filled up with deisel

**motelbob** · 22nd February 2006, 06:57

thought id take a couple of hours off from the motel and have a run over to shelly beach wharf from wellsford to have a couple of beers and some fish and chips for tea. absolute magic sitting there watching the world go by. choice f@c as well. headed back and stopped at helensville to fill up and bugger me I grabbed the deisel nozzle and shoved $15 in. yaaaarrrrrhhhh. the bloke at the shell station was incredible. helped me out with tools and draining the tank etc. top bloke. bloody expensive tank though.$45 to fill up the rf . turned into an expensive run. live and learn i suppose,

**merv** · 22nd February 2006, 07:05

So you never noticed the warning sign, the extra safety latch on the pump or the nasty smell and oily feel before you did this?

**Sniper** · 22nd February 2006, 07:11

Bugger mate. Guess it teaches a valuable lesson.

**pyrocam** · 22nd February 2006, 07:24

I didnt think it was possible. well done! :slap:

two thumbs up to the guy who helped you though. you dont get that kind of service much anymore.

**Motu** · 22nd February 2006, 07:27

I see that nearly every day.It's a major pain in the arse for us as we have to drain,syphon or maybe even remove the tank.Of course they want it done right now which upsets the work we are doing....and then you find they have no money to pay...then are left with 40 litres of contaminated fuel to dispose of.

Now there are a couple of companies like Suckie Moto who come out and do it onsite - and charge $150.So now I don't do it...I give them Suckie Moto's number and watch them squirm and moan.Most pumps now have a latch on the diesel pump - but it doesn't stop them putting petrol in their diesel.

**Lou Girardin** · 22nd February 2006, 07:30

What?
Not one comment about that being the usual fuel for an RF?

**dhunt** · 22nd February 2006, 07:46

Originally Posted by Motu

I see that nearly every day.It's a major pain in the arse for us as we have to drain,syphon or maybe even remove the tank.Of course they want it done right now which upsets the work we are doing....and then you find they have no money to pay...then are left with 40 litres of contaminated fuel to dispose of.

Now there are a couple of companies like Suckie Moto who come out and do it onsite - and charge $150.So now I don't do it...I give them Suckie Moto's number and watch them squirm and moan.Most pumps now have a latch on the diesel pump - but it doesn't stop them putting petrol in their diesel.

Hey at least it is probably better than putting water in the petrol tank to "cool" the engine down

. One of my mates loned her van out and that's what happened. Supposidly they drained it "properly" but it ran terrible after that until we put some isopropel in it. What's worse is it was a automatic and it was for ever stalling at the intersections and was aweful to drive.

**Sis** · 22nd February 2006, 07:54

On a ride when a mate did the deisel fill by mistake. It was an older pump at an independently owned station so there were no warnings or special locks etc. We all just rolled in and filled. It can happen easy. My sympathies

**Flyingpony** · 22nd February 2006, 07:55

Classic.

Diesel pump handles are black. Petrol are red or green.

Was this filled into your car? If it was, you could have just continued with Petrol and she'll be alright. Might be sluggish but should still run. If it was your bike, MMmm,

**motelbob** · 22nd February 2006, 08:12

when i pulled in to fill up i overshot the pump by a couple of feet, for the first time ever i didnt get off the bike but just reached back for the handle, bad move. the pump and handle were red. there was no safety lock on the pump the warning was on the handle which id just covered with my hand. feck

**Riff Raff** · 22nd February 2006, 08:17

This used to happen regularly in ambulance when we still had Dafs as the pool vehicles (petrol) and the crews changed back into the Mercedes trucks (diesel). Became a written warning offence.

Used to be good when we had the Dafs and were with Shell - refuelling a Daf once or even twice a shift = lots of Flybuy points. Now the fleet is with Mobil we don't get any perks!

**inlinefour** · 22nd February 2006, 08:35

Few people at work have done it and then tried to drive away

Ive got a deisel hilux cage, misses has a petrol cage and then there are the bikes. So far so good, but there is still awhile to go. All you can really say is bugger and pay whatever the charges are for fixing it IMO.