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Old 31st May 2008, 15:45   #21
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................and how much did you add.....?
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Too much, if you want in ltr/gal. No idea
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There is a chance that the filling station may have had a delivery and the driver put unleaed into the diesel storage tank. It's not unknown for this to happen.

It may even be worth contacting the garage.
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There is a chance that the filling station may have had a delivery and the driver put unleaed into the diesel storage tank. It's not unknown for this to happen.

It may even be worth contacting the garage.
I'll get the garage to analyse the tank's contents. But I filled up from three garages during the previous two days ( got into a habit of filling every time I do a 100 miles or so.

How long would incorrect or dirty fuel take to foul the injectors?
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there is no definative answer to your question. There are so many factors.

Have a read of thisMisfueling and you can see that depending on vehicle, age, milage, and so on depends on the final outcome.

The key is, that diesel is a lubricant and as such is essential to lubricate all the pumps and injectors. Petrol is a solvent and strips any lubrication off the surfaces it comes into contact with.
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there is no definative answer to your question. There are so many factors.

Have a read of thisMisfueling and you can see that depending on vehicle, age, milage, and so on depends on the final outcome.

The key is, that diesel is a lubricant and as such is essential to lubricate all the pumps and injectors. Petrol is a solvent and strips any lubrication off the surfaces it comes into contact with.
There is no definitive answer

As you say the variables are infinite (almost). Even if I find that the trouble lies with the fuel, which garage ? Googled all the local newspapers where I filled up from, and found no reference to a mis-filled tank in any regional newspapers. So were any of these the cause?

Or was it a local garage that had had a mishap? (And YES that does make sense!) How many miles before the problem arose?

It would be difficult to lay blame at the door of any fuel retailer, as the possible source of the problem could be so many. Also, after nearly 100K miles, were the injectors, et al, on the way out?

So many questions..... but where is the answer?............
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If the garage had found one or even two injectors being at fault, then normal wear and tear would seem likely, but all 4............


Anyway, I hope that you get the car back soon, and you get many more trouble free miles.....
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If the garage had found one or even two injectors being at fault, then normal wear and tear would seem likely, but all 4............


Anyway, I hope that you get the car back soon, and you get many more trouble free miles.....
So do I..... I have spent a lot on her, and I truly love the car, when working properly !! Ce la vie. But life goes on, and so I hope will the car. I hope for a 10year life, at least, and she's a six year old already. But with careful driving and TLC, she'll give me a lot of pleasure and, as usual, the "Smug feeling" when people do a "second take" of the car that is cruising past them
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Any news Andrew ?
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Rang them today, they're still working on her. Injectors have been replaced. They need to check the fuel, and the pump(s). Seems one of the pumps is not running properly. May have some more news on Wednesday. One month to the day bar one...... Gawd I miss her
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