40inches
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 10:04 AM |
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Misfueling insurance
Just had an email from Adrian Flux, £19 seems like a good price.
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coozer
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 11:20 AM |
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Only required for dingbats.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Alfa145
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 11:41 AM |
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That says it only covers draining and putting £10 back in. Nothing is mentioned about it covering the fixing of any damage that might have been caused
by the petrol (ie pumps/injectors)
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40inches
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 11:57 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Alfa145
That says it only covers draining and putting £10 back in. Nothing is mentioned about it covering the fixing of any damage that might have been caused
by the petrol (ie pumps/injectors)
How much would it cost to have the fuel drained and disposed of?
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 01:12 PM |
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Sounds really reasonable to me, I think I was quoted £250 by the AA and I'm already a member.
And to the comment about "dingbats" I actually did it just after my wife told me she was pregnant, so I would never say never.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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Slimy38
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 01:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wylliezx9r
Sounds really reasonable to me, I think I was quoted £250 by the AA and I'm already a member.
I'm sure the RAC actually have it as free for their members, I think it's on their current TV adverts?
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whitestu
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 01:30 PM |
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I really impressed with the filler mechanism on my Mondeo that prevents petrol being out in. Shame all cars don't have it.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 01:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by whitestu
I really impressed with the filler mechanism on my Mondeo that prevents petrol being out in. Shame all cars don't have it.
You can buy an aftermarket device to prevent misfuelling a diesel.
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ian locostzx9rc2
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 02:08 PM |
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Between £200 to £250 in Oxfordshire seems to be the going rate and you have to sign a disclaimer just in case the car breaks at a later date...
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ianhurley20
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 06:41 PM |
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When I did it I walked to a nearby B & Q, bought a garden hose and a few 5l petrol cans and drained the mixed fuel into them, cheaper than getting
the AA or similar to sort it. The fuel that was drained a friend used in his old Sherpa van which didn't cause it a problem. :-)
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 07:21 PM |
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Sounds a good idea if you have a stressed existence, I can imagine that a few of us would get the fuel wrong in a moment of severe stress. Thing is,
and it's a personal assessment not for others to debate, how often would you be that stressed. Perhaps you shouldn't be driving...
There WAS a voice message (showing my age? probably!) on some pumps in my younger years. Went something like (..you've selected diesel fuel, are
you sure your vehicle takes diesel fuel?), damn good idea, made you stop and think. At the time I was running my Landrover with the original 2286
diesel which would run on just about anything... paraffin... cooking oil... central heating oil... and various petroleum mixtures. Sadly it now has a
modern powerplant that is far more fussy.
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/12/14 at 09:56 PM |
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I was once cursing my audi because the pump wouldn't go in, then I noticed that the pump was much bigger than the hole in the filler neck! Oops.
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macc man
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| posted on 17/12/14 at 06:18 PM |
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I recently put petrol in my Diesel van. As luck would have it my customer had a part time business removing the wrong fuel from vehicles. He sucked it
out for half price. £60. An easy mistake when you use 2 vehicles with different fuel.
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