I have just seen this on tatbay eBay Item No. 220504447609 I hope it was no one on here, easily done I suppose though never done it myself yet (Touch Wood).

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FREELANDER-2-ENGINE-...335716da79 p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

I thought petrol damaged the seals etc so I wouldn't risk buying anything like that off eBay  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Buying has not even entered my head, just pointing out that the misfilling has cost £4500 to put right, ouch. p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

Fek me! £4500!!

Now is it the black hose or the green hose at the pump ... errmmm let me think  Chris

ad210358 wrote:

Buying has not even entered my head, just pointing out that the misfilling has cost £4500 to put right, ouch.

Bill Turner wrote:

ad210358 wrote:

Buying has not even entered my head, just pointing out that the misfilling has cost £4500 to put right, ouch.

Whoever the guy is he was ripped off by the stealer (looks as if he/she is in Sheffield) as forum members may remember that I did a similar thing earlier this year (details on the forum somewhere but not good at computer technical bits and cannot find it) and Conwy LandRover also insisted in replacing the fuel system but they only charged £2377.00 and LandRover Insurance covered the cost and even provided a loan car.

Bill Turner.

...errr HP fuel pump LR006663 is listed at £553.32 inc vat, a mis-fuel on a D3 is about £2500 to sort, FL2 should be a bit more due to access issues but the thick end of £4.5k is a bit OTT

Don't know about all the issues but I calculated that it is worth paying a few pound more to insure with LR insurance to sort out any possible worst scenerio claims and to keep driving a top class vehicle if you have to claim.Dont ever want to be fobbed off with an astra loan car from angel assist! 2010 HSE Galway Green auto GONE

I once put petrol in a diesel hire car-Vauxhall Zafira-had about 1/4 tank of deisel in when I filled it with unleaded-a few miles down the road started running a bit rough, I kept topping it up with deisel every 50 miles or so and eventually was fine had it for 3 months after that did 6k Miles-no probs.

Twice I've had employees put petrol in Vans (1 Transit & 1 Sprinter) Just had to drop the tanks empty them and fill with deisel then crank the fuel through and get rid of air lock then as good as new.

10forcash wrote:

...errr HP fuel pump LR006663 is listed at £553.32 inc vat, a mis-fuel on a D3 is about £2500 to sort, FL2 should be a bit more due to access issues but the thick end of £4.5k is a bit OTT

That part number has a current retail inc vat of £411.36 not all pricing is within LR's control, particularly if sourced outside of UK - exchange rate variances apply. Either way, seems like you got a good price - so why the problem?

Rowy wrote:

I once put petrol in a diesel hire car-Vauxhall Zafira-had about 1/4 tank of deisel in when I filled it with unleaded-a few miles down the road started running a bit rough, I kept topping it up with deisel every 50 miles or so and eventually was fine had it for 3 months after that did 6k Miles-no probs.

Twice I've had employees put petrol in Vans (1 Transit & 1 Sprinter) Just had to drop the tanks empty them and fill with deisel then crank the fuel through and get rid of air lock then as good as new.

Might have been true 'some years ago' the current low emission engines require extremely high fuel pressures... any lack of or reduction in lubrication (provided by the fuel, not the engine oil) can and does cause the vanes of the HP fuel pump to come into contact with the pump body which in turn leaves shards of metal in the HP fuel lines and injectors... the engine may run for a few days, weeks, months or years - but it won't run well sure, if it's a hire car - who cares? unless you're the one that buys it LR, in common with most manufacturers has a robust policy in place to return the engine and fuel system to full functionality - and in most cases, your car insurance will cover the cost of mis-fuelling

10forcash wrote:

That part number has a current retail inc vat of £411.36 not all pricing is within LR's control, particularly if sourced outside of UK - exchange rate variances apply. Either way, seems like you got a good price - so why the problem? :?

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