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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
It's easily done, if you can find a company garage that do this on a regular basis they have equipment that pressurises the fuel lines and clears it all the way through, it should cost around £200 or so to sort out. What they tell you is the high cost of environmentally disposing of the contaminated fuel and the need for special licences, what they really do is the contaminated fuel goes in the tank for the workshop heater. |
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2nd Jan 2012 10:26 pm |
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Boxer Member Since: 26 Dec 2009 Location: S Wales Posts: 354 |
I filled mine up with about half a tank of petrol and drove approx 20 miles, had it flushed with a company off the Internet Dr Fuel. That was 2 years ago, no problems since. Don't pay the 4 grand until you try the flush first. Don't put petrol in a diesel. They don't run well. |
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3rd Jan 2012 8:10 am |
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druand Member Since: 07 Sep 2009 Location: south ayrshire Posts: 825 |
2 stroke is a lubricant. Lots of posts give very good reasons for using 2t. In basic terms it is the same substance as diesel fuel (chemical formula) and as such is not an additive but enhances lubrication quality of diesel fuel. All FL2's (3) Gone
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3rd Jan 2012 11:56 am |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
yes it may be a lubricant but l/rover will not see it as a genuine addertive to the fuel i dont see in the hand book a section that says that we recomend two stroke oil as an addertive for the fuel system and may therefore void the warranty on any fuel related part due to miss fueling if it was to fail, there computer system may have allready been updated to reflect the fact that the vehicle has been missfuled as l/r assist have to make a report back to landrover iam not trying to put the damper on him iam trying to be realistic rainy-city
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3rd Jan 2012 12:05 pm |
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druand Member Since: 07 Sep 2009 Location: south ayrshire Posts: 825 |
The whole point about 2T is it is NOT an additive it is the same substance as diesel by chemical formula. All you are doing is increasing the lubricating quality of existing fuel.
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3rd Jan 2012 2:08 pm |
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Ghyllie Member Since: 19 Jul 2011 Location: Over looking Loch Ness with Nessie by my side Posts: 159 |
up until recently it was regular practise to put petrol into diesel during the winter months, stopped diesel from waxing, so it's probably abit late now but I would have drained off as much as possible and filled up with diesel run the tank as low as possible and just carried on, diesel engines back then regularly did 300,000 miles and I know of one (on a truck) thats been around the clock more than once most if not all of them had had petrol put into them regularly it seems odd that most of todays "pampered" diesels will never make it to 150,000 Ghyllie oo! Shiney! ____________________________________________ 55 Nissan Navara SE Black - My Toy. 08 Freelander 2 XS Santorini Black - Her Majesty's Toy. |
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3rd Jan 2012 3:53 pm |
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iain cooper Member Since: 27 Aug 2007 Location: north of Glasgow Posts: 1989 |
up until recently it was regular practise to put petrol into diesel during the winter months, stopped diesel from waxing, so it's probably abit late now but I would have drained off as much as possible and filled up with diesel run the tank as low as possible and just carried on, diesel engines back then regularly did 300,000 miles and I know of one (on a truck) thats been around the clock more than once most if not all of them had had petrol put into them regularly it seems odd that most of todays "pampered" diesels will never make it to 150,000
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3rd Jan 2012 4:10 pm |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
but they never had the fine engineering needed to produce modern ultra high injection pressures At work
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3rd Jan 2012 6:06 pm |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
hi druand you can argue as much as you want about it being an lubricant its not you that,s upholding the warranty on the vehicle its l/rover and if they do not recognise two stroke oil as an recognised addertive in the fuel they will just say fuel contamination has caused premature ware also these days thay can take fuel samples and send them to the lab and have them analised and it will show at some point that contamination has taken place.i would do as most have said get a vat reg gararge or an indy to drain /flush/replenish and run and take a chance it will most likely be ok rainy-city
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3rd Jan 2012 6:28 pm |
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Boxer Member Since: 26 Dec 2009 Location: S Wales Posts: 354 |
From my experience, I was using 2 stroke in the fuel, can't say if this saved my injection system or not, but as I previously said 2 years in and no problems to report, except my clutch is now slipping Don't put petrol in a diesel. They don't run well. |
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3rd Jan 2012 9:08 pm |
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MartynB Member Since: 08 Aug 2011 Location: Currently Rootless ! Posts: 1777 |
yes I would agree totally. Iain[/quote] http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/fuels...lling.html According to the AA website on which they offer a fuel draining service for 250 quid : if you have put 5 litres or less of petrol in it , top it up with diesel and drive. If it's more call them and they will do a roadside service, so the tolerance for contamination they are saying is around 5/60ths on an average car, that's around 8.0% 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership 2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned ! 2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto . |
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3rd Jan 2012 9:35 pm |
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druand Member Since: 07 Sep 2009 Location: south ayrshire Posts: 825 |
bigalf,
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3rd Jan 2012 11:59 pm |
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dunroof Member Since: 24 Nov 2010 Location: <> Yes, still being stalked by another member! Posts: 1785 |
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4th Jan 2012 7:56 am |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
two stroke oil in fuel tank would still be classed as contamination !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rainy-city
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4th Jan 2012 8:05 am |
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