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Wed 24 Oct 2007 09:51
Petrol in diesel - Stace
I managed to put 9 1/2 liters of petrol on top of 30 litres of diesel in an old technology VW 110 engine, any idea if I can get away with diluting with a full tank of diesel on top??
Chris S

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 24/10/2007 at 11:15

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Wed 24 Oct 2007 10:13
Petrol in diesel - Armitage Shanks {p}
Put in a triple dose of Millers Diesel plus and keep your fingers crossed.
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 15:33
Petrol in diesel - piston power
Can't you drain the tank? i know some older diesels will run on some petrol mix but will smoke some/low power etc
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Wed 24 Oct 2007 15:46
Petrol in diesel - Altea Ego
As its an old VW oil burner, then yes you will be ok

assuming 55 litre tank, you have 30 litres diesel and 10 litres petrol.

Stick another 15 litres of diesel to bring you up to just under a 20% mix and you should be
ok. Top it up every 15 litres used to dilute it down.


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Wed 24 Oct 2007 19:17
Petrol in diesel - Bill Payer
Don't be tempted to go for a blast - diesel doesn't burn quick enough at higher engine revs.
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