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chicken george



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miss-fueling

Auto express has a list of costs to remove petrol from diesel cars ranging from £110 for a Skoda to £5000 for a Chrysler. The fl2 came in at £4300, fuel lines pumps filters etc.
Apparently Skoda reckons if the engine had not been started draining the tank and changing the filter would do, Whereas LR advices changing all the fuel lines pumps filters etc as a precaution. personally I would do the Skoda trick and hope for the best!

Either way I don't intend to find out ..but it wouldn't be the first stupid thing I have ever done Laughing

The LR dealer Auto Express talked to claimed to be getting about four miss-fuelled fl2's a week

I think you can get insurance against miss-fueling, I have heard stories of people who have put a few litres of petrol in by accident realised their error topped up with diesel and driven away no problems Thumbs Up

Reading the article further ,It seems wise if you do miss-fuel not to call Land-rover as if you do so, then not let them change all these parts your future warranty will be void, where as if you use a local garage LR will never know and your warranty will be safer Thumbs Up At work
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Tim in Scotland



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With all Land Rovers it is absolutely fatal if you turn the key if you have misfueled - the fuel pump is diesel lubricated and the benzine in petrol will dissolve the seals. Over on D3 and RRS there have been lots of reports of folks misfuelling - if you missfuel a TDv6 RRS and drive it away it will cost you or your insurers about £10k to repair the damage and usually means replacement of all the fuel system and possibly a new engine as well................. so £4500 for a F2 is getting off lightly!
LR dealers will fix it the Skoda way if you haven't turned the key passed position 2 or started the engine. How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
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chicken george



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anyone got the insurance? At work
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Tim in Scotland



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Check your policy - you may find it is covered as accidental damage. How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
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chicken george



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I've looked on the web, the verdict is its unlikely that insurance will cover miss fuelling. So here's hoping I'm not distracted while filling the tank! Especially at one of those idiot garages that puts petrol in pumps with black nozzles Evil or Very Mad At work
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nickwill



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You could try looking at the AA website, they do a service called fuel assist. It seems to be very basic draining of the tank and the advice concurs with previous posts - DO NOT START THE ENGINE if you realise in time.

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nickwill



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You could try looking at the AA website, they do a service called fuel assist. It seems to be very basic draining of the tank and the advice concurs with previous posts - DO NOT START THE ENGINE if you realise in time.

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You could always paint
DIESEL
on the side by the filler cap Rolling with laughter

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Tim in Scotland



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Don't Freelanders have all sorts of Diesel stickers in the filler flap and on the cap? There is a special device on the market that Lookers Land Rover (and I think Charles Hurst are part of the Lookers group) were fitting to cars that makes misfueling impossible. Maybe James can tell us if their dealership has these available.................... How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
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Bring back the old days when there were seperate diesel pumps at the forecourt rather than 1 pump that lets you have diesel, unleaded and superunleaded!! I do a lot of travelling so visit many different fuel stations and not all forecourts use black for diesel Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
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Tim in Scotland



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Too right - some places use Green, some Yellow and I've seen Blue hoses for diesel - do we need to lobby Parilament for a standard colour for diesel hoses Rolling with laughter How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
Now driving - RRE Coupe Dynamic Lux Auto with Plus pack, Fuji White, Ebony, SD4 with tow pack
Gone - 2010MY FFRR TDv8 Stornoway and Ivory, Privacy - the pace of a TDv8 RRS, the incomparable grace of a Range Rover
Gone but will be missed- RRS Tdv8 HSE Stornoway Grey with Ebony Leather
Gone (only a little missed) RRS Tdv6 2.7SE Giverny Green/Aspen
Defender 90 County HT in Epsom Green

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There are lots of scare stories put about regarding misfueling.
Most manufacturers list a full fuel system replacement when asked what needs doing and most dealers will tell you the same but IME in 90% of cases, even if you start the engine and drive away, a drain down and refill will have you back on the road. A friend did it with her Jeep. Drove it until it stopped. Rang the dealer and got the £4k story, then rang a local garage, had it towed, drained and refilled. She drove home again. Ok - you could say she was lucky, but she then did it again a few months later!. I'm not saying it hasn't shortened the life of the fuel pump in some way but I can say its still running fine 2 years later.

They talk about how precise the pumps and seals are but these cars are designed to be used around the world. Here, we have clean quality fuel. In other parts of the world the fuel will be contaminated with all sorts, including chemicals and dirt, but the car must be built to cope. Hence why you can get another 30hp with a simple chip. The cars are designed to cope with far worse treatment than they get here in blighty, fuel pumps included. 07 Freelander 2 TD4SE Tambora Flame, side steps, privacy glass, mud flaps, boot liner and a tow bar. Ok it's the Wifes but she lets me drive it occasionally - if I've been good!

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chicken george



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Thats the opinion I take . The engine probably isn't as fragile as the dealers tells you. So If I did missfuel I'd defiantly call the local garage first, there is no need for LR to know about it. At work
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chicken george wrote:
Thats the opinion I take . The engine probably isn't as fragile as the dealers tells you. So If I did missfuel I'd defiantly call the local garage first, there is no need for LR to know about it.


Guess you are right. If you can make a houndred miles afterwards they will probably not be able to pin the cause. Maybe blame it on infested diesel if they check.
Nevertheless if the main problem is lubrification I would think of topping up at least one liter of 2T Oil to help lubrification as Yamaha-Fan suggested. By the way "Where is Yamaha-Fan?"
Guess that it depends if you put only a couple of litres before you notice or you put 50. FREELANDER 2 TD4 SE (XS UK) IZMIR BLUE SIDE STEPS COLD PACK BI-XENON TINTED WINDOWS - AND PROUD OF HER

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Why not try concentrating when refuelling?

I know it's hard if you have a diesel car and a petrol one but come on, you wouldn't accidentally drink bleach instead of orange juice would you?

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