RAC damaged my car

bigjl

This thread pretty much sums this country up

I made a mistake and ruined my car, can I now claim against the company that I called to help.

Richard53

How do you know the engine is permanently damaged? Has the garage diagnosed this, or is it just your assumption? Putting petrol in a diesel may well damage the injector pump, but it won't wreck the engine unless you are very unlucky. It's just massively inconvenient.

The RAC will tell you take a hike. The only time I have called them out in 10 years was when I put petrol in my diesel car and ran it until it stopped 6 miles later. I asked for the Recovery service to take me home, and they were very clear that misfuelling is classed as driver error, and the most they would do would be to transport the car to the nearest garage. I doubt if they will entertain giving you a new engine, and nor should they.

I did probably the worst thing - fill up and then drive until it stopped, which ensures that the petrol is in every part of the fuel system. It took the garage a couple of hours to flush it out, it cost me £200 and a new tank of diesel, and the car has been fine ever since, so don't assume the worst.

The worst bit is feeling a total idiot and having your man card torn up by a spotty youth in front of your eyes.

facade

Sue the RAC for failing to train their operative.

On attending any breakdown, the first question to ask is :

"What was the last thing that you did before this happened?"

(I have found from experience that asking that can save you hours of fault finding)

Unless of course he did ask, and wasn't told.........

sinbad182

Watch out guys, here comes the token devils advocate and their illogically contrary advice

WTFH

facade wrote: »

Sue the RAC for failing to train their operative.

On attending any breakdown, the first question to ask is :

"What was the last thing that you did before this happened?"

(I have found from experience that asking that can save you hours of fault finding)

Unless of course he did ask, and wasn't told.........

...or the last thing they did was not the refuel.
Perhaps the car was refuelled 2 days previously, or they may have parked somewhere before the car ground to a halt. We don't know and I doubt the OP wants to tell us.

I know of someone who accidentally put some petrol in a diesel car. After about half an hour of driving they thought the engine sounded rough. Shortly after that they worked out what the problem was and drove to the nearest garage to fill up. Brimmed it with diesel, took it to a garage the next day for a check and the car was OK, but was advised to keep the tank as full as possible so that the petrol got diluted down.

Brooker_Dave

be96erj wrote: »

the permanent damage that he caused my engine (by trying to start it), would I be able to claim from RAC for a new engine?

Sue your wife.

Paul_the_Painter

Judging by previous posting history...........
OP won't be back
Guess he doesn't like some of the answers he gets.

robatwork

Even trolls deserve a happy Xmas. Enjoy the turkey down there under that bridge.

Strider590

This thread really couldn't have gone any other way :rotfl:

photome

Paul_the_Painter wrote: »

Judging by previous posting history...........
OP won't be back
Guess he doesn't like some of the answers he gets.

As you say, he wont be back, most of his posts have a similar ring to them