Just put 3.5 litres unleaded in 70 litre tank of diesel - will I get away with it?

Sorry to bother you at Christmas (and hope you had a good one) HJ but in a moment of festive stupidity started putting unleaded in my tank. 3.5 litres before I noticed and stopped and then fully filled...

Do the car manufacturer's have their misfuelling prevention devices backwards?

I think the motor industry has got it the wrong way round in its effort to prevent misfuelling. It is impossible to put diesel into a petrol tank but this does little harm except that the car won't start...

Engine light on, so the dealer drained fuel!

I purchased a four-month old Venture edition Mazda MX-5 with 1050 miles on clock. Test drive was okay a week before. After buying car (empty fuel directed to shell garage down road) Filled up with Unleaded...

How can I tell whether a hire vehicle is petrol or diesel?

We hired a Ford Focus last week but were concerned when we came to refuel the car. On opening the fuel inlet there were signs for a black fuel pump, i.e. diesel, and also a green pump, saying super unleaded....

Fixing a misfuelled problem

I was in a hurry to get to the airport and accidentally put 14.8 litres of Shell Fuelsave Petrol in my 2006, 56 model diesel BMW 520d SE Auto. At the advice of an old man who happened to be at the forecourt,...

Why do BP use pumps which can cause drivers to fill up with the wrong fuel?

Your response to RH, Royston suggests BP Ultimate as an option. Our local BP garage has four pump units, each with three nozzles on each side. Each side has a petrol nozzle, a diesel nozzle and an Ultimate...

I accidentally put petrol in my diesel tank

We are OAPs (that places us in the almost idiot class to some!) On Saturday my wife put £5.00s worth of Sainsbury's City Diesel in the petrol tank of her 2004 Daihatsu Charade - because the fuel warning...

I misfuelled at Shell

I am another poor soul who mis-fuelled his car at Shell - due to their V-Max marketing. I used a pump which was coloured red, white and black to fill my diesel car. But the pump contained unleaded. Shell...

Why can it take days to notice that a vehicle has been filled with the wrong fuel?

With reference to DS Wellesbourne wondering why it took five days for misfuelling a diesel to manifest itself, it would be because of the petrol being much lighter (typical density 07300) than the diesel...

Why didn't I get an adaptor which allows me to fill up my Ford Focus from a petrol can?

I missed an appointment when I discovered that I needed to fill up my 2008 Ford Focus with petrol from a can, being nowhere near a filling station. I found that I couldn't, so I was effectively immobile....