[Fronhaul]

I have to say the Forge Garage on the A40 just west of Carmarthen deserves 5 stars, Michelin Rosettes and just about every other award going.  Lovely people told us not to even attempt to move despite the fact we were effectively blocking two pumps, lent as a phone, fed me free coffee and worried about the sheep with me.  And while we were there someone tried to pay for fuel and discovered he had left his wallet at home and that was sorted out with a smile as well.

And the sun is shining this morning.

[SallyintNorth]

And while we were there someone tried to pay for fuel and discovered he had left his wallet at home and that was sorted out with a smile as well.

Nooooooo?  Not that same homo sapiens...?  HooooYeah.  You is de BOSS!   

[Fowgill Farm]

I confess i have done this too put petrol in OH's beloved BMW, my excuse was i was getting petrol for the lawnmower at the same time and just sort of forgot to change pumps!!
The AA came and sorted it out and my flexible friend had to take the hit!!!
OH was not amused.
Mandy 
ps i now have a pick-up and OH sold his BMW, bless!

[Sylvia]

I filled our Transit with petrol and drove away Bless the A.A. man, he didn't even smirk The cheque book stub says "expensive mistake!"

[robert waddell]

well i have done this as well only once though and it it was only quarter of a tank of petrol filled the rest up with diesel  no problemsand that was 20000 miles ago it did run better after this mistake
also if you put two stroke oil in the diesel it goes better

[sabrina]

Almost did this myself once, now I double check all the time 

[Anke]

We recently had to replace OH's commuting car and I vetoed the cheaper option of a petrol car - I am certain one of us would make that mistake as well - it's so easily done!.... no petrol cars in our household!!!!

[Womble]

So how much did it cost to fix then, if you don't mind me asking? 

The last time I called the AA out, the chap started asking me in great detail how you would go about separating petrol and diesel at home (this is kindof my line of work), as he had basically an infinite supply of mixed fuel (from his line of work!).

Unfortunately I couldn't really think of a method I could recommend doing at home safely (or at least not one I felt I could recommend to a complete stranger!)

[Sylvia]

I have just looked up last year's cheque book stubs and the bill was £79-49p. Towing,of course was done by the A.A. And, I've just remembered, the chap at the garage told me he'd done the same thing not long before

[piggy]

My OH has done this twice putting petrol in my Mitsubishi diesel,the first time it was towed to the garage and they couldnt work out what was wrong 3 days later and lots of expensive tests they worked out he had put petrol in it,bill was £500 and he tryed to protest it must of been me until i found the petrol station bill which proved it was him!,the second time he did it luckly he only put £15 in it and it conked out about 3 miles from where he had filled it up but friends towed it to the petrol station and we filled it up with diesel takes £110 for a full tank and it thankfully started straight away,to this day he is NOT allow to fill any of my cars up.

[Blueeyes]

  This one made me laff, I've just got a new wav (wheelchair accessible vehicle) for basically becoming my daughters taxi and the delivery guy stuck stickers all around the fuel cap saying DIESEL, when I go to fill up my daughter shouts every time 'not the petrol mum, it's diesel'!!!

Everyone calls me a malteser brown hair but pure blonde on the inside, and so are just waiting for me to make this easy mistake  but I have found a solution, I drive it till it's nearly empty then send my hubby out for milk in it so he has to fill it up, and best of all he then pays for the fuel    not such a malteser after all!!!

Blueeyes xx

[SallyintNorth]

Everyone calls me a malteser brown hair but pure blonde on the inside, and so are just waiting for me to make this easy mistake  but I have found a solution, I drive it till it's nearly empty then send my hubby out for milk in it so he has to fill it up, and best of all he then pays for the fuel    not such a malteser after all!!!

That ain't no soft centre, lady!   

[Blueeyes]

No proved myself a pure malteser today by trying to sign up for armchair aerobics (thought it wudnt be too hard plus cud do it in heels  ) till my hubby showed me the photo - it's was over 75's (I'm 35!)! my daughter then pointed out they had bought me a rowing machine and I've never used it, when I mentioned I didn't like trainers my hubby then told the lady they'd bought me them too 

I'm so unfit but just can't be bothered, I'd rather be out with the animals or reading a good book but the thought is there  !

Blueeyes xx

[mab]

I put the wrong fuel in not long ago (new vehicle - and early morning start). It's not fun.

I did learn something useful though in case I do it again - a diesel car can cope with up to 50% petrol - it's the other way round that's more problematic.

mab

[bazzais]

A petrol vehicle you can try to run on deisel but it just wont go - a deisel with petrol in - your knackered.

I dont understand why the deisel filler is the biggest because of that point.

You can't put deisel in an unleaded car (modern) as the filler is smaller - but you can the other way round - yet the biggest damage is trying to run a diesel engine - partly lubricated by the fuel on petrol.

Spose its to expensive to backwards engineer this - I presume the different sizes were intoduced because of unleaded and leaded petrol - but thats a fight over with now - they shouls start making diesel filler caps smaller and make unleaded petrol cars bigger.

Baz