(28-06-2015, 09:00 PM)Poodle Wrote: Drain the tank first, modern diesels can't cope with it the same way the older stuff does, destroys the fuel systems.
I'm not so sure... Probably said this before but I'll never forget it lol. On work experience we had a 3 year old (2008) transit TDCi in with poor starting. Ran fine just took ages to start, had been playing up for about a month according to the owner. Did a few tests and then checked the fuel - strong smell of petrol. The owner was adamant he hadn't put petrol in, but admitted to filling up about a month earlier the same time it started. He had tonnes of fuel receipts in the glovebox so I checked them all eventually finding one for about half a tank of petrol lol. So it'd done a few hundred miles including an Ipswich to London trip with no ill effects apart from the poor starts!
We drained off what was left, changed the filter and nipped to the petrol station for a jerry can of diesel. Worked fine after lol. It's a very distinctive van and I've seen it about several times since so can't have done any major damage!
I also had to drain off 2 when I was at Honda in 2007, but both of those had realised immediately and not driven them, couldn't believe how common it was though. Then one of my mates at the time topped up his PD Golf with petrol from near empty and it cut out 5 miles down the road. Just drained it off, changed the filter and was fine after.
I'm really not sure modern diesels are quite so allergic to petrol as people make out... I've seen veg cause more damage than petrol tbh lol.