Yes, Ian.
Apart from the strain it would put on the cylinders internally, the
BMW service chaps told me that the fuel provides lubrication for a
number of components.
But my gamble paid off and my little car is OK. However, it does
smell rather of fuel inside as the tanks were full and they overflowed
when the chap took the covers off to drain the tanks.
Chris
On 4 Oct 2008, at 12:32, swisspace wrote:
> If I remember correctly diesel in a petrol engine is ok ish, the fuel
> won't ignite once the mix gets to a sufficient sparcity of petrol so
> diluting it should be ok, however petrol in a diesel causes problems
> because diesel has more lubricative properties (a bit like to stroke)
> than petrol hence the damage to the fuel pump and it also attacks and
> rubber seals in the system causing them to fail.
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