No it isn't - diesel in a petrol is the issue

If you put petrol in a diesel, say a couple of litres or a bit more, you would be fine to fill the rest of the tank with diesel and drive the car.

Diesel in a petrol however and you'll need to get it drained.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on November 12th 2012 at 08:42:01

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Has anyone else ever been stupid enough to put petrol in their diesel car? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 12, 08:24:30
- you should get away with it.... (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 12, 09:40:59
- yes. If you haven't filled it up you might be ok. Say if you have half filled (General Chat) - Pixelman, Nov 12, 08:59:56
  - Yep - I know loads of people that have done it. (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 12, 09:21:37
    - Just one other thing, assuming it was only a few litres and you then filled up to the brim (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 12, 09:25:12
- never been stupid enough to drive a car (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 12, 08:37:03
  - I didn`t know people had to be stupid to drive cars (n/m) (General Chat) - Mutley, Nov 12, 08:44:36
- I put diesel in my petrol car once, had to have it flushed out. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 12, 08:36:40
- no. (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 12, 08:36:06
- no (General Chat) - Mutley, Nov 12, 08:35:03
  - Petrol in diesel is by far the more risky. Lubricant in diesel, not present in petrol (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 12, 08:38:50
    - No it isn't - diesel in a petrol is the issue (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 12, 08:42:01
      - I filled my car so full of petrol once, I couldn't get in it. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 12, 08:44:46

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