Wrong fuel is such a common mistake nowadays, people with rental cars or one who change their vehicles normally commit this type of blunder. As per a report, there are almost 150,000 people every year that fill their fuel tank with wrong fuel which means in every 3 sec there is a person who has fallen into such kind of bad situation.
So don’t feel bad for yourself if you are unfortunately suffering from this hectic phase as there are many others who are facing the same issue. Here we are going to tell you the symptoms of wrong fuelling and how to survive from the bad situation of wrong fuelling in vehicle.
In modern days there are many reasons which distract a person easily, it could be your busy work schedule or maybe some other worries and stress by which you accidently pick a wrong fuel pump and start filling your diesel fuel tank with petrol. Many people realize their mistake immediately while others know about it when their vehicles tell them what they did a few minutes before.
Diesel is not just a fuel but it plays the role of lubricant agent for engine parts as well and in case of wrong filling of petrol in diesel tank, petrol starts diluting diesel immediately. Diesel loses its thickness and this diluted thin contaminated fuel start flushes small metallic particles from diesel tank, fuel pipes, fuel pumps and fuel filters towards vehicles engine. There these particles not just create flaws in an engine but also start ruining small engine parts.
In case of wrong fuel filling of petrol in diesel tank what you could have to face is abnormal and excessive smoke from engine and exhaust pipe or in some cases vehicle starts misfiring and stop working. Now, what to do is the main question popping up in your head, but it is too late now.
It is recommended that do not drive your vehicle if you mistakenly filled your vehicle with wrong fuel nor ever turn your vehicles engine on. It starts pumping polluted fuel towards the engine and would be the reason of bigger disaster. While if you do not drive neither turn your engine on then your vehicle surely will be in working condition just after contaminated fuel draining.
Petrol in Diesel Car
Wrong filling of petrol in diesel engine is quite hard because petrol pumps nozzle is thicker than fuel tanks neck. So it is hard to put or fit fillers nozzle in tanks neck. But when your bad time running, yes you can fill diesel in petrol tank easily.
Diesel is way heavier than petrol and when you accidently fill diesel in your petrol tank, it is not just thickens petrol but also does not the fuel to pass through the fuel injector. It is hard to start the vehicle if you fill the excessive amount of diesel in petrol tank while if you fill minor quantity of diesel in petrol tank you may face noisy engine, excessive smoke and shuddering.
Wrong Fuel Drain
Unfortunately, if you are the victim of wrong fuelling it is recommended that do not start your vehicle nor try to turn your engine on. It contains polluted fuel in a fuel tank and you would be out of this hectic situation by just fuel draining from your fuel tank.
While if sadly you start driving your vehicle than probably you find yourself in a deep problem soon. Stop your car immediately or push it up towards a side of the road and call roadside fuel drain assistance to come and rescue you from this problem. Keep it in mind that none of any insurance company will cover you for this problem as it is not in their policy to cover up your kind of flaws.
