Drain add new filter refill and fully bleed system to injectors before cranking. I'd imagine Toyota would void the warranty on fuel system so if it did have problems later it would be on you.
Alot / All of the misfuelled blends go to a special fuel depot which supplies multi fuel for ex military vehicles. Tanks etc can run on all sorts of fuel as in times of war the petrol pumps are not always switched on.
Ah thanks for this thread.
I now feel better about other half putting a 10cm gash in the sidewall of £100 worth of brand new Goodyear Eagle F1 last week.
In other news... she's called Louise, should I be worried?!
Drain add new filter refill and fully bleed system to injectors before cranking
That's what they're going to do.
Just have to take my chances thereafter I reckon.
I wonder which tank at the filling station all this mix ends up in, petrol or diesel? The diesel tank I suspect.
What?
Why would a fuel station be buying tiny amounts of contaminated fuel from local garages in buckets and random containers?
Wouldn't they just get it delivered in big tankers and make life easy for themselves.
I filled my diesel Passat with petrol a few years ago. Drove it until it cut out before I realised. Cost me about £150/200 for the tow and flush iirc at an independent (car was out of warranty anyway). I was more annoyed at the full tank of petrol wasted
Same, except my partner managed to do the same thing a few months later. Car was fine when I sold it 60,000 miles later.
She's also managed to put diesel in a petrol which isn't technically possible due to the larger diesel pump nozzle. She is very determined...
I know "somebody" who's done this recently. Switched it off as it started to judder. Flushed out and a new fuel filter fitted and all seems to be fine a couple of thousand miles later. The biggest problem is the filter disintegrating and hitting the injectors apparently.
@slackboy....how did she do that. I was just going to post that the error is always petrol into diesel and not the other way....because a diesel nozzle won't fit into a petrol car 😯 Kudos to your partner
The biggest problem is the filter disintegrating and hitting the injectors apparently.
They're going to change that. I read on one of the posted links that the lack of lubrication can lead the pump to wear so swarf gets in the injectors. I'm hoping that the short distance travelled and the suggestion that diesel is not as lubricating as it used to be so engines don't rely on it so much goes in my favour in that respect.
I'm basically crossing my fingers I think 🙂
In other news, she has just texted me to say the petrol light has come on in our other car, so she'll try and fill it up if she leaves work I need good time. Thankfully you can't put diesel in a petrol car.
Oh...
I know 'somebody' who put 20 quid's worth of petrol in his T5, realised his mistake and topped it off with 80 quids worth of diesel. That was five years and about 60k miles ago, and the van is still running fine.
She's also managed to put diesel in a petrol which isn't technically possible due to the larger diesel pump nozzle.
I did this once, but it was an old 1992 Polo and I have a feeling that the different nozzle size enforcement came in a bit later. I stopped after a few litres cos I noticed the smell was wrong.
I figured that the diesel would have sunk to the bottom of the tank so I walked to Halfords, bought some washer hose and a diesel can, and siphoned from the bottom of the tank until it stopped smelling like diesel and started smelling like petrol. Car juddered slightly for a bit but then ran fine.
I'll put my hand up to putting petrol into a diesel on two occasions, my excuse being that I am a dick - first one I had filled from empty and called AA out, think the charge was £150 plus the £80 or so of wasted petrol - AA man said you would be surprised how many people managed to put diesel in a petrol car despite the nozzle not fitting!
I am well and truly resigned to it. Should I try and swap her for a Louise?
Come to your senses man! That's some seriously drastic action you're contemplating. Surely divorce would be less painful and costly?
diesel in a petrol which isn't technically possible due to the larger diesel pump nozzle.
Well I suppose you could just get the tip in and then pump away.
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Maybe, I haven't experienced a Louise, so I can't compare.
Worst case you can claim on your insurance for it, but if she's crashed it already you might get rinsed come renewal time so might not be worth it.
As someone said above mixed fuel gets bought by specialist companies who sell it on to whoever can use it.
One claim years ago, another last month, this would be a third 🙁
My wife filled our Fiat diesel with petrol a few years ago, then drove it for about 10 miles.
It went to the local garage, they drained it, put some diesel in it and all was fine.
We kept it for at least two years after that, never had a problem with it..
Pfffrt. That's nowt. Autocrossing at the weekend my air filter came off, so I filled the engine with grass.
Spent an hour scraping mashed grass and mud out of the throttle bodies 😆
Its gone all raspy now, so I reckon it'll let go some time soon.
My friend mis-fueled a work lease BMW.
It was fixed at BMW, they insisted on changing every part the fuel touched. It cost 5k iirc
I did it to my old car, and just got it drained for 200 quid.
It had endless problems after that though I have no idea if connected to the fueling thing. These problems still didn't cost 5k though.
https://www.ford.co.uk/shop/research/technology/comfort-and-convenience/ford-easy-fuel
Ford say it's almost 🙂 impossible to miss fuel
Same guys pretty much refused to fit a towbar as it would be 50% less elsewhere.
and probably far beyond the realms of their abilities too !!
Guy said the problems can manifest themselves in 5k miles or so rather than immediately
Don't worry , she will probably have written it off way before then 
Seriously doubt it'll be a new engine!!!
I filled my diesel with petrol about 8 months ago (no idea why, haven't owned a petrol car since 2012) cost £150 or so to get sorted. It drove home fine, only found out when next morning it wouldn't start! Running fine ever since too!
FWIW, depending on what fault codes have been recorded, and what type of codes they are, Toyota will probably be able to tell that the cars been misfueled if anything fails further down the line, if they have time to check, and the right data recorded.
Also, some lift pumps (and some HP pumps) have a telltale inside the body that will change colour if it's been misfueled. Again, depends what toyota have paid for.
I wouldn't lie about it anyway. I would take the tack that I got it sorted as quickly as possible and followed the advice given by the garage, given that I can't drive it the 80 miles to the main dealer. I appreciate that might not help, but the only alternative is to go through the insurance and have 3 at fault claims within 3 years, which I imagine will hammer us at renewal time.
My dad used to pour a gallon of petrol into the tank of a diesel VW Caddy pickup to help it run better in cold winters. Fairly diluted I guess. Suspect it was rather old fashioned thinking but it did work.
@slackboy....how did she do that. I was just going to post that the error is always petrol into diesel and not the other way....because a diesel nozzle won't fit into a petrol car Kudos to your partner
my mum did this a couple of years back too. She doesn't take any crap from some pesky petrol pump.
You'd be amazed what people will try to get to fit once they are certain the manufacturers have done it all wrong.
My dad used to pour a gallon of petrol into the tank of a diesel VW Caddy pickup to help it run better in cold winters
Truck drivers used to add paraffin during cold winters because diesel would produce waxy flakes that blocked the fuel filter. HMG didn't like it because paraffin carries less duty, and refiners now produce winter grade fuels that they supply to forecourts during winter. Waxing can still happen though
My sister-in-law filled their diesel Volvo with petrol, the drained-off fuel ran well in my pre-cat petrol VW
I saw a vid on YouTube where a VW mechanic described what they'd swap out if a diesel had been misfuelled. Basically it was everything in the fuel system from (and including) the fuel filter housing onwards.
I stuck £18 worth of diesel into a petrol Astra GTC last year! I know that the nozzles are designed to not fit, but I was forced to park away from the only empty pump, and I could just get the nozzle to touch the outer edge of the filler hole.
My other excuse, and the one that meant I got away without having to cough up the £250 penalty, was the fact that the filler cover had a black Vauxhall label stuck to the inside that clearly, and quite unequivocally, said 'Diesel'!
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Go figure, as they say somewhere.
