Muppet of the Season
posted: 2008-02-23
Every season I hear of someone who makes the mistake of putting the wrong sort of fuel into their car. In France diesel is call Gasol which could confuse some people. Despite the fact that fuel filler flaps have suitably visible warning stickers.
James(TJ's) is the first I've heard this season to put petrol into a diesel car which begs the question is this the first time he's actually filled up the van? Putting petrol into a diesel car just requires draining the system and flushing it through to clean it out.
On the other hand putting diesel in a petrol engine is MUCH more of a problem, (which is why the nossel is much larger and is harder to fit into a petrol car) mainly because you instantly wreck the catalytic converter.