right then ive brimmed the zed again with optimax after putting some(13 litres) diesel in at the weekend :headvswal (still cant believe i did such a thing) the tank was about a 1/4 full(and running like poo) before i brimmed it and ive also added some STP fuel system cleaner, ive took it for about a 3mile run got it home and it still sounds a bit ropey, better but ropey.

im praying i havn't fooked my engine up it was so smooth before now :cry:

cheers

si

 

p.s. some sort of warning lights come on, under the speedo, looks like a cat warning light(like a bar of poo with steam coming off it :D ) but i dont think ive got any cats infact im sure, it doesnt seem to be in my manual, (ive a jap car with british manual) was coming on intermitantly on the motorway BEFORE refilling

I think i will add to the debate LOL. I would drain it myself. Diesel is an oil based product. Im no scientist but diesel is burnt by pure compression and requires no spark whatsoever but petrol as we all know requires a spark. So where does the diesel end up if the right process for burning isnt followed? It must lie somwhere. I cant see it doing any injectors or other components with presice tollerances any good. If it was an old escort etc... take the gamble but for the sake of 40/50 quid on a zed :nono: get it flused bud or else :headvswal

 

BINGO! LMFAO :D "House!!!" ROFLMFAO FFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Get the fuel tank drained and flushed. LOL :D

i think people read one reply, and forget the original one, si has already run the diesel through the system, so, to late he can't drain it off. hope all goes well si.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now what was i saying, oh ye i would get it drained if i were you.

Arrr, didnt know he had already run the diesel through. I still would get it flushed though by a proffesional. Hope everything is ok bud!!

I reckon it'll be ok, it'll be a bit sluggish and smoke a little but petrol isn't used as a lubricant anywhere in the system (unlike some diesels) so it'll probably come to no harm. Run it about half empty then fill up with petrol again, wouldn't bother wasting money on Optimax once you have a mix of diesel though ... ;)

RIGHT THEN!!! ive left it for now i went to Jays last night and it ran crap for the first 5mins then drove well and idled fine,

then decided to take it to work this mornin ran crap for the first 5mins then it ran fine, and same again on the way home, im fairly confident that every thing will be ok, im just gonna drive it steady till its all flushed through surely they cant be that much left, £10 of fuel only usualy lasts me 10mins :wack:

thanks for ALL your advice

Keep topping it up mate to thin the diesel out.