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Guess......
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:18 pm
by madthemad
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:20 pm
by Blackal
Why'd you go and do a damn fool thing like that?
I did it once to my Sierra Cosworth...................
A week later there was an ad in the local press for "Diesel conversions for Ford Cosworths - performance with economy"
My cousin - the bastard!
Al
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:34 pm
by boxerscott
Ha, I seem to recollect that I filled up my Nissan 4x4 with petrol and I mean filled it up, so I decanted it all (default mode for yorkshireman) and filled up our lasses petrol car (5cyl 20 valve vag job).... errr not good either
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:23 pm
by slparry
thankfully not me....
this was todays drive ..... wooo hooo
not mine though, my bosses, he just wanted me to run some errands in it, well it would be rude to refuse. Given I've not driven a car in over 12 months it was a bit nerve wracking at first
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:06 am
by Blackal
That looks awfully like you, Steve..........
Washing that people-carrier in the background........
Al
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:11 am
by slparry
Blackal wrote:That looks awfully like you, Steve..........
Washing that people-carrier in the background........
Al
Nah way too "normal" for me
Re: Guess......
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:43 am
by JoeyDeacon
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:03 am
by StrokeB
We all do it eventually!
When I put petrol in my Diesel Merc, I was tired it was late, dark and the pump pipe was black (which since I usually used Shell I thought meant it diesel), no excuses really!
Filled it full of petrol and managed to drive for 5 miles with it steadily getting rougher......
When Merc came to pick it up (great service) they asked if I had put petrol in and I was so sure I hadn't, I showed him my receipt at which point I was speechless......
Merc quoted £5000 to fix so I went elsewhere and it was cleaned out with a new pump, I think, for a fraction of this, but still an expensive mistake.
Ran lovely afterwards and I have been ever vigilant since.
Aint it great being human.....
To the next time..........
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:30 am
by Dog Tyred
Almost did it once but the other way around.
Pulled up at the local station in my brand new VW diesel. Put the nozzle in the hole and clicking away on the trigger...nothing
Clicked the trigger a few more times
before the garage attendant finally appeared from around the corner of the kiosk (obviously been having a fag or something as it was early so very quiet).
At the same time as he walked into the kiosk to switch on the pump I looked down at the filler to see a bright green handle in my hand
Thank heavens for smokers that is all I can say. If he had been at the counter when I pulled up I would have had a tank full of unleaded!!
Lucky escape and have been very vigilant since then.
DT
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:34 am
by JoeyDeacon
StrokeB wrote:Merc quoted £5000 to fix
Bloody hell.
I did it years ago in a Mk3 Spitfire about half a mile away from where I lived. I had a nagging feeling as I got back in the car and realised in about a nanosecond what I'd done. Got out, disconnected the fuel lines from the carbs and managed to get home on just the petrol that was still remaining. Lucky as I'd just had the engine rebuilt too!
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:59 am
by dave1100s
Blackal wrote:I did it once to my Sierra Cosworth..................
Now that is a car!! I have a (very rich) mate who bought a white two door new in about 1988 and still has the car........with 18,000 miles on it! Must be worth a fortune, but I don't think he would ever sell it
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:13 pm
by madthemad
Bike cut on A30, after an overnight stop in Exeter I was relayed to Ocean BMW in Plymouth where the bike was de-fuelled then refuelled checked over and sent on my way for £37:00. It could have been worse.
