Member Since: 25 Mar 2006
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Muppet
First time i fill up the new car and i put petrol in it
Hope I get it back soon!!!
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3rd Apr 2006 9:37 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
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Muppet indeed!
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3rd Apr 2006 9:44 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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I hope you did not even turn the key
3rd Apr 2006 10:07 pm
easy
Member Since: 25 Mar 2006
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Gareth wrote:
I hope you did not even turn the key
No as i put the nosel back into the pump and saw the unleaded sticker i just had a small tourettes attack, paid for the peterol and called those very nice men at Land Rover....
It will be at the dealers first thing in the morning .
3rd Apr 2006 11:20 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Phew, thats lucky. Hopefully you will get away with a tank & filter flush.
All I can say is thank god it happened to you and not me... I'd have probably started it.......!!!
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4th Apr 2006 12:23 am
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I did this with a courtesy car! They sent a recovery vehicle to collect it, but you have to switch on the ignition to release the e-brake (unless you go through all the rigmarole of removing the panel in the centre console and releasing it manually. To be honest, it's such a long way from the tank to the engine that switching on the ignition, and therefore primingt the fuel pump, is unlikely to cause any damage, as the pipes would have been full of diesel.
I also once did this to my old Disco. Realised after I'd put in £10 worth of petrol, so I just filled it to the brim with diesel - no damage done.2005 Disco 3 TDV6 7 seater. Leather, DVD, fully colour-coded.
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4th Apr 2006 9:47 am
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Member Since: 13 Dec 2005
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First time i fill up the new car and i put petrol in it
Hope I get it back soon!!!
My other half did the same with one of our business vans (Renault Kangoo). She drove it 20 miles to her mums house and then found it would not start. We had it trucked back to a mechanic friend who flushed the fuel system, fitted a new fuel filter and reset the fault codes on the engine ECU. Now 10,000 miles on and no problems at all.
We were lucky, and I would not suggest for a nano second that anybody should attempt to start the TDV6, an altogether more complexed beast.TDV6 SE auto, Java / Alpacca
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4th Apr 2006 4:56 pm
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Member Since: 10 Jan 2006
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Not as big a muppet as you could have been. Which brand of fuel was it ?
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