I leave that for the MAN UTD supporters.

I might be wrong but i believe green flag cover misfueling at no cost.

So easy to do - there but for the grace of God go most of us. Our sympathies.

I thought Ford was the one manufacturer which fitted different fuel filler caps so that that couldn't happen. Clearly not.... I think I've seen some aftermarket fitment which you can put on to your filler - anyone know of it?

Good point, my 2008 Mondeo IV had a filler 'throat' that would only accept a diesel pump nozzle, it had a little metal flap in it that closed it off until you inserted the nozzle partway. Wonder why it's not on the S-Max, which I thought was built on the same production line?

@Happyblue, sorry to hear about your woes anyway.

Insurance Choice breakdown cover also covers mis-fueling:

breakdown.insurancechoice.co.uk/compare.php

Update - nothing to report; car driving as well as ever.

Did they recommend changing the fuel filter?

I've never really understood the rationale for that. It's not like you filled up with solid particles.

They did recommend changing the filter. As the car is due a service within the next month, then it will be done then.

The RAC man sucked all the fuel out of the tank, even wiggling the fairly narrow pipe around to suck all the puddles up in the tank and sucked more fuel out of the system via a connection under the bonnet. Having put in about 10 litres of diesel he then sucked some of that through as well, so that when the car was started, pure diesel hit the pumps as soon as possible. It worked as the car started within a couple of seconds of the key turning and has been fine ever since.

One does wonder at the economics of it. He sucked out about 70 litres of which 62.5 was unleaded. He said that is is taken to a special dump from where it is sent to be re-refined. I suppose the dilution ratio for each job is different, but I I wonder how much of that fuel could simply be re-used in 2-stroke engines or similar?