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Author Topic: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?  (Read 4265 times)

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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #45 on: 18 September 2011, 20:39:16 »
yes but put lower one in so if 10a put 7.5a.. stops damage. only doit on 10a fuses though.
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #46 on: 18 September 2011, 20:40:41 »
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yes but put lower one in so if 10a put 7.5a.. stops damage. only doit on 10a fuses though.

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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #47 on: 18 September 2011, 20:42:12 »
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yes but put lower one in so if 10a put 7.5a.. stops damage. only doit on 10a fuses though.


FUEL ...... not fuse ....... shoulda gone to specsavers ????
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #48 on: 18 September 2011, 21:08:31 »
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yes but put lower one in so if 10a put 7.5a.. stops damage. only doit on 10a fuses though.


FUEL ...... not fuse ....... shoulda gone to specsavers ????

Thats where i went.......still doesnt stop me posting pish  ;D ;D
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #49 on: 18 September 2011, 21:16:16 »
Don't laugh it's cruel.
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #50 on: 18 September 2011, 21:22:16 »
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Don't laugh it's cruel.

And what do ferrets know......remember you're only a newbie  ;) ;D
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #51 on: 18 September 2011, 23:34:39 »
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Don't laugh it's cruel.

And what do ferrets know......remember you're only a newbie  ;) ;D


and a recycled rat at that lol :y


managed to do it once but the pump was marked up incorrectley :y
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #52 on: 19 September 2011, 12:22:05 »
Haven't done it myself, but will never forget the time I spent sat on a garage forecourt when I was working in the Royal Signals Mobile Presentation Team and had to syphon out a full tank of diesel from a petrol VW Caravel after my oppo filled it!  Then having to go straight to a local cadet night to do shows, we were all stinking .... probably not the best impression we made during out tour  :o
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #53 on: 19 September 2011, 15:18:37 »
around 6 years ago now i read that a boy of around 10 was set to make a fortune as he had came up with a simple way of making sure this never happened again......by changing the shape of the nozzle.
so if you have a deisel car it would be a triangular nozzle that wouldnt fit in the round hole.
such an easy and simple fix i was bloody annoyed that i hadnt thought of it!!
as i say though,that was a while ago,and we all still have round holes so god knows what happened.
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #54 on: 19 September 2011, 22:23:02 »
Thanks for the answers on here, was just for market research but interesting that there were more ticks in the yes/know someone options (combined) than the never box
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Re: Have you ever put the wrong fuel into a vehicle?
« Reply #55 on: 24 September 2011, 17:23:06 »
Can I blame 'Mrs Cakey'?  ??? ???
In nearly 5 years of owning both a petrol car & a car powered by The Fuel of Satan, I've never even nearly put the wrong fuel in a car. Last night however, I put petrol in my TD Astra!  :( It was only £10 to get me to work in it today so I could fill it with cut price vouchers on my way home this afternoon, but there was bugger all in there to start with. Drove 3 or 4 miles home with no problems, but it half heartedly started this morning then died, so rather than mess with it I used the Omega. I mentioned it this morning to one of the lads who immediately diagnosed me being a t1t & putting petrol in.
All sorted now though!!!  :y :y :y
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