then they all recycle the fuel that you have got off you too, leaving it to settle and split then they have X litres of diesel or petrol Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

This was also what I was told, they have to find a garage that is licenced to dispose of the fuel just by coincidence I know how they dispose of it, lets just say the guys in the workshop were never working in the cold  p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

chicken george wrote:

its £4000+ to replace all that on a freelander. there was an article about it once in Auto express. seems LR replace every affected part whereas other manufactures don't always

OK well good news. 'AA Fuel Assist' came and drained the tank/s. They put £12 of diesel back (about a gallon on todays prices!!). They also included an additive.

Anyway the engine started fine and I had no problems taking the FL2 down to the local petrol/diesel station and filled up (£90). Two 10 mile drives and everything seems fine. Time will tell I suppose.

Thank you to all of you for your kind advice. Great Forum.

I will make sure I don't do this again. My local Sainsbury's garage tell me it happens two or three times a week.
Seems to me that the time has come to make filling idiot proof. Sorry if it puts 'AA Fuel Assist' out of work.

Thanks again.

Andrew

Good news then Andrew

Not much use to you but the new FL2's have a "Diesel Misfuel" device built into the filler neck that will detect the narrow nozzle of unleaded and prevent it happening.

So thats what that is! Filled my new one up the other day and could only just about get the diesel nozzle in the neck - was expecting it do pour out over my shoes as i filled it!!  Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
Gone - 2014 BMW X3 M Sport Space Grey, faultless!
Gone - 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Bali Blue with xenons
Gone - 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Rimini Red with bodykit

Yes, and the reset tool is located in the boot so make sure you have it else you're stranded as it closes the filler pipe up.

andrewprd wrote:

'AA Fuel Assist' came and drained the tank/s. They put £12 of diesel back (about a gallon on todays prices!!). They also included an additive.

EYorkshire wrote:

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Also PM Boxer he might be able to offer advice

Ouch! you are cruel

I'll never live it down,

I had a 50 50 mix of petrol and diesel, and drove for 20 miles.
Had it drained and refuelled, one year on no problems since.

I was however running with the 2 stroke in for the first time, so this may have saved some of the critical components, who knows.

Now can we never speak of this again.  Don't put petrol in a diesel. They don't run well.

didnt boxer once fill up with petrol?











Mustn't laugh I accidentally put 300 gallons of diesel in the local river, the environment agency were a little cross

total clean up bill £22,000 insured phew At work
At home

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alex_pescaru wrote:

andrewprd wrote:

'AA Fuel Assist' came and drained the tank/s. They put £12 of diesel back (about a gallon on todays prices!!). They also included an additive.

How did they drained the tank? Did they take it out?

they drained mine by sucking it through from the engine fuel pipe  Don't put petrol in a diesel. They don't run well.

chicken george wrote:

didnt boxer once fill up with petrol?

Knob.  Don't put petrol in a diesel. They don't run well.

The reason that LR charge so much is that they dismantle the engine and replace every seal in the fuel system as the petrol dissolves them - if they didn't you could eventually end up with a very vigorous fire under the bonnet. And it might only cost £4k for a Freelander2 - it's £8000 for a TDv6 engined D3-4 or RRS. You never could misfuel a TDv8 FFRR as they have had the mis-fuel device since launch as so many Land Rover test drivers misfuelled the mule TDv8s during testing ruining the engines..................... for some reason best known to LR, the TDv8 RRS didn't have the mis-fuel filler mod. How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
Now driving - RRE Coupe Dynamic Lux Auto with Plus pack, Fuji White, Ebony, SD4 with tow pack
Gone - 2010MY FFRR TDv8 Stornoway and Ivory, Privacy - the pace of a TDv8 RRS, the incomparable grace of a Range Rover
Gone but will be missed- RRS Tdv8 HSE Stornoway Grey with Ebony Leather
Gone (only a little missed) RRS Tdv6 2.7SE Giverny Green/Aspen
Defender 90 County HT in Epsom Green

To answer the question about how they drained the fuel out. From what I could see the Engineer disconnected the fuel line at the engine and drained from there. I believe they also did something to get the fuel out of the dual tanks. Not very technical I'm afraid. I was called away so I didn't watch.

If the new FL2 has a smaller filler tube is there a possible modification for existing FL2 or some other device?

Regards,
Andrew

Anyone using Shell needs to have their wits about them, the Shell Fuelsave Diesel markings on the pump are very similar to the Shell Fuelsave Unleaded, both use Yellow background, both use the same green text the only difference is a little bit of black below the text along with the unleaded having a green bit of plastic on the nozzle and the diesel having black, very easy to pick up and fill with the incorrect one if you are not concentrating. p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior