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  Walking car 24 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  A friend has decided to ditch his 2003 X-Trail diesel after its fuel pump failed. I am advising him on his next purchase. He travels 25,000 miles each...
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  Pet hates 23 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Having recently put unleaded into a diesel car, (luckily not started it) I am interested to know if you can get any "retro fit" devices to prevent this...
• Audible warning for diesel fillers? 13 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  drivers misfuel cars with the corresponding onconvenience and expense of putting this right. Thanks Andrew
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  Stupid fuel 15 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I recently did what appears to be what an ever increasing number of diesel fuelled cars owners are doing in that I filled my diesel Focus with petrol....
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  What happens if I put petrol into a diesel car? 6 Apr 2021 (Ask HJ)
  Does putting petrol in a diesel car cause damage?
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  Can you suggest a device which prevents a driver putting petrol into a diesel vehicle? 20 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Can you please supply details of the device that will prevent one from putting petrol into a diesel car? I know you have published these details before,...
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  Just diesing 24 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I refer to you an item in Sundays lifestyle regarding VAG`s 2.0 litre Diesel engines. For the benefit of someone who is non technical could you explain...
• Any - New European wide fuel labelling 5 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  or not. Instead of “Unleaded” and “Diesel”, pumps will be labelled with standardised letters and numbers, corresponding to the type of fuel, and the amount of biofuel it contains (E5/E10 for petrol; B7/B10 for diesel). A recipe for more misfuelling confusion!  
• 1.2 VW Polo - Hire Car Misfuelling Incident 27 May 2013 (Forum)
  will be liable for. I did purchase the addtional Damage Excess Refund insurance, but this excludes misfuelling (as I thought it would). So it looks as though I will be liable for any damage caused (which is fair enough, as it was my mistake), but I am having sleepless nights wondering what kind
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  Fixing a misfuelled problem 20 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  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...
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  Just repaid the lease on our Skoda Octavia and it's now stopped working - can we get our money back? 9 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  My 2012 Skoda Octavia stopped working after 4 years of ownership from new. The dealer cannot work out the fault, we repaid the lease 5 days before the...
• Ford Focus - Misfuel - Diesel in Petrol Car ( 9 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hi , I kindly request your suggestion and guidenence.  I had rented a car from one of the rental company . I asked for the diesel car and then...
• Land Rover Discovery Sport - Dominic Cummings' 'stop for petrol' on way home 5 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  I doubt that Dom is a back-roomer, but just in case:  if you did 'stop for petrol' on the way back to London from Barnard Castle in your 69-plate silver Disco Sport, you might want to check if your insurance covers misfuelling.  Because it's a diesel. Right, my vision's a bit
• All cars, vans and motorbikes - Wrong Fuel in Car? 22 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  to help you with any misfueling situation 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. We have a fleet of technicians based at strategic points
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  Why don't fuel companies try to prevent people using the wrong fuel? 13 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  There is not a month goes by without someone telling me how they have inadvertently filled their vehicle with the incorrect fuel, and the resultant eye-watering...
• Smallish automatic 3 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  to diesel but as they do less than 15k a year then I can't see the point and a switch at their years might be more prone to misfueling than one done when younger. Whatever they buy needs to be cheap to run, with a decent auto, reasonably safe and reliable. Any ideas on what vehicle to suggest? I
• Diesel - is the honeymoon over? 8 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Is the honeymoon over for diesel? Here are my thoughts: * Concern over reliability of CR engines (misfueling etc) * Petrol engines becoming more & more efficient * More electric / hybrid cars on the market now * Diesel prices going up recently (accepted this has happened to normal petrol too
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  Why is the fuel distance calculation incorrect? 30 Dec 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I have a new 2016 diesel Audi A3. I have a couple of questions. 1. After I open the filling cap there is another door which needs to be pushed very hard...
• Car laid up for 12 months - advice 11 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I'm not sure if "Discussion" is the best place for this, but I would be happy for the mods to decide and move it if necessary. SWMBO's daughter's 306 HDi (the one that survived the misfuelling a while back!) will be SORNed and kept on Mum's drive for 12 months while the young lady travels
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  An end to all this fuelishness 22 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I borrowed my wife's 1-year-old BMW 318d this morning and when the fuel warning light came on (70 miles left, approx 2 gallons) I pulled into the petrol...