Unleaded in 330d - doesn't work
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Yup, silly me filled it to the brim with ul then drove it 200 yards until it stopped... the dealer tried a flush & new filters but there is still swarf evident in the tank so the tank, pump, rails, lines, injectors etc all have to be replaced at 6k + vat. Luckily insurance covers it.
Feel such a spanner, I must have slipped into petrolhead mode when filling up as I previously filled up my girlfriends car at the exact same pump (and nozzle) only a couple of hours previously. Only hers is petrol.
One very expensive mistake that I won't be making again!
Feel such a spanner, I must have slipped into petrolhead mode when filling up as I previously filled up my girlfriends car at the exact same pump (and nozzle) only a couple of hours previously. Only hers is petrol.
One very expensive mistake that I won't be making again!
It seems to me that, considering that the consequences of selecting the wrong pump are so catastrophic, it's about time that manufacturers proffered some method of preventing use of the inappropriate pump.
It needn't be compulsory, even a cost-option modification to the nozzle would do, so those who wish to continue rebuilding their engines can do without.
It needn't be compulsory, even a cost-option modification to the nozzle would do, so those who wish to continue rebuilding their engines can do without.
Andrew D said:
It seems to me that, considering that the consequences of selecting the wrong pump are so catastrophic, it's about time that manufacturers proffered some method of preventing use of the inappropriate pump.
It needn't be compulsory, even a cost-option modification to the nozzle would do, so those who wish to continue rebuilding their engines can do without.
It needn't be compulsory, even a cost-option modification to the nozzle would do, so those who wish to continue rebuilding their engines can do without.
What... and miss out on the thousands of pounds that they charge for what is probably, in reality, a thousand or so pounds worth of work, every time someone sticks the wrong juice in? We're dealing with car manufacturers here, not philanthropists. It's a great idea but I won't hold my breath.
If you hadnt of started it then it would have been saved,but the High pressure pump and the injectors dont take too kindly to being washed with unleaded.They will fail.
If you take it to a dealer they will have to replace the system.
You could take it to a specailist and get them to drain and flush the system but this will carry no garranty.You may find 1000 miles down the road a pump fails,then another 1000 miles an injector fails and so on.
Some insurance companies will pay out for this-Quite a few of our customers have gone down this route.If you can its worth it as some bills are up at the £3000+ mark
If you take it to a dealer they will have to replace the system.
You could take it to a specailist and get them to drain and flush the system but this will carry no garranty.You may find 1000 miles down the road a pump fails,then another 1000 miles an injector fails and so on.
Some insurance companies will pay out for this-Quite a few of our customers have gone down this route.If you can its worth it as some bills are up at the £3000+ mark
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