Petrol in Central heating Tank

Bigpig · 19 Nov 2013 at 16:02

Right my girlfriend has just informed me she thinks she has put petrol into the central heating tank. Which has been used for 2 days. Only 30 odd liters as we had just ran out.

Any problems that might arise out of this?

Not sure if we should burn it out or can just mix it with kerosene.

I think Petrol is pretty similar to Kerosene?

Bigpig · 19 Nov 2013 at 16:29

maccapacca said:
Do you know how much the tank holds in total, can you just fill it up and 'water' it down

Tank is 1000l or 1500l so filling it up is a no no this close to xmas. I would hazard a guess there is around 15-20l left

Bigpig · 20 Nov 2013 at 12:27

Guess so. Hope there no damage already done

She asked me did I have a hose so she could put what's left over into her car.......

Women!!!

Bigpig · 20 Nov 2013 at 13:32

arknor said:
lol would it come out with loads of bits in it?

I guess so. I don't think a combination if heating oil, dirt and petrol would be good for the car lol

Bigpig · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:09

Jez said:
Petrol is nothing like Kerosene. Don't turn the boiler on, and get the tank filled with kerosene to massively dilute the petrol if it was only 30L.

It ran for 2 days before she noticed

Drained what I could and now got some heating oil in. Seems fine for now /touchwood

Bigpig · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:12

Jez said:
cool, amazed that it ran actually, I am guessing there must have been some kero still in the tank which diluted it?

Think so as the outlet for the tank is slightly raised

Bigpig · 22 Nov 2013 at 16:20

Hikari Kisugi said:
Are you sure she filled with petrol?
Where did she get 30 litres of petrol to fill it with?

We ran out of oil on the weekend so we went to the Local go station with 2 drums.
She said she was sure she picked up the right handle but the receipt said it was petrol.