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Petrol in my SDV6. Help!
Help!
No prizes in guessing that I put petrol in my SDV6. I'll take all the flack now.........
20 litres to be precise. That was 5 days ago and despite not wanting to initially start on Monday and Tuesday, starting is now better and it seems to be running OK, albeit it sounds like it is pinking when I put my foot down.
I've since put a full tank of high-end diesel in.
What's the best course of action now please? Any and all (not too expensive) options gratefully accepted.
Did you pump out all the diesel/petrol mixture before refilling the car with diesel, change the fuel filter etc, and broadly follow this course of action ?
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12th Dec 2019 4:46 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Oh dear. Should have not even turned the key when you realised. Pinking sounds like the injectors are leaking. I wouldn’t drive or you risk a burned piston or worse.
Someone will correct me but I seem to remember that when LR sort out a misfulled car they fit the following replacements:-
Fuel tank
HPFP
LPFP
Fuel lines & filter
and, I believe
Injectors & associated pipework
That may be overkill, but when I misfuelled my D3 I called LR Assist who said don't switch on the ignition, push the car away from the pump.
RAC then came & drained & flushed the tank, added mysterious fluids, changed fuel filter etc.. and it was OK thereafter. I owned it for another 30k miles without problems, but I was lucky.
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
12th Dec 2019 5:35 pm
lynalldiscovery
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Where I used to work lots of misfueled council vehicles came in for repair, std procedure was drain and remove tank for steam cleaning, injs and pump off to diesel shop for checking and clean/blow out all pipework.
The van mech ran an L series freelander and that is what it ran on for years!
12th Dec 2019 7:57 pm
M3DPO
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Check your insurance for wrong fuel, you might be covered It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
12th Dec 2019 8:22 pm
dgardel
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Add 1 liter of 2 stroke oil (into the tank)
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12th Dec 2019 10:36 pm
Bazza.
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Location: Essex
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I've had this on vans over the years. I Just drain the tank, put a gallon in, run it through until almost empty again and then fill the tank. worked every time for me.
The other way around is a bigger problem.Disco 4 2012
12th Dec 2019 11:49 pm
knwatkins
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This is what happened to a piston when £20 worth of petrol was put into a T/SDV6...
MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey
13th Dec 2019 12:29 am
OvalAutos
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Gareth wrote:
Oh dear. Should have not even turned the key when you realised. Pinking sounds like the injectors are leaking. I wouldn’t drive or you risk a burned piston or worse.
It's an easy enough job to take the injectors out and have them tested. While the injectors are out, you can use a boroscope to have a look at the top of the pistons to check for signs of heat damage.
Any decent garage should be able to do this for around a few hundred quid.Joe
13th Dec 2019 7:13 am
Moo D3 Decade
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Re: Petrol in my SDV6. Help!
olympicliftingpaulf wrote:
Help!
No prizes in guessing that I put petrol in my SDV6. I'll take all the flack now.........
20 litres to be precise. That was 5 days ago and despite not wanting to initially start on Monday and Tuesday, starting is now better and it seems to be running OK, albeit it sounds like it is pinking when I put my foot down.
I've since put a full tank of high-end diesel in.
What's the best course of action now please? Any and all (not too expensive) options gratefully accepted.
Thanks.
An idiot.
Can you post the reg so people know to avoid it when you move it on.D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
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13th Dec 2019 9:09 am
Kilovolt
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I'm pretty sure most people do not realise that the diesel (oil) is both a lubricant and a coolant for the pumps and mechanicals of the systems as a whole.
Petrol just loves white metal bearings "Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
Current Ride: D4 XS Commercial Baltic Blue SDV6 fully loaded with heated everything
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I know it's not long, and it's very embarrassing - but where has the OP olympicliftingpaulf gone ?
I, for one, would like to know how things are going - fingers crossed.
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
13th Dec 2019 10:43 am
dgardel
Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: Greater Venice
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dgardel wrote:
Add 1 liter of 2 stroke oil (into the tank)
I'm not joking
My inaccuracy:
but you had to do it immediately, just noticed, before turning on the engine !!!Discovery 5 tdv6 HSE Corris Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition IID Pro MV License
13th Dec 2019 6:00 pm
lynalldiscovery
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NJSS wrote:
I know it's not long, and it's very embarrassing - but where has the OP olympicliftingpaulf gone ?
I, for one, would like to know how things are going - fingers crossed.
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Can you post the reg so people know to avoid it when you move it on.
- but where has the OP olympicliftingpaulf gone ?
