Mistakes happen and the reasons behind them could be many. Wrong fuelling is also a mistake that could happen to anyone so when it happens, one must know what to do. It does not happen in routine but whenever wrong fuel is filled in your vehicle’s tank you need to turn off the engine at first.
Injecting the wrong fuel in the engine is drastic for the power machine and can be costly. Cars come with both diesel and petrol power units and the same model is available with these two types of engines. His is why it is possible to put the wrong fuel in the tank.
When a car is owned by someone else and driven by someone else, such a situation could occur. Filling stations and car makers have made fuel filling pipe nozzles distinguishable and fuel tank opening different for petrol and diesel cars but wrong fuelling still happens. There are remedies available to this mistake and they depend on how much time you take to realize the mistake.
There are service providers who make sure that your car becomes fit again to run without any problem after the wrong fuelling incident. Some of them are so sure about their expertise that they will charge you only when your problem gets resolved otherwise they will not charge any fee.
His guarantee has made it obvious that a solution is available to make your car’s engine work smoothly again. You can call them and they will reach with their mobile workshop at the spot because you are advised to stop the car immediately and turn the engine off.
The nature of diesel and petrol is different but diesel is soluble in petrol so when an incident of diesel in petrol car happen, the problem is not big as compared to another way around. A small amount of diesel in the petrol car tank will be digested easily and you may not need to flush out the fuel tank.
Usually, such a situation occurs when while fuelling you realize the mistake and immediately stop the process. Then you can call to the service provider, who can fix the problem or guide you in this regard. Even if it happens to a diesel car, when petrol gets filled in little quantity, things remain under control because fuel from the tank has not pumped into the engine to cause any damage.
Just take your car aside with help of some staff at the filling station and arrange service to get the fuel tank empty. At this stage cost is nominal and the car’s engine in good condition. As we know diesel is soluble in petrol and petrol engine by using diesel starts missing as diesel does not burn like petrol.
This can make you realize of the mistake and you can get it right. Spark plugs of petrol engine when fail to burn diesel then you can face no ignition or smoke coming out of the engine. Immediately drain fuel from the tank and ask for specialized service to fix the problem. It will minimize the damage and keep fixing cost low.
Roadside assistance is called in such situations because filling stations rarely have this kind of service. They will charge you for their time and service but every mistake has its cost so you have to pay the price. Towing service also offered so that the car reaches to the mechanic. Petrol in diesel tank is rather a serious issue and cause harm to mechanical parts of the car.
It happens more commonly than diesel in a petrol car. At the time of fuelling, you could have realized this mistake by sensing the odour of the fuel and immediately stop filling. At this stage, you only need flushing out petrol mixed in a diesel tank and your car will be again on road.
Fuel injection system and the engine gets damaged when you turn the engine on but even then you should stop whenever you realize wrong fuelling. Lubrication in diesel is required for the proper functioning of diesel engines but petrol being devoid of lubrication causes wear and tear of parts. The fuel pump is the first thing that starts malfunctioning due to surface to surface friction.
Diesel is not burnt through sparking plugs but under high pressure produces energy. Petrol catch fire easily so diesel engine experience high ignition due to petrol and bears the damage. High performance fuel is recommended for specific cars and when you put regular fuel in such cars’ fuel tanks their performance may decrease.
But it is not damaging at all and it happens only when high performance fuel is not available. Different kinds of wrong fuelling cause different types of damages and at the earliest stage, you just need to empty the fuel tank of a car. In later stages, you have to face serious consequences. Replacement of engine is the last thing you can do after wrong fuelling and due to high cost people want to avoid it. A bigger opening of diesel tanks and smart petrol pipe nozzle could lead to this costly mistake so you have to be sure that the right fuel is filling in the diesel car.
