Help Needed!

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Just put diesel into a petrol car, i asked my dad twice just to double check and he told me it was a diesel so of course i put diesel into the car, the car was starting to make funny noises so i turned around immediately towards my house but it then breaks down on the way home.

The car is not ours it is from the dealership as our car is in for a service, the car is a Skoda Fabia, i think it's a 1.4.

How much damage are we looking at to the engine? Is it a case of some might be lucky and some wont with there being extensive damage?

My Dad doesn't know what to do he is kind of panicking what is the first thing we should do in the morning?

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Good news or bad news?

The good news is diesel in a petrol car is more easily fixable, usually just draining and flushing it through. If it were the other way around you'd be well and truely fubbbberd.

The bad news. Its still a very expensive bill.

Would u know off the top of your head what kind of figures we are talking about?

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

~£300 at a starting point for a drain and flush assuming nothing else has been damaged.

Ok thats not bad at all, hopefully there is no damage to the engine.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Is there a sticker that states it's a diesel on the filler cap? I'd argue the crap out of it that you weren't told and it wasn't stated.

(You should have known tbh!)

Ye i know i should have known, but my dad is the one that rented the car told me it was a diesel multiple times so i took his word for it. I'm not very experienced with cars as i have only ever driven one car since i'm driving for the last 7 or so months.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

That's a good point, its normally too thick to fit in a petrol filler hole, I thought?!

OP, how did you manage to get the fuel in?

Just stuck it in, it didn't go in all the way which I did find a bit strange

Anyway the car got towed away to the dealership today still don't know if there is any damage yet.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

should have sourced your own diesel sticker and chucked it on the fuel flap

"look... says diesel right there...."

That's good thinking

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Good news there was no damage to the engine, total bill came in at 130 euro for draining the car.