Vito:the quiet before the storm

[ABBY]

Hi.
I have noticed that on my 54 vito if i use the more expensive diesel the engine sounds less noisy. a few days ago i put in by mistake 2 litres of petrol .when i told the fuel station about it they said its such a small amount not worry about it.immediately after that i put 75 litres of diesel.( the expensive one.) the car sounded very quite and refined. since then i have put in 150 litres of the cheap diesel,and the car still very quite. is something about to blow up?
or has the petrol cleaned the injectors? i also notice if i use tesco diesel the engine management light comes on occasionally on overrun.
Any thoughts? time to sell?


Regards

Abby

 

[bolide]

Read your manual. The manual for my old 250TD had figures for acceptable percentages of diesel in petrol cars and vice versa

I don't think 2 litres of petrol will do any damage at all with 75 litres of diesel added afterwards. So long as the fuel pump was not on & pushing neat petrol into the injection system it would be well diluted when the diesel went in

Nick Froome

 

[swannymere]

I know of people who'll quite happily put 5 litres of petrol in a diesel van when the temperature is regularly in minus numbers, it used to be a common thing to add petrol to stop diesel freezing but diesel is better equipped to cope with the cold these days.