Will this damage my tyre?

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Fri 5 Dec 2008 23:46
Will this damage my tyre? - Rudedog
I had to fill up at my local station this evening before a long journey tomorrow, at the pump both of the petrol fillers were shut, not a problem as I was after diesel. I started to fill up but found that the pump was running very very slowly, I seemed to be standing at the pump for ages when suddenly fuel started pouring out from the car's filler pipe, I stopped filling immediately but diesel spilled out all down the bodywork and covered my rear tyre/alloy.

The nozzles auto cut off hadn't worked for some reason, I told the staff in the station who said they would close the pump and cover the spill with sand.

Will the diesel cause any damage to my rear tyre? When I got home I tried to wash off as much as I could see, but by then I guess most of it had dried off (or is it on?).
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Sat 6 Dec 2008 00:19
Will this damage my tyre? - Devolution
No. Your tyres drive through much more contaminants like diesel, petrol, oil and more from the road surface over a lifetime. A spill like this won't matter. I'd be worried about it drying to the bodywork first!
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Sat 6 Dec 2008 00:28
Will this damage my tyre? - Rudedog
I cleaned it off the bodywork without a problem as that was easy.
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