote: »

Diesel in petrol = drain, flush ,clean = £300
Petrol in diesel = drain, flush, clean and possibly replace fuel pump etc = £K.

Old diesels,ie the ones that will run on chip fat, would probably be ok but any modern common rail type is a potential disaster. The fuel is the lubricant for the close tolerance components and petrol does not do it.

I would regulary mix 10-15% petrol in with my waste vegetable oil in the winter to help with cold morning starts and smoother running when running my Vauxhall on veg.

oldagetraveller

"Diesel in petrol = drain, flush ,clean = £300"

Should be very difficult in a modern car as the Diesel nozzle is bigger and shouldn't fit into the filler restriction?!