I BOUGHT A CHEAP VW TRANSPORTER.. FULL OF PETROL!!! MISS-FUEL...

In today's video I buy a new-ish VW Transporter that's only done 3500 miles, it's been filled with petrol and run until it's stopped, can I fix it? How much will it cost to fix?
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[@GAIS414]

You know you don't need to take the fuel tank off right? You can empty the tank with the primary fuel pump. Just hook up an auxillary tank to the secondary pump and let the engine idle on that. It took me about 15 minutes with a full tank. When the tank is empty, chase the last of petrol out with a liter of diesel. Stop the engine, fill the tank with diesel, change the filter and hook everything up again. Costs you about half an hour of work, the filter and a meter or two of fuel hose.

[@keanuregan4525]

You should keep it and use it as a tow van for other projects like the caravellle

[@jonasduell9953]

Still wonder why you didn't unplug the diesel filter and connected the fuel pump to a 12V DC psu or car battery to pump it out but hey, would make for less content ;D

[@expert20valvehlx]

UK only ?

[@CarAddictGarageNE]

Rather than disturbing everything removing the tank, would have been easier to purge the in tank pump via VCDS, yes you won’t get 100% of the petrol out, but if you brim it with diesel won’t do any harm, save all the hassle

[@davidnorton5887]

Yep

[@akhtarkh]

Wouldn't that damage the fuel pump, which is designed for diesel fuel, not gasoline?

[@Photos_by_Matt]

Pump would be fine, 30 years as a tech and never had an issue when it comes to draining misfuels. He made a very simple job extremely difficult for himself.

[@rudiknapen4867]

@@Photos_by_Mattcorrect

[@welshtourist]

Have a 2005 T5 that I've made this mistake with, mate powered the pump from under the seat and ran a pipe to a few containers for me, popped 25 litres into it and drove to a garage to fill it, changed the filter then and have had no issues since.

[@EinkOLED]

I filled an ASDA home delivery sprinter van to the top full of petrol after an 8 hour shift. Never owned a diesel and just picked up the wrong nozzle. Managed to drive it the store before it began to stutter, and then it dawned on me what I had done. It was repaired within a few days, but my reputation lived on for several months.

[@michaellucey6998]

Filled my 2015 20,000 mile vw crafter with petrol. Drove 1 mile home. Siphoned as much petrol as I could Refilled with diesel 7 years and 130,000 miles later everything is fine. Also drove 100,000 miles in 2005 bmw 530d after mis fuelling Just personal experience

[@mkkk1]

you’re probably the luckiest person 😂😂

[@kingkunta9447]

This is my question how does someone make the same mistake twice 🙄

[@JackAnderson-c3p]

FYI vw sell a fuel adative get some of that in it to help lube the HPP and injectors ! May stop them from failing in the future

[@mclarenjohnf1]

Great video Dean. A while back we used to use Shell as our fuel supplier and there was a small station that still pumped the fuel, we used the place on a regular basis, we were not always in the same van's. We pulled in gave the key to the cap the the attendant and walked in to get some other bits, I get to the counter and they tell me the amount of fuel I give them the milage and they say petrol I reply it netter mot be. I wouldn't mind it has Diesel around the cap. We spent the rest of the day having a picnic and messing about on a big grass area outside the fuel station they kept us full of tea and coffee while their mechanics drained the tank cleaned it out and re filled it with Diesel. We then went back to the yard, It was harder than working we were soul destroyed after 2 hours. We ran that van for another 3 years.

[@K0nst4nt1n96]

If you dont start it or try to drive the HD Pump wont mind but most people start it and the HD Pump starts to eat and will fill the whole fuel system with small metallic shavings.

[@bikerguychris33]

You're a better one than me pal, I'd never be comfortable letting someone else put fuel in my motorbike, car or any vehicle for that matter if I had one, I'd always want to put fuel in myself.

[@mclarenjohnf1]

@@bikerguychris33 It was the fastest van on the planet, a company van driven by multiple drivers, I was later issued a brand new ford transit, then a Vauxhall astra both were only for me to drive and my superiors strange wording on the insurance.

[@TheTitaniumSkull]

I have to drop tanks for mixed fuel often, I use 2 ratchet straps and cradle the tank and lower each end back and forth, drain holes in the frame are good places for the hooked ends. Never dropped a tank with this method and have to deal with tanks exceeding 26 gallons.

[@smov6]

You don’t have to drop the tank. You can use the fuel pump. Just ad a hose to the low pressure line and use vcds or bridge the relay.

[@kevinkvs9746]

Exactly what I was thinking, could have done that in 10/20 mins 👍🏻

[@MarvinofMars]

Easy done BP in the wisdom in the 1990s change diesel to Green pumps and petrol to black pumps and I was out doing a chore in a VW transporter 1.9 T2 I put 40L into a tank with 85L capacity existing fuel was 5-8L. I just filled the van up to the neck with correct diesel and drive it out and topping up with diesel. Never did any harm, I bought the van years later and got 200,000 from that engine. That is shocking rust for a new van!

[@Dadeets]

Never a dull watch. Really enjoy the randomness of the content. Doesn’t get predictable or boring. Unlike the rest of the channels. But gotta admit seriously jealous right now - would love to convert one of these into a stealth camper. Cracking stuff Dean!

[@sarahann530]

Random bollocks just to get views

[@davehills3489]

did something similar with my mums 04 golf diesel, she filled it with £40 worth of petrol!! towed it back to the house, lifted the rear seat to get to the fuel pump, took that out and used a pump to get the fuel out, filled it with some diesel and first turn of the key it started.. without replacing fuel pump etc... its been running for over 2 years since without issue.. surprisingly tough VW engines

[@MrFlamezz100]

Mk4... bulletproof!

[@gnaedigerfels]

not rustproof though@@MrFlamezz100

[@stephenjones9153]

I had a 2007 Toyota Auris 2LTR D4D which I filled up with Petrol by mistake and it actually drove fine up the Motorway for over 50 Miles and I only realised something was wrong when stopping at the traffic lights at the end of the Motorway because it was ticking over a bit rough. I returned home covering another 50 Miles before I had a look and found Petrol in my tank not Diesel. I decided to top the tank with Diesel and then just use up the tank full of Diesel/Petrol mix. Eventually it started running fine and I never had a problem with it. I eventually got a newer one after 160,000 Miles.😊👍👍

[@Team33Team33]

@@stephenjones9153 Amazing ! 100 miles on a petrol ? Sounds to me that the garage you stopped in wasn't selling petrol .....

[@johnarcher5197]

Op​@@gnaedigerfels

[@TheFlash8889]

I would suggest checking the injectors and high pressure fuel pump. The hpfp is lubricated with diesel. If you fill up with petrol the lubrication is not sufficient which can cause metal shavings in the fuel system causing more damage to the engine in the longterm. Otherwise nice video :)

[@jasonwoolvin3571]

I can second that, I had a pal who miss fuelled a late model Ford kuga diesel, different engine granted, but I assume the idea is similar. Anyway, he just purged the tank changed the fuel filter blew the fuel lines and dropped new diesel in and no matter what he did he couldn’t get it to run without stalling, long story short he blew a control module apparently because of the constant starting without rest, it scrapped the hpfp and the injectors and cost him a small fortune in the end to get it running correctly again. So I would agree there is a lot to be said for what you’ve written above. Agree there may have been more to it, I’m not a mechanic so I don’t know. Also I can imagine it’s been standing with that fuel in the system for a number of months too, don’t know if that would make any difference.

[@tonylewis4661]

You probably covered this off camera but with all of that unburned petrol in the oil, a change of oil and filter may be considered.

[@buggerlugz6753]

just a bit dude...lol

[@sailingman71]

Dean, you can run the fuel pump using VCDS to purge the fuel system.

[@ePetike36]

not "can", but rather "have to".

[@markmawson1]

Fuel pump only activates for a second or 2 when ignition is switched into position 2 and you have to do that about 10-15 times for it to fill the filter, that's what I always do on diesels that don't have the priming bulbs after a fuel filter replacement.

[@K0nst4nt1n96]

on VW you can just plug in vcds and let it run for as much as you like.

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

@@K0nst4nt1n96 Now if only I knew what "vcds" meant, my life would be complete. Back before home recordable DVDs were affordable, then VCDs used to mean "Video CDs. Some clever technical dude (or dudette) devised a way that a standard recordable audio CD could still contain a full stereo soundtrack, but also include 78 minutes worth of full motion video. At the time the video quality was about the same as good VHS video-tape. Apparently VCDs were highly popular in parts of Asia where humidity in the air led to mould issues on VHS videotapes. Later some even smarter cookie devised a way for a standard recordable audio CD to contain some 40 minutes of DVD quality video and stereo soundtrack, known as SuperVCD or SVCD. At the time I remember pretty much all the early home DVD players would play VCDs but only some models would play SVCD. I never knew why that was, as the actual encoding system of SVCDs is said to be the same as the DVD encoding type.

[@valleystaff7031]

Half filled my 2.2 transit with petrol before i realised. Toppes it up with diesel and apart from smoking it ran lovely.

[@thomasmarshall5728]

I did the same van run the best it ever did after used and refild

[@stephen2649]

Yep did the same with my van..As yourself topped it up with diesel. Gave it a good run then filled it up again as per norm...Sorted..

[@Hugofreddie]

Had this with a BMW, drained it and refilled with diesel, bit smokey for a bit the ran beautifully

[@alouisschafer7212]

Problem is too much petrol will do severe damage to the fuel system components because they rely on the lubricity of diesel. The high pressure fuel pump on a common rail diesel is painfully expensive and too sensitive to risk running any petrol trough it. If it fails the rail and all injectors are contaminated with metal shavings. Common rails are too sensitive and expensive to risk anything.

[@zianeshkasparen4358]

Did yhis with my Polo. Toooold the attendant my Polo is Diesel. He decided to fill with fuel because I am a woman and do nit knoooow what I need to pump in my car. Men. 🙄 Drove my car like that to the mevanic and he was shocked because my car was nearly on empty. He cleaned and we filled with Diesel. My car drives till this day. Splendidly.

[@Justsayin999]

You’re a braver man, than me Tonto. I’m not sure I would’ve pumped petrol with that oil evacuation pump. But hey, you’ve shown us it didn’t burst into flames 😂😂

[@curtisj2165]

I have one of those pumps and the instructions specifically say it is NOT to be used for petrol

[@Justsayin999]

@@curtisj2165 yep, that’s why I said he’s a brave man. Petrol vapour and a motor with brushes sparking are probably not a good recipe. The mix of diesel hopefully raised the flash point significantly enough.

[@miketaylor1916]

@@Justsayin999 its not just petrol, will be mixed with derv so pretty safe

[@curtisj2165]

@@miketaylor1916 still flammable, i wouldn't do it

[@bigliftm]

using such a pump from the LIDL for years to pump gas from the can to my car. they withstand gas ( petrol ) very well. i get my gas in belguim as its 40 cents a liter cheaper over there.

[@richardbarber4444]

I have a 2ltre Golf TDI Only uses 1 litre / hour at idle so would take a few minutes to clear petrol out of high pressure part of fuel system.

[@michaelsimms76]

Not a problem really just drain petrol down brim tank with diesel keep topping up every 5 gallons and would run ok . Used to put a couple of gallons of petrol in to stop diesel freezing back in the days. Great video keep them coming.

[@LooNeYlv]

Completely different car engine systems if you compare cars from 'back in the days'... 😉 Not as simple anymore!

[@fredblogs]

You’re showing your age there. Yes used to add a few gallons of petrol to the diesel to stop it freezing but you no longer have to do that.

[@Calvi36]

Oh how I chortled when the tank fell off of the wood, what a plank I thought lol. Cracking video Dean and hopefully the Transporter will give you a decent profit once you sell or raffle it.

[@sioul8520]

I had a miss-fuel on my A3 p8. Drove it home, took the back seats out and siphoned the fuel out from the pump access. Brimmed it with diesel and never had a problem other than having 40 litres of petro/diesel mix to get rid of and all the fuel I spilt when removing the pump.

[@samuelarthur-qc6sv]

Man I love your channel! Quality repairs and content, no bulls*** straight to the point being a mechanic myself something I would consider doing when I have the money

[@chumley24]

I did same with a Diesel Vw Eos i had, put £30 in before realising it was petrol. I then filled to top with Diesel as Petrol wtll float and called garage. Drove 1 mile to garage and had fuel Petrol drained off top of tank, new filter and away. No issues again.

[@andysmith2533]

I worked for a fuel draining company for over 10 years, misfueling a diesel isn’t catastrophic enough for it to be an insurance write off. But you could have just siphoned the tank using a hose in the filler nozzle.

[@alancobbin]

Use to work for a Break down firm in Huntingdon many moons ago and use to love getting Tank drain jobs after hours ,good earners and easy with a fuel Evac unit,nice one dean 👍😉💪

[@simonpaine2347]

I feel sure that someone else will have said this, but as I couldn't see anything in the first 25/30 comments.... I would suggest putting half a gallon of diesel in the tank swishing it around then pumping that out as well, you can then be sure that any residuals are removed, or at least heavily diluted. This would obviously apply equally to the leave tank in situ and use original pump option as well, as this seems to be the easiest option.

[@matiaa2004]

Welcome to the work i do as roadside assistance. Recommendations fill it up with more diesel. With the amount of petrol it would have acted weird really quickly so they most likely turned it off quickly or it died 😊😊

[@miketucker7466]

Wife brimmed our Caravelle with petrol when it was bone dry of diesel, then drove it still it stopped ……. Pumped it out swapped the filter and never had an issue

[@Jackthesmilingblack]

Just a thought: Looks like a fibreglass fuel tank so why not drill a hole in the lowest point/s and drain. Plug the hole with a large self-tapper and put in some diesel. Disguise the self-tapper for the MoT, and Bob's your uncle. Would that work? To get the engine started you can wave a petrol-soaked cloth in front of the air intake. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

[@ionuti2658]

all modern VW, SEAT, SKODA, AUDI cars require VCDS software to activate the tank fuel pump if you replace the fuel filter or mess with the fuel tank, in order not to starve the high pressure fuel pump of lubrication. diesel lubricates, petrol doesn't. most likely the high pressure fuel pump is toast, in short time will make shrapnel , which will end up in the fuel system, tank, injectors.

[@ePetike36]

yepp. it is sad to see how the system gets hurt in this video :-(

[@jasonwoolvin3571]

I did wonder this ? I had a pal who miss fuelled a late model Ford kuga diesel, different engine granted, but I assume the idea is similar. Anyway, he just purged the tank changed the fuel filter blew the fuel lines and dropped new diesel in and no matter what he did he couldn’t get it to run without stalling, long story short he blew a control module, apparently because of the constant starting without rest, it scrapped the hpfp and the injectors and cost him a small fortune in the end to get it running correctly again. And that damage happened just from trying to start it after the miss fuel, he didn’t even get chance to drive it around for a while like the OP, but not being a mechanic you don’t like to say anything because you don’t want to look like a Wally lol. Oh yeah I nearly forgot, he scrapped a brand new set of injectors too, something to do with metal filings in the injector rail which I imagine backs up what you said above. Again I’m no mechanic I’m just going off what he told me.

[@Martin_Rayman]

Give it a few hundreds miles and if the high pressure pump will be ok, you get lucky. Petrol could make a serious wear on hpp and it could shows up lately. I hope that it will be good.

[@timwaddell9450]

The thing that slays me is how much shops lie to people about gas in diesel vehicles. It does not hurt them 99 percenf of the time. In older diesel you would put an 1/8 tank of petrol in to get it to burn hot and clrear it out.

[@Dragoneer]

Really enjoyed watching the progress through this video and seeing the van fixed in the end. These little short fix videos are quite entertaining. Always impressed with the work you do man 👍

[@SavingSalvage]

Thanks 👍

[@pffyespff]

@@SavingSalvage doesn't that van have a floor hatch for the fuel pump access? In cargo area I mean, if it has, you spent quite a lot of time doing something the complicated way.

[@SavingSalvage]

No mate, it’s got a plywood floor one piece

[@pffyespff]

@@SavingSalvage Yeah, but if you lift that plywood, after possibly removing some screws?

[@malcolmhawley7116]

Mate, you could have done all that without removing the fuel tank and in half the time. I have done loads, all you needs is a can of diesel and and independent electric fuel pump. Connect directly to the pipe that goes to the high pressure pump at the fuel filter then rig up a pipe from the return fuel pipe back into the new diesel fuel source. Now rig up a long pipe from the connection at the fuel pump that comes from the fuel tank into a waste fuel container and have another one ready for when that gets full. Now power up the independent fuel pump and start the vehicle. It will start and run on the independent fuel system and at the same time pump all the contaminated fuel out of the tank into your waste fuel container until it is bone dry. Replace the fuel filter add new diesel connect all the pipes back onto the new fuel filter, boom. Sorted. I even used to use the contaminated fuel up in my lawnmower was a bit smokey, but worked😅

[@dieseldude8657]

Don’t work on many small diesel engines, but I am, Bosch trained. If you took it to a dealer Or a Bosch garage, they would tell you to change everything. If you take the metering valve out you will see pieces of chrome from the cam in the pump. That is only the start of the problems. Bosch pumps hate water, petrol, and AdBlue.

[@99domini99]

Putting AdBlue in the tank absolutely ruins everything. AdBlue in the tank and you’re in for a 10k+ repair, if not outright total the vehicle.

[@Team33Team33]

This is a common issue on motorway filling stations. They are all used to emptying Diesel from Petrol tanks and vice versa BUT as you are there and want to drive off into the sun on the horizon soonest: they charge an arm and a leg, plus a new full tank of petrol/diesel ..... Never seen any car or van refuse to work after that. Pump it out - bleed the system - fill it up - start.

[@keithwelton]

40 years ago Peugeot diesel car handbooks used to recommend using up to 25% petrol in sub zero temperatures to, prevent waxing. They also stated up to 33% paraffin could be used instead but pointed out in some countries, the U.K. certainly, using paraffin would be illegal as it is not subject to road fuel taxes.

[@vinlemarechal8296]

not the safest way but if misfuel add two stroke oil 2 3 litres plus a bottle of washing up liquid helps mixing and if you care to try adds lubricant try it on your fingers. brim tank with diesiel and just run it only works if less than 30% misfuel remember the sooner you catch it the better. petrol is a solvent strips the lubricant of diesel anything you can add back may save you the cost of a tank drain,and garages will replace pretty much anything they think may have been affected, ie filters pumps seals ,which may or may not be affected ,ie they are working to your best interest but not to lowest cost .if you have ran engine for several days damage may have occured etc,older diesils will quite happily run on a misfuel its down to new high pressure pumps they use the diesil as lubricant coolant ,if you misfuel say 10 litres petrol dump some engine oil or two stroke oil in brim up and i mean 30/40 litres diesil probally safe .also diesel is heaver than petrol so tends to sink in tank ,old 2 stroke bikes you were told to shake bike back and forth to mix oil and fuel in tank to mix before starting if bike had sat a while.the two fuels mix happily when on the move but will seperate due to having different specific gravity , also a problem with water being heavier if in fuel will sink to bottom of tank latest ethanol petrol if sat for awhile.

[@xxbambamxx7261]

Why you didn't have some 2 stroke in the tank, after wrong fuel fill, I have used 1liter of 2 stroke oil in the diesel, to get a liner of oil lubrication in every component of the fuel system.. Then next tank rund a diesel cleaner thru it..

[@robgeddes7701]

Had a crafter in that had all 4 injectors replaced at separate times after a misfuel. I insisted that if we were to do the job properly we’d need to have tank and lines cleaned, replace low and high pressure pumps along with injectors, rail and lines. If you don’t do it properly on common rail VAG product, it’ll bite you on the arse. Older stuff was fine, once put £50 of unleaded in a 1.9 TDI A4 and drove it 4 miles until it stopped. Drained tank, new fuel filter, fresh diesel and never missed a beat. Different ball game to common rail imo

[@Fekillix]

I'd expect the HPFP in this one to fail prematurely. I would've at least inspected it for shavings and changed the diesel filter.

[@xxwookey]

You sure about this? How are the lines going to be damaged by having some petrol in them? They _could_ make them out of some material that was dissolved by petrol and fine with diesel but in my experience automotive fuel pipe is automotive fuel pipe and is fine with either. Most of mine is metal and really doesn't care. Same for the rail. And why replace the injectors and pumps? OK they got less lubrication for a short period, but that seems unlikely to be fatal - just some premature wear. I guess the HP side is quite tightly specified, so this _might_ be a real problem, but I'm skeptical without some evidence/explanation.

[@johng4991]

Interestingly that happens to my Suzuki grand Vitara my son-in-law put 20 ltr of petrol in the tank. That all I did was to unplug the low pressure pipe from fuel filter connect a length of rubber pipe to the low pressure pipe and put in jerry can then turn key on the low pressure pump will run for about 30 seconds pumping the fuel from tank I repeated that until empty then put fresh diesel in tank then same thing turn ignition on and let the low pressure pump pump fresh diesel through once done reconnect low pressure pipe then disconnect the filter output then turn the ignition back on to allow the low pressure pump to clean out the filter reconnect start engine and off I went never bad to bleed the injection system. Worked for me did about 100k after that.

[@richardcherry9994]

You can save or the hassle of removing the tank by using a scan tool. There's an option to drain the fuel tank on the better ones.

[@VictorWealsby]

I put 20 quid of petrol in my diesel van so I just filled with desiel and it was great but just smoked a little nothing wrong years ago you had to put a little petrol in tractors to stop desiel freezing in winter

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

I had a diesel Peugeot 805 and accidentally put petrol in it, probably a couple of gallons, realised my mistake, topped up with diesel. It ran beautifully. Never had a problem.

[@HeikoQuant]

In Germany there are mobile units that yo can call. They enter a very thin hose into the filler pipe and pump the fuel out of the the tank. Takes a while since the hose is so thin but no tools required. Afterwards a couple of liters of new fuel get filled in and the ignition is turned on so that the fuel is cycled a bit. Started right away and after running rough for a minute or so everything was back to normal. A bit of contamination with the wrong fuel left in the tank does not really hurt. Drove to the gas station filled it up and everything was ok. Cost me 300 EUR, but since it was a rental car, it could have been much worse.

[@iftikartaxis]

Great video hope its all good for the future

[@busbits]

No priming on T5 facelifts and T6s after turning the key. Use VCDS or ODIS to circulate the fuel.

[@boyddubard4197]

This happens all the time back home in Jerez. We just disconnect the line to the fuel filter, jump the fuel pump relay to empty the tank, fill it up with Diesel. But that would not make a good KZbin would it?

[@chrisbarnes2823]

I would really be concerned about the high pressure pump crapping out and taking out the injectors. Gasoline is not a lubricant unlike diesel, I guess addblue is the same as DEF?

[@Torchi0]

What I have done is take the filter feed line, bypass it to a container and with a battery charger, run the pump with the scanner or with the relay. (Or HPFP feed), then add the correct fuel and some additives. If it is a gas engine, change or clean the spark plugs

[@AJMRFIXIT]

Put oil in it after draining part of the gas. Own trucks and some new pumpjockyup glass in one . Drin some gase added a little oil Drove it all out

[@mickwolf1077]

hopefully the life of the hp pump and injectors haven't been shortened, otherwise score.

[@AutoCarMechanic-m88]

I just run the lift pump to drain the tank 5 litres of fresh fuel pump that through and fill up all the way. 1hr tops. What are you doing?

[@guy4469]

DEAN this is 100% true i drove manchester to glasgow in a transit years ago then deliverd and then fueld up at 3AM with petrol full tank . and it was a diesel van i started it and sat there eating a pastie and crisps then it died ,So i cut the pipe off the jet wash machine stuck it in the tank and sucked and i swear it started coming out all over the grid and grass ,Then i ree filled it with diesel ,it started but it wouldnt do over 50mph in 3rd untill i got to preston then boom it went normal ,i parked it in our yard at 9am and went home never heard again .

[@dankrafted]

it being an ex rental they'll have miss fuel insurance. and its not worth them fixing as potentially lost days of rent etc. looks like a smart van. i filled a petrol car with diesel when i was younger, unfortunately i brimmed it so had to get it totally drained. with older carbaretta cars you could get away with about 1/3rd the wrong fuel. not sure about the other way round but nice to know its a relatively easy fix, and a nice clean van at the end of it

[@madmarkuk1]

Great vid as always. You can see why insurance premiums go up if these companies claim on insurance for a miss fuel. You never mentioned how much you paid for the van ?

[@statementleaver8095]

SIXT It's been a hard 3600 miles!!! Absolute Muppets work for SIXT. Most are based in Carparks and use Dangerous Agency Drivers.

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

what a win man, i was skeptical, I assumed these newers vehuicles need so many parts inside the engine changing and engine purge too. The fact that you didn't take out injectors gave me some doubt. But that's an amazing result man. Cant beleive they didn't have someone in their company who would try to fix it and then send it to auction as a working vehicle that starts. They would have got more money for it. Literally 1 days work to get an extra 2-3 grand from auctyion.

[@banditten78]

Petrol as such will not kill a diesel car, its the lower lubricity in petrol that can kill the parts that is lubricated by the diesel, but even with 50 50 the mix is inside the lubricity threshold - look at the ASTM D975

[@visnichba]

That's a sweet van! Can't get vans with a manual trans anymore in the states. I would keep it permanently and make it the shop hauler/weekend camper.

[@boelensds]

leave at first return line loose and catch the fuel until only diesel comes out when cycling the key to prime the system.

[@MikeBanks2003]

Assuming it does not not already have an electric fuel pump, I just add an electric fuel pump to the fuel line and pump out the tank--leaving the fuel pump in place as an extra in some cases. One simply disconnects the fuel line from the fuel filter, puts a hose on the end, and pumps it into drums for disposal or use elsewhere. Once the tank is full of diesel, drain the fuel filters and open the bleed valve on the pump, then using the bulb (or your electric pump if added) pump diesel through the entire system spinning the engine with glow plugs removed. Once the petrol is all out, put in glow plugs and start her up. Then you find out how much damage to the high pressure pump and injector system if any, happened.

[@nathanielwinkle1955]

Worked for Citroen and drained fuel tank and fuel line ,fitted new fuel filter and start car i did lots and lots of these missfuel and never had return problems after years

[@noelgregdavis8235]

Hi Darren my last van had only 1 garage door on it but new new 1 has 2 doors and it's great so best of luck with it

[@carllamb6711]

Really enjoyed that something different… i once owned a VW transporter T6 I had the same problem. You can’t find any thing online regarding wiring fuses boxes, anything like that I had to join a VW transporter forum absolute nightmare but I love the van. I had the SportsLine with a DSG box 😊😊😊😊😊

[@MarcBirks]

It's easy enough to drain down and get back running it's long term damage that occurs, give it 6 months a year when seals start perishing in the fuel system and high pressure pump fucks up, then you'll find out the real damage been there got the t-shirt , that rust undernedth is poor 3k miles and corroding like that wtf

[@cartouchator]

Car salvage storage yards tend to be covered in grit, sand, get scraped by forklifts, the underside gets coated in wet salty muck, and it corrodes the underneath of vehicles. I'm not sure this corrosion is caused by normal regular road use. And yes he definitely is going to need to do injector seals, fuel line seals and likely fuel pump within a year. They all get lubricated by diesel, while petrol does the opposite and dries out seals.

[@marksmith8663]

I don it 30 years ago just topped up with diesel straight away . Ran a Bit lumpy until done enough miles t refill with diesel again . Don’t get away with it by easy with modern diesel. I believe it Usually damage the injectors . But might of got away with it. As so quick on miss fuel surprised the van so rusty. My t5 11years old underneath not to rusty not to sure about bottom of the doors etc .

[@Coastmac2001]

Common rail diesels don't like petrol . We had a Peugeot 307 Hdi that had been filled with petrol & it cost the owners about $3000 AUD in repairs. Wrecked 2 injectors & seals, etc . Car got repaired & appeared to be OK

[@garrygrant2827]

This was a great video really like this kind of stuff . Plus you get a nearly new van and as you say you have never had one before so enjoy the work horse . Have seen people do that before and wondered how it's fixed or can be . So I really enjoyed this thanks

[@davidsweet8829]

The petrol you drained works brilliantly in a chainsaw.

[@99domini99]

I wouldn’t hesitate to run this in my old ‘87 Skoda Estelle. That thing will run on sparkly mud water. Always throw all my stale fuel into that thing. Modern car won’t run on it, but this one will just have a bit of a shaky idle and that’s all.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

I have used petrol in my old Trooper, Bighorn, Monteray... I used to mix it with wmo and diesel, it used to run like a racecar with that mix.

[@travishibburd1555]

Just out of interest why not connect the fuel line in the engine into a tub, bridge the relay and use the vans pump to pump out all the petrol. when empty add a couple of liters of diesel and purge until diesel starts coming through ?

[@richardwoodhouse8397]

It dosent have any relevance, without the purchase price ! Im suprised you didnt hold the revs higher than tickover to help it along on starting, good to.see.it.work though

[@andisadler2897]

I had a Peugewot 405 diesel i ran it on Red diesel. One day though it cut out as diesel had all pink sediment in it. Drained the tank, added new diesel and voila.

[@grahamherbert3612]

Newer Transporters that live near the seaside, rust at an alarming rate for some reason. I recently worked on a 2021 example that was in a real mess underneath.

[@marccadec6978]

I put petrol into my fiat,she ran fine. I have put diesel into my Peugeot and apart from being smokey for about a hundred kilometres,no issues.

[@eugbrat]

I did this in my old golf 2.0 tdi but luckily I didn't start it and pushed it off the pump and removed the fuel pump under the back seat and used a small electric pump to drain it off into Jerry cans then filled it and ran with no issues for another 3 years till I traded it in for a gti 👍🏼

[@johnbekkers5201]

simple fix drain most of the petrol out fill with diesel and start the car will run rough for a bit the be ok will not hurt the engine

[@tarassu]

I would never remove anything. Just rewire fuel pump and let the pump do the job. Then add some diesel and flush again. Fuel pumps are pretty much the same except pressure ratings and delivery rates. But with open fuel line it is piece of cake.

[@johnh3095]

Couple full tanks of posh Diesel and n number of diesel system cleaner treatments, a change of oil and filter and away yee go! Nice one that! How much you get it for?

[@alouisschafer7212]

The fact that it ran before it naturally died because a diesel cant run on petrol makes me worry about the high pressure fuel pump. I would pour about 500ml of 2 stroke oil in and run the tank empty on that to re establish lubrication in the pump.

[@onlylexus]

That's a hard and slow way to remove half a tank of petrol from this van. Easiest way is to syphon out the petrol as much as you can.. blow out the fuel lines or suck out the petrol as best you can including the pump.... Then top up with Diesel, yes even though you have some petrol in. Once the petrol has been overly diluted with a mas of diesel that you have now put in, then I guarantee you that it will now start. I know I did this when I I got a mis-fuelled car.

[@rasmusbo6343]

Disconnect it at the filter and use vcds to activate the pump and drain the tank and use vacuum brake bleeder at the other hoses to suck them dry😅😅😅

[@norbertomartin2607]

Love your videos man. Thanks for being so educational, and providing excellent content.

[@littlealmcb943]

Lovely van mate. Do a oil and filter change, stick some a egr/dpf cleaner additive into the tank and take it on good motorway run then brim the tank with vpower diesel then it’ll be sound. Did you need to code the new battery to the van?

[@CFCseventy]

Had a golf gti wife a tenner worth of diesel in it was a petrol back in 90 father in law said put petrol on top so filled up started it lots of black smoke still drove kept driving and topping up was ok after day or so

[@drewtonhouse]

10 out of 10 for not swearing when the tank dropped ..

[@steviecustance]

Maybe worth an oil change too. If they carried on starting it, it might had pushed petroleum passed the piston rings into the oil

[@31144]

Petrol in a Diesel especially if it's a common rail normally kills the high pressure pump either instantly or sooner rather than later, hard to believe they wrote that off for a miss fuel, no wonder our insurance has gone through the roof...

[@coffeeguy6673]

I accidentally put a quarter of a tank of unleaded in my company vw transporter about 10 years ago, topped it up with diesel to the top and it ran really well.

[@thesalopgardener]

Get a shot of Stihl mineral only 2stroke oil in with the next 20 litres of fuel.

[@TheOffroader7458]

The add blue ones are a nightmare, trust me I work on these for a living. Sale it

[@tdkyt46]

Delete and map it, more power less shit

[@andrewstones2921]

My wife had a 125cc Yamaha scooter type motorcycle and she put diesel in by mistake but didn’t know what she did. Anyway the symptoms were that it ran rough, smoked and cut out at traffic lights. It was only a couple of months old so she went back to the Yamaha dealer who diagnosed a faulty clutch! I guess they only heard the bit about it cutting out at traffic lights… anyway they fitted a new clutch and called to say the bike was ready for collection.. it seems they didn’t even bother to try and start it. On collection I queried why a clutch would cause smoke from exhaust and rough running, the answer was that they are the experts not me…. Then I invited them to start it and show that it was now not smoking and running rough.. of course it smoked and ran terrible… eventually we got to the reason and can of petrol later it was all good. That Yamaha dealer is no longer in business.

[@TomDavies86]

Like this content, shorter style quick fix. Hopefully that is the van fully fixed, time will tell. But more importantly we got a TVR update 🎉🎉🎉 happy days. Good work as always Dean 👍🏼

[@tomkatdj]

When I fixed mine I drained the fuel via the fuel pump, filled the tank to the brim and cycled the fuel a bit more to get any residue mixed. As long as the amount of petrol to diesel is less than 5% it should cause no damage, I drove mine for 130,000km with zero issues. Without ignition they usually don’t run long enough to cause any damage, unless they were running a high level of diesel mixed in with petrol. That’s where you’d get high pressure pump damage……

[@my_carp_life3424]

How would the pump get damaged by a high ratio of diesel to petrol, you got lubrication from the diesel still vs no lubrication from just petrol.

[@tomkatdj]

@@my_carp_life3424 you’re talking about an injection pump strong enough to cut metal with its pressure output here, adding a solvent instead of a lubricant makes all the difference to its operation. Usually the engine stops very quickly if plenty of petrol is added, the danger is a smaller amount that allows it to run over time. Common rail and TDI systems are based on enormous injection pressure to get their efficiency.

[@davidanderson4500]

lots of people watching you would have liked you to say how much the van cost to buy.? thanks.

[@snorttroll4379]

can you purge the engine by removing the spark plugs and running the starter?

[@tonypreston6778]

I bought a 2003 Polo PD TDi brand new & mis-fuelled it when it was about 2 weeks old, had it drained down & refilled with diesel & ran fine, this car is still my daily driver & now at 20+ years old & with 226,000 miles coverereed since I guess the mis-fueling didnt cause it any long term issues 🤣

[@T4Abyss]

Haha love the tank fall! Anyone that pisses around with vehicles does shot like this one day..glad you showed it..I was shouting drain it first! Then I saw you had a pump to drain it hahaha why not do that first! Suppose also then you could just fill with diesel, then pull engine fuel hoses and use Vcds to purge the tank and lines until clean diesel comes out! 😅

[@digital-experiance2390]

Ever thaught about connecting the power not directly to the battery? RTM

[@RichardDavies-tn2ug]

you can run diesel with some petrol in it, it doesn't stop it running. Back in the 80's before fuel heaters were fitted to cars, I would regularly add petrol to the diesel to stop it waxing in the cold.

[@humphrey28078]

I did the same thing with mine. Ran just fine.

[@gabrielv.4358]

nowdays engines cant handle that

[@Shutityou]

@@gabrielv.4358many actually run fine. In the manual it often tells you the maximum proportion of petrol. It’s often 20%!

[@PNFarhan]

At my work we get atleast 1-2 per month misfueled... Empty the tank, 20L diesel and 5 diesel additiv and they back on the road again...

[@Frank-Thoresen]

You should replace the engine oil and filter as a precaution. It was a rental van