Have put the wrong fuel in my Jaguar XF - what should I do?

I've filled my Jaguar XF S diesel with the wrong fuel, using petrol instead of diesel. The car was driven for about 0.5 of a mile before it stopped. My local Jaguar dealer is quoting £8000 to replace the...

Misfuelled Mercedes ML-Class

I rather stupidly filled up my 2004 Mercedes ML 270 CDI with petrol. Yes, and I drove it before it cut out and wouldn't start. What can I expect the damage to be and what will MB rush me for this, as the...

Filled diesel car with petrol - what damage have I done?

My father-in-law recently filled his 2010 Mazda 6 diesel with petrol. After driving up the road, the car stopped and wouldn't restart. He was towed into a Mazda main dealer and the fuel has been drained....

I misfuelled my C-Class - what should I do?

I filled my Mercedes-Benz C250 with petrol instead of diesel. I realised when the engine began to falter after about 25 miles and stopped the car. Mercedes-Benz recovered the car and took it to their Norwich...

Petrol in a diesel Focus - how much damage has been done?

I went to pick up a Ford Focus 2012 diesel from the garage only to find it had been filled it up with three gallons of petrol. It went for five miles then refused to start. The garage has taken it away...

My daughter put petrol in her Audi A3 TDI - should the fuel tank be flushed?

My daughter, having recently exchanged her car for an Audi A3 2.0 TDI, made the mistake of filling the car with petrol. The car was taken as instructed by her insurers/breakdown company to a non-Audi garage....

Misfueling petrol into a diesel

I recently filled the tank of my diesel Mercedes-Benz E-Class with petrol. Although there are no legal requirements, I feel Sainsbury's garage owe me some duty of care, as the pump dispensing the petrol...

I put petrol in my diesel car?

I've put eight litres of petrol in my 2.0 diesel Peugeot 307. The car is 51 plate. The tank was in the red, I wasn't paying attention. When I noticed I then topped it up with 46 litres of diesel. The...

Petrol in a diesel engine - is this good advice?

I stupidly put petrol in my almost empty diesel car - about £3.50 worth before I realised. The 70 litre tank was almost empty. I didn't switch on the engine - some muscly men helped me move it out of...

Ford S-MAX has been misfuelled - what can I do?

I put unleaded in my Ford S-MAX 2.0 TDCI. The diesel ran low (20 miles left approx) so went to fill up, got distracted and put in 31 litres unleaded. Did not turn engine on and have siphoned out approx...