08-05-2013, 05:01 PM
A small amount of petrol probably will be ok anyway, depends how much obviously, but as long as there's plenty of diesel to lube up the fuel pump I can't see there being much problem apart from knocking a bit more.
Will never forget a 2008 Transit van that came into Ford while I was there on work experience. It was a really slow starter, no other issues. Started and ran fine off fresh diesel from an external source.........
Anyway, after a few more checks the filler cap smelt of petrol, but the owner was adamant he hadn't put petrol in, so we went through the fuel recipts in the glovebox (with the owners permission) and finally came to one for over half a tank of petrol....a month previously!
Literally no issues with it except the poor starting lol......... Drained the tank, changed fuel filter and put fresh diesel in and was fine, of course I can't say whether his fuel pump died prematurely afterwards but I was surprised how well it took it!
Will never forget a 2008 Transit van that came into Ford while I was there on work experience. It was a really slow starter, no other issues. Started and ran fine off fresh diesel from an external source.........
Anyway, after a few more checks the filler cap smelt of petrol, but the owner was adamant he hadn't put petrol in, so we went through the fuel recipts in the glovebox (with the owners permission) and finally came to one for over half a tank of petrol....a month previously!
Literally no issues with it except the poor starting lol......... Drained the tank, changed fuel filter and put fresh diesel in and was fine, of course I can't say whether his fuel pump died prematurely afterwards but I was surprised how well it took it!