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« on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 09:19:35 » |
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My car's fucked so I'm borrowing my Dad's old motor for a week. There is no handbook in it and he is abroad and not contactable.
My issue is this my friends.
I have no idea whether the fucking thing is diesel or petrol....
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 09:28:41 » |
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 09:41:20 » |
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Start the engine!!!  |
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 09:47:39 » |
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Start the engine!!! and check what comes out the exhaust |
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Pete
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 09:49:55 » |
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Look at the filler cap. It should tell you there.
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 09:55:39 » |
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Open the filler cap and smell it, diesel smells totally different to petrol a more earthy smell to it.
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 09:55:54 » |
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Look at the filler cap. It should tell you there.
This is the best advice. It'll be there in large, idiot proof letters on the cap. |
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:00:47 » |
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This is the best advice. It'll be there in large, idiot proof letters on the cap.
I have a brand new diesel Astra and mine doesn't say diesel or derv on it, no clue at all, but in the main most cars do it is true. |
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:11:46 » |
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A bloke who doesn't know who to identify whether a car is diesel or petrol?! I expected more of you DMR. Don't the badges on the back give it away?
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:14:25 » |
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A bloke who doesn't know who to identify whether a car is diesel or petrol?! I expected more of you DMR. Don't the badges on the back give it away?
He logged off quite soon after posting that. Either he realised he was being a bit thick or he's gone and taken a punt and filled up anyway  |
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DMR
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:34:14 » |
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You will all be pleased to know the dilemma has been resolved
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« Reply #12 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:35:58 » |
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Another way of finding out, the filler hole on unleaded petrol cars is much smaller than a diesel pump nozzle, so you can't make the mistake of putting the wrong fuel in. It was originally designed like that when they made the switch from leaded to unleaded.
However you can fill a diesel with unleaded because the hole is much larger. When we changed the pool cars at work from unleaded to diesel we had quite a few filled up with petrol by people not realising...
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« Reply #13 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:38:28 » |
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You will all be pleased to know the dilemma has been resolved
That's a relief, just read Yeovil's suggestion which seemed to be open the bonnet and put reg in it  |
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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 10:48:52 » |
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Could have hedged your bets and put in half and half!
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