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PauloAmore Member Since: 27 Jan 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1292 ![]() ![]() |
Top tip .... don't put petrol in a diesel. 2022 P440e AB |
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FatJoe Member Since: 13 Dec 2014 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 259 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
You didnt? I'm not Fat. RRS TDV6 HST. |
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PauloAmore Member Since: 27 Jan 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1292 ![]() ![]() |
Not even Shells Nitro V power works.
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FatJoe Member Since: 13 Dec 2014 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 259 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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codfather Member Since: 13 Feb 2010 Location: ayr Posts: 1171 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It did on mine, put 60p worth of unleaded in it before I realised the misfuelling device was trying to tell me to stop!
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PauloAmore Member Since: 27 Jan 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1292 ![]() ![]() |
£9k. No |
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viper Member Since: 21 Apr 2007 Location: chester le street Posts: 857 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
is that what your going to have to pay ? 2016 bmw x5 40d m-sport space grey
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PauloAmore Member Since: 27 Jan 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1292 ![]() ![]() |
Yup.
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Terryrrs Member Since: 25 Dec 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 158 ![]() ![]() |
Some car insurance policies do cover misfueling |
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PauloAmore Member Since: 27 Jan 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1292 ![]() ![]() |
Mine does. Chubb. 2022 P440e AB |
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peanutbob Member Since: 04 Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 585 ![]() ![]() |
Just for info, I did misfuel a prior shape RRS with 33 litres of petrol on a quarter full tank. After 2 days it refused to start. Called LR Assist, who diagnosed immediately what I had done, and offered 2 options - either recover to the dealer and pay a fortune, or keep brimming the tank daily with derv and hope the fuel pump/s work as they are lubricated with the diesel. The petrol sits atop the diesel so the car refused to start once it hit petrol. I took the latter option and the car went fine for another year and 15k miles before it was time to swap. So, with the car refusing to start once it hit petrol , little or no damage ensued.
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PauloAmore Member Since: 27 Jan 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1292 ![]() ![]() |
Exactly... And that's the scandal here... We cannot afford not to be insured for misfuelling on a RRS (imho).
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peanutbob Member Since: 04 Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 585 ![]() ![]() |
I did approx 120 miles on my fuel/derv mixture before it refused to start and then had to call LRA out. On filling the tank at the petrol station, fortunately adjacent to the car park I was in, it restarted immediately. I brimmed it daily and drove with my heart in my mouth for the first week or two. |
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npinks Site Moderator Member Since: 26 Nov 2007 Location: Watching Posts: 6716 ![]() ![]() |
i would ask their view on why the device they designed to stop this failed and has lead to a £9K claim on your insurance and what are they going to do about it |
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