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I recently filled the tank of my diesel Mercedes-Benz E-Class with petrol. Although there are no legal requirements, I feel Sainsbury's garage owe me some duty of care, as the pump dispensing the petrol...
I've put eight litres of petrol in my 2.0 diesel Peugeot 307. The car is 51 plate. The tank was in the red, I wasn't paying attention. When I noticed I then topped it up with 46 litres of diesel. The...
I stupidly put petrol in my almost empty diesel car - about £3.50 worth before I realised. The 70 litre tank was almost empty. I didn't switch on the engine - some muscly men helped me move it out of...
I put unleaded in my Ford S-MAX 2.0 TDCI. The diesel ran low (20 miles left approx) so went to fill up, got distracted and put in 31 litres unleaded. Did not turn engine on and have siphoned out approx...
I recently put 0.4 litres of petrol into my Audi A3 Sportback TDI 170 Quattro. I then put over 50 litres of diesel in. After 220 miles, I filled up with diesel again. There have been no obvious effects...
I got distracted this morning and put just over two litres of V-Power petrol into my Hyundai i30 diesel before I realised. There was already about a quarter of a tank of diesel in the car. I stopped and...
I put diesel in a petrol Ford Ka. How can I get the fuel out from the top off the tank?
I collected my new VW Scirocco (2.0 TDI GT DSG - 170bhp- 2010 plate) from a dealer on Friday. We had a 100 mile journey back home and the car seemed to perform very well. After parking the car outside...
I have a problem with my 2011 Ford Focus 1.6TDCI (old model). When first purchased it gave me 54mpg. 14 months later it has now reduced to 47mpg with the same sort of driving pattern. I have tried to add...
When I bought the Evoque the salesman made much of a failsafe device in the fuel filler neck which would prevent misfuelling. Filled diesel car with petrol and drove about a mile. Dealer denies any liability...
 

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