Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrggggghhhh

[tavvi]

£51 of petrol in the diesel tank tonight. Was still thinking about work. I noticed before moving the truck but when RAC flatbed arrived I had to reverse out from under the canopy anyway so moved about 75 yards in total but I don't believe that is of any consequence. Was quoted £180 to drain the tank by the recovery garage but I got it dropped off at an acquaintance of an acquaintance's place (an MOT mechanic who will do the business tomorrow). I still expect to pay close to £100 as I don't really know him and I suspect he (rightly) looks at me as the fool who will be easily parted from his cash. But I should still pay nearly £100 less than would otherwise have been the case.
I gave up smoking nearly three years ago but really feel like a fag tonight (and wife still smokes). However, I'll make do with a couple of beers.
On the bright side, if I hadn't joined this forum I wouldn't even have known that towing an automatic 4x4 is extremely unwise - the RAC were originally going to send a tow truck but I insisted on a flatbed (I didn't even know what that was 6 months ago). So thanks for that.

[KERRSURF]

Bad luck mate, you won't do that again in a hurry.

[tavvi]

Ach well - never mind - at least the wife enjoyed a wee hurl in the recovery truck.

[Apache]

Do it yourself!

Draining the tank is no biggie, and if you pump the new fuel through the filter and reconnect you'll have a minimal amount of fuel to go through the engine. I doubt it will have reached the fuel pump if you only drove from under the canopy.

[tavvi]

Nothing would give me greater pleasure. But I know nothing about mechanics, I live in a flat on a high street (so have nowhere to do the work), work 50 hours a week (as I'm sure many of us do), and have several other demands on my spare time when I get any. I'm seriously considering one of those evening classes at the local technical college - the 'basic vehicle maintenance' stuff. I know that you probably learn at a snail's pace but some people have few other options. What about one of those techie weekends up here in Scotland where instead of lifting a truck by 9 inches and sticking on 50 inch tyres you just show the diddies like me how to do a basic service. I'd buy that for a dollar!

[Apache]

I reckon our Scottish brothers would be happy to sort something like that.

These are one of the easiest to work on vehicles I've ever owned, so are a good place to start. I have no-where to work on mine either so I do it either at my mates place, or quicker jobs at lunchtimes at work.

[yoshie]

If theres interest, I would be up for it as long as there was beer and food as well

[darkdezigns]

tbh it happens all the time,the police do it most often lol,and we have regular customers that do it lol,we drain approx 5 to 10 cars a week,and 100 quid is cheap,we charge 280 plus vat plus a pound a litre disposal

[Apache]

Robbing git!

You're just profiting from peoples ignorance of things mechanical.

Took me and a mate about an hour to sort a Peugeot van, and he had most of the fuel for free too!

[John h]

Yes a £1 a litre for disposal ! thats what I paid last year ! I even got a nomination for IOTM as well .

I put it down to stress ! thinking of other things etc

I keep the old receipt from morrisons in the door compartment to remind me how much it cost ! Oh the pain !

Most of the 'disposal' fuel ended up at the local off road track apparently !

[Predictable Bob]

If you've got a military vehicle society nearby they may be interested in taking contaminated fuel off your hands - they might even pay for it too !

[da SLUG man]

i put petrol in a brand new £90 grand truck a while back!!...

luckily only got up to £15 and topped up the further 285 litres with diesel... so not a problem...

still felt a #### though!!...

[MattF]

i put petrol in a brand new £90 grand truck a while back!!...

luckily only got up to £15 and topped up the further 285 litres with diesel... so not a problem...

still felt a #### though!!...

[darkdezigns]

Robbing git!

You're just profiting from peoples ignorance of things mechanical.

Took me and a mate about an hour to sort a Peugeot van, and he had most of the fuel for free too!

not me,the "company" and tbh not many have the proper license to do it

[pedrot]

£51 of petrol in the diesel tank tonight. Was still thinking about work. I noticed before moving the truck but when RAC flatbed arrived I had to reverse out from under the canopy anyway so moved about 75 yards in total but I don't believe that is of any consequence. Was quoted £180 to drain the tank by the recovery garage but I got it dropped off at an acquaintance of an acquaintance's place (an MOT mechanic who will do the business tomorrow). I still expect to pay close to £100 as I don't really know him and I suspect he (rightly) looks at me as the fool who will be easily parted from his cash. But I should still pay nearly £100 less than would otherwise have been the case.
I gave up smoking nearly three years ago but really feel like a fag tonight (and wife still smokes). However, I'll make do with a couple of beers.
On the bright side, if I hadn't joined this forum I wouldn't even have known that towing an automatic 4x4 is extremely unwise - the RAC were originally going to send a tow truck but I insisted on a flatbed (I didn't even know what that was 6 months ago). So thanks for that.

he he he you will be called unleaded Tavvi from now on.

done the same myself, but it was a company car. the RAC was called but they could not attend me for over 2 hours (it was in scotland, just south of Glasgow very early on monday morning) so they arranged for a local garage to tow me in and sort it out. only problem was that because it was not the RAC i had to pay for it and claim it back later. The guy took me to a workshop and pushed the car inside and then drove the breakdown truck across the doorway to prevent me leaving without paying.

took about 45 minutes and i was back on my way with a thimble full of diesel in the tank

i was called 4 star Pete for months after