I think he's just saying it's potentially further evidence that it's not the OP's fault.
Diesel in petrol not my fault.
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I think he's just saying it's potentially further evidence that it's not the OP's fault.
Makes sense now, cheers.
Nothing I've ever come across is in place to stop a diesel nozzle fitting into a bikes tank. As it doesn't really go that far into the tank, usually just makes contact with the metal grate in the tank.
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I'm not sure I follow how it would "blow" a throttle body, but like squerble above I'm intrigued by this as it's certainly possible that they had the wrong fuel in the tanks and you wouldn't be the only person affected. Which Esso station was it?
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Having worked in a petrol station I feel I might be well placed to comment.
The holding tanks aren't always labelled Diesel/Unleaded but more often just "Tank 1", "Tank 2" etc so it is down to the driver to get the tank layout either from the staff or the Electronic DCD box that some stations have to allow the tanker to refill when nobody's present.
They do have to be super vigilant to ensure they don't **** up when filling and thankfully we only had 1 instance of incorrect filling occurring (big bill for Esso to clear out the tank!).
If the tank was filled by an independent rather than drivers from the big companies then that's when mistakes occur as often they are temporary or not qualified to fill without supervision from site staff (this is not a joke sadly). We had a few of the temporary drivers attach hoses the wrong way round and we had to correct them before damage occurred!
That said, it is very much apparent when the wrong fuel is in a tank and it would be spotted very quickly, usually at the time of filling as the tanker will carry a certain amount of petrol and diesel which is allocated to certain tanks. Once the readings are taken at the end of the filling, they will be completely out if the wrong fuel has gone in.
Sorry for the essay!
The holding tanks aren't always labelled Diesel/Unleaded but more often just "Tank 1", "Tank 2" etc so it is down to the driver to get the tank layout either from the staff or the Electronic DCD box that some stations have to allow the tanker to refill when nobody's present.
They do have to be super vigilant to ensure they don't **** up when filling and thankfully we only had 1 instance of incorrect filling occurring (big bill for Esso to clear out the tank!).
If the tank was filled by an independent rather than drivers from the big companies then that's when mistakes occur as often they are temporary or not qualified to fill without supervision from site staff (this is not a joke sadly). We had a few of the temporary drivers attach hoses the wrong way round and we had to correct them before damage occurred!
That said, it is very much apparent when the wrong fuel is in a tank and it would be spotted very quickly, usually at the time of filling as the tanker will carry a certain amount of petrol and diesel which is allocated to certain tanks. Once the readings are taken at the end of the filling, they will be completely out if the wrong fuel has gone in.
Sorry for the essay!
No update today other than its not a fuel issue but it gets worse, bike is nine months old. Apparently somebody has removed a screw/bolt from the throttle body and it's ripped a rubber grommet or something which has caused further issues, and because the screw or whatever looks like its been removed tampered with Suzuki might not hold up the warranty, to say I'm not happy it is an understatement, I don't know what a throttle body is let alone mess about with one.
I phoned my dealer who has done all the servicing on it and there going to fight my corner.
The part that is needed might take up to ten days to get delivered and I have a ferry booked to Santander on the 12th. Not happy!!!!
I phoned my dealer who has done all the servicing on it and there going to fight my corner.
The part that is needed might take up to ten days to get delivered and I have a ferry booked to Santander on the 12th. Not happy!!!!
You's assume the petrol and diesel nozzles from the tanker to the petrol stations reserve tanks are incompatible (or would that be too easy?), never heard of the wrong fuel at the pump . Go to the garage and dip the tank yourself
So basically, it was nothing to do with the fuel or the garage - your bike just broke down.
And now it broke down because there a screw missing, but that screw has been found and upon inspection looks like one of those very dubious screws, one that looks like it has been removed.
I can understand your frustrations.
And now it broke down because there a screw missing, but that screw has been found and upon inspection looks like one of those very dubious screws, one that looks like it has been removed.
I can understand your frustrations.
Alas that's not the case. The tankers just have big outlets on the back marked with the tank section number and they just use standard hoses to connect them to the tank inlets.
HOWEVER, I fail to see how this could happen - its obviously something they have thought about and have stringent controls to stop it happening. Often, a member of staff from the garage is required to supervise the delivery and will double check the connection before they open the taps.
But even if that doesn't happen, the accounting will show it - before you take a delivery you look at the tank levels. You check them again after the fuel and correlate them against the delivery - if they don't match then you know about it immediately. If you're expecting 10,000l of diesel and 8000l of petrol - when your diesel tank only has 8000l more when you're done then you've got a big problem!
It can happen but it doesn't very often, and is usually spotted almost instantly. Like you say, the figures wouldn't match up and when you dip the tanks you would get some very odd readings!
