Misfuelling!!

[Roccokid]

Old fuddy duddy Had a 'Senior Moment this morn. Put in petrol (2.3 ltrs) then realised!!!. So girl in pay kiosk said it's ok , anything up to 5 ltrs , can get away with.(Info from FUEL DOCTOR). So l completed filling tank (full) with diesel.
Calculated 50 ltrs of diesel mixed with 2.3 ltrs of petrol. Been told by my local (V.W trained specialist) should be ok.
Any comments / likely problems ?. (Apart from the obvious please!!)

[Andy Rocc]

I would keep topping it up with diesel every day just to weaken the petrol mixture.

[Phil]

Not familiar with this myself but when a friend of mine had his drained - he had to add the diesel cleaning product into the system. Might be worth a go

[salsajoe]

Should be OK. In the old days!! used to add a bit of paraffin to stop the diesel freezing in winter in Germany. Showing my age.

[Roccokid]

Thks guys, its been running ok.

[Cuprabob]

The thing about a modern diesel is that the diesel lubricates the high pressure pump wheras if it is diluted with.petrol there is a risk of it not being lubricated. I doubt the small amount of petrol will cause any long term issues.

[Roccokid]

Thks cuprabob.

[xjay1337]

It will be absolutely fine.
People sometimes put small amounts of petrol in to help clean things out every so often.

[Roccokid]

Thks xjay, helpful comments are reassuring.

[scimitar]

fill it with top quality diesel not supermarket stuff- the genuine article has higher lubricity