Diesel in a Petrol Engine Car Forum

There isnt really many off the shelf exhausts for my car but i could fit the one for the earlier turbo petrol. As others have said a bit of petrol seems to be fine tonic for many oil burners.

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Itll smoke like a freight train until you get it out of the system but it wont hurt it.

. It will run until the engine starts sucking diesel. Diesel Oil in Petrol Engine. Small petrol engines work far better than small diesel engines in small cars.

On 24092012 at 0150 vacs said. And modern ones will have a particle filter fitted but thats the only difference normally. If you have driven it pull over immediately.

Diesel and car engine oil is pretty much the same. Engine oil for 8 valve Astra 16 petrol Engine Oil. Older diesels would if.

Petrol in a diesel engine. A common rail diesel engine can easily run at fuel pressures of 30000PSI. She then drove 60mi today complained it struggled to start after a brief stop.

Forskin on 05072016 - 1133. 500 mile and the No. The diesel engine works on the principle of pre-ignition on a system that has no post-ignition.

In contrast with a short trip to a place such as the road less travelled. Petrol in a diesel car is more deadly. I understand Diesel oils have a higher detergent.

Diesel in your petrol car wont hurt it. You can have the car towed home and have the diesel fuel siphoned out and refilled with unleaded petrol. She needed to put oil in it and took it out the cupboard where its kept.

99 per 20L I read up on the Product data sheet from Castrols webpage and it claims it is safe for petrol engines. What harm can she do. Diesel is considerably more dense than petrol so in theory the petrol would float to the top and stay there meaning the fuel drawn from the bottom of the tank would be just diesel.

4 injector fuel pipe was found to be leaking from a crack in the pipe at the injector connection. Yesterday I stupidly put 55ltr unleaded petrol in my girlfriends diesel car from almost empty but then immediate topped it up with 23ltr standard diesel to 34 full. Diesel density is 0825-0845 and petrol is 0720-0740 and it would need to be sitting for a very very long time for the diesel to fall out of suspension.

She had very little petrol oil in it so it wont dilute much. My 2000 Jetta had the same symptom from day one. Only thing is shes put a litre of diesel oil into it.

Then it will stop in short order. Exactly what he says. Diesels are generally a slightly larger bore than their petrol counterparts.

Putting diesel into a petrol car wont hurt itll just create some smoke and maybe baffle the sensors a bit till it clears through but youll survive it -. Can she just buy petrol oil and shove that in to thin it out. A gasoline engine utilizes spark plugs to ignite the fuel while a diesel engine uses the pressure created by compression within the engine to ignite fuel though a part called a glow plug might help when the engine is cold.

A faint diesel fuel smell may not be normal. With a diesel car. You should never mix different grades of oil.

Petrol on the other hand is ignited by a spark generated by the spark plugs. But all in all not as serious as the permanent diesel engine damage that petrol can cause. Putting diesel in a petrol is certainly less terminal than putting petrol in a diesel.

The extra weight and purchase price of the diesel are bigger proportions of the total in both cases which means you. Modern diesel pumps are very different things to kind fitted to older cars. Forum Replies Date.

When diesel is put inside a petrol engine the most common result is that it clogs up the spark plugs and fuel system meaning the car simply wont start. More likely you will simply call a tow service and pay someone to drain your fuel system. Hi I noticed Repcos latest catalogue has a decent price on the 20L container of Castrol RX Super 15w40 Diesel Oil.

If youve put more than 5 litres of diesel in a petrol car engine by mistake do not drive it. If your exhaust system is hot and you are unlucky there may be a fire. Engine damage does not happen.

Diesel cars are ideal for those who regularly drive over 5000 miles such as a camper or a sports car. In other words diesel is heated up by being squeezed while gasoline is lit with fire. Diesel vs Petrol oils.

My daughter has a 2007 petrol engine in her corsa. Seems that the diesel cannot be ignited and so the engine would simply die. The longer the wrong type of fuel is in your engine the more damage it will cause.

Share on other sites. It will run until the engine starts sucking petrol. Diesel in a petrol engine.

YOu might have to get a new filter but even that need not be necessary. Diesel in a petrol car is ok. Basicly diesel is a cruder fuel than gasoline.

160208 - 1023 14. If the car is running then its ok. We then drove 120mi with few problems - just a cough on start after a brief stop.

Diesel fuel has absolutely nothing to do with octane and the high compression of a diesel engine should not be compared to a high compression gasoline engine. Especially do not mix oil meant for diesel car into petrol engines and vice-versa unless the oil specifications. Er not sure about this.

I took it back to the dealer after approx. Some specialised diesel oils may contain slightly more detergents since diesel engines tend to be dirty. So watch out diesel car owners.

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