Alan_uk
A2OC Donor
In another thread:
That's interesting. Last Friday I did something really silly. I filled the TDi with petrol (blame it on excessive working hours - 60 hours the last few weeks). I put 30l petrol into a tank with about 7l diesel. Drove 1/2 km home. Next day realised I had checked the tyres (due to go to London on Sunday). So drove back to same garage - another 1/2 km. Then the car wouldn't start. Waiting for recovery I tried to think what was wrong and then the penny (of should it be £££££) dropped.
Recovery said they would do the job for £170 (which the recovery centre said was a good deal). Next day took car to London (100mls) and back without any problem - took it easy going (max 2k revs) but engine sounded fine.
Reading some web pages they say that common rail diesel are a right-off if they get a sniff of petrol, even opening the doors on some cars primes the engine and is sufficient to ruin the engine.
My question is: are the Pump-duese less sensitive.
In my favour was the fact that the engine was cold and the fuel was mostly petrol. So after using the diesel in the pipes and filter the car then refused to fire.
I read that VW abandoned Pump-duese in 2007 having maintained to then that it was better than common-rail. The article said Pump-duese was more complex, hence being abandoned for CR by other manufacturers.
The diesel, being Pump-duese rather than common rail,
That's interesting. Last Friday I did something really silly. I filled the TDi with petrol (blame it on excessive working hours - 60 hours the last few weeks). I put 30l petrol into a tank with about 7l diesel. Drove 1/2 km home. Next day realised I had checked the tyres (due to go to London on Sunday). So drove back to same garage - another 1/2 km. Then the car wouldn't start. Waiting for recovery I tried to think what was wrong and then the penny (of should it be £££££) dropped.
Recovery said they would do the job for £170 (which the recovery centre said was a good deal). Next day took car to London (100mls) and back without any problem - took it easy going (max 2k revs) but engine sounded fine.
Reading some web pages they say that common rail diesel are a right-off if they get a sniff of petrol, even opening the doors on some cars primes the engine and is sufficient to ruin the engine.
My question is: are the Pump-duese less sensitive.
In my favour was the fact that the engine was cold and the fuel was mostly petrol. So after using the diesel in the pipes and filter the car then refused to fire.
I read that VW abandoned Pump-duese in 2007 having maintained to then that it was better than common-rail. The article said Pump-duese was more complex, hence being abandoned for CR by other manufacturers.