Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo

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Wed 15 Sep 2010 10:00
Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo - xdeity

Morning, can anyone help?

This morning i went to the garage, having been driving a petrol car for the last few weeks i just totally blanked out and started putting petrol in my TDDI mondeo, to the value of £14. I then realised and went into the garage, paid and asked for advice.

The garage advised me to top up totally with diesel, and then I should be ok (tank was almost empty of diesel at start). So I did as advised, pyt £45 of diesel in, then drive 8 miles to work, car seems fine but I've been advised that it could cause serious damage to the engine.

Based on the above, am I going to be alright, or am I gonna struggle and need to get it all drained out?

Thanks for any advice

Andy

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Wed 15 Sep 2010 11:21
Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo - madf

Don't drive it, drain it all out, get system cleaned. New diesel filter. Is my advice and what I would do if my car. The garage are in my view wildly wrong.

But you may have damaged it already.

Don't know engine and what its susceptibility is.

I would add an approved diesel fuel additive to add lubrication.

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Wed 15 Sep 2010 12:43
Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo - Dutchie

Hello,if it is not the common rail diesel you might got away with it.

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Wed 15 Sep 2010 12:53
Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo - Dutchie

Just to follow up don't hammer the engine on the motorway or overload ,petrol got to dilute.

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Wed 15 Sep 2010 18:21
Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo - xdeity

i've added an additive called diesel magic, i'm told that will help.

its still running after 18 miles, lets hope it stays that way

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Wed 15 Sep 2010 19:32
Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo - tanvir

keep topping it up with diesel every day to reduce the concentration of petrol. good luck

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Sat 15 Jan 2011 14:29
Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo - putupon

I inadvertily put 40 pounds worth of petrol in my diesel rover 75 have kept topping it up and it seems to be ok done abuot 150 miles since sounds alright now wondered if i should put some 2stroke inthe tank ?

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Sat 15 Jan 2011 22:35
Ford Mondeo TDDI 2.0l - £14 worth of petrol in deisel Mondeo - Lygonos

No - dont put 2-stroke in for gawd's sake!

Put about 1 litre of golden syrup in to thicken the petrol and lubricate the fuel pump otherwise you'll knacker the turbo flange.

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