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j99mud:
Had to post this (sorry dad)
went to the petrol station yesterday in my defender and whilst i was there my dad pulled up in his disco, whilst i was waiting to pay he came in and joined the que, as he passed me he said "can you wait outside for me ive filled the car with (expletive deleted) petrol!!! 46 quids worth, But it already had half a tank of diesel in it. That makes £90 worth of useless fuel sitting in a wheelie bin in our garage. He was wondering as it is diluted half and half could it be added to a full tank of diesel 5 litres at a time, We cant really think what else to do with 90 litres of "funny fuel"
I would never have heard the end of it if i had done it!!!
Any other suggestions???
cheers

Wanderer:
Glad it's not me with it in a wheelie bin..................

More diesel in it and it might run without too much problem in a diesel.

In a petrol it'll foul the plugs with loads of popping and banging.
Bev tried it in a V8 once. Not good.

dave_2A_2.25Turbo:
I run mine on a mix quite a lot - the workshop next door always have some knocking around.  I always add enough unleaded to double the quantity, so it's less than 50% derv, and she doesn't mind too much!
25% is ok, 40% and she smokes ...err...a bit!

johnniep:
what ever you do dont put it in a disel, we pus some 50/50 in once that a customer had accidently mixed and it did the head gasket, and thermostat, it ran way too hot and even with the new parts was still running hot and needed a new head!, warning to you,
johnnie p

Wanderer:

--- Quote from: "johnniep" ---what ever you do dont put it in a disel, we pus some 50/50 in once that a customer had accidently mixed and it did the head gasket, and thermostat, it ran way too hot and even with the new parts was still running hot and needed a new head!, warning to you,
johnnie p
--- End quote ---


Whoops.

I'd heard of people using diesel with petrol added. Given that info maybe not a good idea unless it's mixed to a very low percentage of it being petrol.

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