I would be interested in full-season DVDs or Blu-rays if they become available. The RUclips uploads of standard definition episodes aren't well deinterlaced.
@@Journey_to_who_knows Given how many hosts Top Gear had since Clarkson & Co departure - I think this is a question you'll be asking yourself more than once. Until BBC giving up on Top Gear altogether. Haha.
New Engine: "Oh, you havn't replaced my electrical components for 3 Days, im not going to start then" Old Engine: "Is this fucking Vodka? Anyways, where to next?"
If you held your elected officials accountable for making sure that you are paid a living wage relative to inflation then it wouldnt be a problem. Unfortunately people love to punch themselves in the face and so when it comes public knowledge that companies are making record profits while their employees struggle to pay for heat for their homes, nothing gets done about it and the same scumbags get voted into office.
@@nsikakobongeyakz4032 Well, we know it "explodes" under compression. But still perhaps it looked a bit more dangerous than it really was but was rather an irresponsible example being set none the less.
I put petrol in my diesel van and drove it about 40-50 km. The only sign something was wrong was more smoke, less acceleration and hiccups when accelerating. I pumped it out with a pump on a drill, put fresh diesel in it, let it run stationary for 30 mins and drove home. I stil ldrive that van 4 years on with zero problems.
This episode restores my faith in the military's claim to have any fuel vehicles that can run equally inefficiently on everything from gasoline to jet fuel.
That is actually true. Those giant trucks you see in U.S military convoys are like that. Going all the way back to the Vietnam War some of those trucks were designed to run on basically any combustible fuel available. There are some channels that have footage of this. It's pretty interesting.
@@Serkant75 especially funny if you consider all the other brands who did the same, even Harley davidson had a big emission Desaster the put under the rug. VW got it hard 😄
@@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights Usually just problems with the sensors If you think minor problems like that are a huge issue then you need to get with the times The complex sensor and computer systems are required by law for emissions
@@vladdracul2379 It's not very hard to change out for example an O2 sensor or the crank position sensor Modern systems produce more power to weight ratio and that's the only thing that matters for racing
@@vladdracul2379 Nah modern cars have come a long way sure some cars have excess sensor issues but many cars are getting better performance, fuel economy and smoothness and comfort and they last longer as long as you actually take care of them properly. My 2016 Toyota Auris 1.2T is simply amazing compared to the car I had before despite the engine being much smaller, its smoother, its equal in fuel consumption its petrol and my previous car a 2003 VW Golf was Diesel, it accelerates faster and actually has lots of low end Torque just like a diesel. Servicing is slightly more expensive as it runs a more premium oil but its easily made up for by lower VED tax and increased fuel economy. The same rules apply now for the most part as they did 20 years ago more expensive cars cost more to maintain than cheaper cars.
yamahonkawazuki I actually did just that try to put unleaded into a Tesla and instead of going in gasoline or petrol as you British call it just started spilling on the floor
Actually in the old days when "winter diesel" was not that widespread it was pretty common to add a little bit of petrol into the diesel tank to make it handle low winter temperatures better.
Cutting the diesel with kerosene was also popular in the colder part of winter. In the old days some farm tractors were dual fuel kerosene and gasoline. They had to be started on gas, but once warmed up you could run on cheaper kerosene.
yes! I noticed that too. e.g. I have learned driving in golf 2. unbelievable that such car can go through places which are bumpy. me and my bf travelled into mountains and went up to a hill (there wasn't a street). what I really like are the simple buttons. no touch screens. you touch the button and you get what you want in 1 s. when I wanted heating, he heated in few seconds like crazy. :) my bf has a honda civic from the 90's and it is very silent, doesn't use much petrol and is pretty fast for a small car like that.
Not likely, but probably with my piss, if moonshine can overload an engine then my liquor drowned piss will keep your car running cross country, sell it to ya for 5$ a gallon, 1 gallon probably equalls 5 in this transaction with my alcoholic habit, deal?
@@jwn5 Ever have a mosquito bite you and then immediately die? I mean without having to squish it. Just chemically induced death. Overdose from your blood?
I put 24 litres of petrol in to my 2016 Diesel Astra CDTI and drove it for 2 hours without realising the wrong fuel was in it. Just kept topping up with Diesel and its been fine ever since. The car has since covered another 3500 miles/6000km.
@@lukasg4807 older ones seem to do that. I got myself a 1993 Mercedes recently with an automatic transmission and it also does that (though not nearly as extreme) I assume that's because it has a torque converter
TheDonBro Sadly I'm old enough to remember 55 pence per litre. When I first passed my test, aged 17, a fivers worth would last ages, and if I was feeling really flush I'd put a tenner in. Mind you, my first job paid an enormous £2.50 per hour.
I did over 200 miles on half a tank of petrol in my 2007 Civic CDTI. Only realised there was an issue when an engine management light came on (had been on holiday and hired a petrol). Had it drained and put diesel in and it still runs fine. This was 3 years ago, 200k miles on the clock and still running sweetly.
Guys in colder weather often sprinkle 1-2 liters of petrol into their diesel while filling up, apparently it makes it start up and run easier during the cold.
A small amount of the wrong fuel causes few problems if you top the tank up with the correct one. I've made the mistake both ways in the past and simply switching to the correct pump and filling the vehicle was sufficient to eliminate any potential problem. In fact a mechanic I know who had around forty years experience told me that when he was younger, it was quite common to add petrol to diesel tanks to improve cold starting in the winter.
One time my grandpa had an employee who would steal gasoline out of his gas cans and put it in his car.. after my grandpa noticed he decided to fill the cans with diesel.. the next day the employee came to work all pissed with his car sputtering and blowing smoke.. good lesson learned there
He could have just put in a nice amount of sugar instead... then it would have really punish the thieving twat. In worst case, the engine would have been seriously damaged. What is he gonna do? complain that there was something in a can he stole from? Diesel did the trick though, so not that bad result in the end :)
A very educational video. I always heard that putting the wrong type of fuel into a vehicle is bad, but I never knew exactly what would happen. Just that it would cause irreparable damage to the car.
It's also color coded usually green for diesel and black for gas/petrol and blue for ethanol free gas least in the USA. Also there's a label on the pump 😂
Men are more likely to do it because probably they are more likely to use the pump maybe? Unless they have the data of how many women and men use the pump in general to have a normalized statistic. But I don't think they have it.
putting some jet A1 in a diesel engine can be a good thing, many people (including myself) do it to clean the injectors, just burns a bit hotter than diesel.
I’m so glad there are people like this out there who are willing to do thousands of dollars in damage and repair costs to cars and other machinery just to see what happens for people like me who always wonder, what would happen? 🤔
I wish I had this information when This happened to me once... I paid 200$ to pump out the tank. So this is more than just childplay.it’s actually quite helpful and worth the risk.
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I put 1/3 tank of petrol in my old Peugeot 306 TD years ago. I realised, so paid for the petrol then filled up 2/3 with diesel and paid for that... I the drove 31 miles home on it, no fuss. Some month later I ran it on vegetable oil cut with 50% diesel. That went fine too !
+Lewis72 I put 1/4 of a tank of petrol in a 2003 VW Passat and filled the rest up with diesel. I didn't have any issues for the next 100 odd miles on the motorway but when I pulled off the motorway the engine died and wouldn't start again. I had to call the AA and they came, drained the system, put some petrol in and I was good to go again.
I once did it , through my own stupidity born of LACK of ATTENTION . BUT I managed some 20 miles before coming to a shuddering halt - luckily outside a garage ! However , I still had to ring to be rescued whilst the garage kindly accepted my car - to drain , swill out and repair which took a couple of days simply because of their ongoing work and commitments . I will forever remain grateful to them for their help , their laughter , the deserved and humorous teasing and their kindness , not to mention their technical excellence !
I have a JDM Hilux surf in north America. I was filling it up at the pump and some guy yelled at me that I had the diesel nozzle. I shrugged, kept pumping, and asked what the difference was. Should have seen the look on his face.
You see old bangers going down the street and you always think they're about to fall to bits, but the reason they're even still here in the first place is _because_ of how strong and robust they truly are.
This is actually a variation of what is known as the doomsday argument - if you have something of unknown lifespan, the longer it has lived so far, the longer its expected lifespan starting from now is. So for instance if you have an a radioactive atom, and you don't know its half-life, but it has already existed for a thousand years, that eliminates the possibility that its half-life is 10 years or less, and you would expect it to last hundreds of years longer at least. But if you have an atom that was synthesized 2 seconds ago, there's a good chance its half-life is a year, or a month, or a day, or 30 seconds, and it's far more likely to decay in the near future. The expected lifespan in such a case is always comparable to the time it has existed so far.
I put £10 of petrol in my old diesel Mondeo, the remedy is to then put 3x the amount of diesel in to dilute the petrol. So in went £30 of diesel, costing me £40 all in but the engine never coughed once and ran perfectly well for another 5 years!
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I do believe he is having an ironic joke at your expense. Unfortunately it seems to have gone over your heads. You see, there is a subculture of people in the UK who actually talk like that and they usually drive a Honda Civic and are from an Indian background. A translation if you will: "Fuck you bitch! I do this all the time. My honda civic 1.3 litre . Horsepower! Race me boy!"
I stopped reporting excessive black smoke from the Stagecoach buses made by MAN (owned by Volkswagen) because of the emissions scandal, as Volkswagen owns MAN it's likely they were using cheat devices that detect test conditions, so when the reported vehicle was tested the cheat device would detect test conditions so they would find nothing wrong...
While on holiday last year, in Germany, towing our caravan, I managed to put a full tank of petrol into my VW Passat 2.0TDi (2014 plate). I noticed on the return to the campsite (about 7 miles) it started 'stuttering' at low throttle, but seemed OK. BUT the next morning the engine just wouldn't start at all! It was then that I realised my mistake. I was able to get a local garage to drain the tank and flush the fuel system and then fill it up with diesel. It was completely fine afterwards and never let me down or showed any sign of problems since. Jonathan.
Did the same with my 1990 Astra, like in the video just drained it myself and filled with diesel and apart a bit of blue smoke for 30 mils no ill effect. I gradually used the contaminated petrol in my wife's car at a few litres per tankful.
@@JoolsTwo I did it just yesterday. Put about a litre and a half of unleaded petrol in my diesel ute before I realized and then changed over to the diesel pump. No issues at all. The cashier later told me that not a day goes by without someone filling their car with the wrong fuel.
Did the same in Frankfurt many years ago. Drove the car on the autobahn for an hour with the engine no happy. It died on the first light after exiting. Car returned to the renting company: “here is the keys, I parked on the grass in front of the airport”. They charged 250 USD extra for that but I did not lose the flight. Even after taking full insurance coverage from them they charged me extra for the mistake. State of the diesel VW Golf after drinking gas: unknown.
I put 5l of petrol in a diesel car. 2l engine Dacia Logan MCV from 2014. After my mistake I put another 55 litres or so of diesel on top of that. The mix was around 90% diesel 10% petrol and I had no problem at all. This was in 2018 and even now the car of fine. But I learned my lesson.
They wont. A diesel engine will break almost imediatly when you give them normal gas, and starting it :) An otto engine will survive fueling it diesel, it will of course not run properly.
Last January I made the same mistake with my 2010 VW Crafter. Drove for 4-5 km, before I noticed black smoke and the car started "kicking". Lucky there was a parking area around. Had to take out 40L of gasoline with a plastic tube using my mouth every 2 litres. Vomited and had the gasoline taste in my mouth for a couple of days. The car was ok, toped what was left in the tank with diesel and after 10-15 tries it finally started. Had to change the fuel filter 2 times and sold the gas for a 3rd of the price to a farmer, but outside of that didn't have a problem with it.
I had the exact experience with my JGC. Fuel Attendant filled it with petrol and I just paid and drove off. Needless to say hardly a kilometer the car had some issues returned to them and they drained and put in diesel. Six months later all sorts of problems occured. Injectors failed (overfueling), pressure pump failed, three glow plugs melted into the cylinders and then there was fuel dillusion and blowby. It was a disaster.
@@flisko123 Jeep Grand Cherokee maybe? I have an '07 diesel Grand Cherokee; has the Mercedes 3.0 CRD turbo diesel. I always worry about accidentally putting petrol in it.
When I was a kid, I filled up the car for my folks and it would not run after that. Of course, at 6 years old, I had not idea the difference between water and gasoline (petrol). My folks forgave me one or tow years ago. Only took 50 years...
Actually, putting petrol into a Diesel car is no big thing, if you realise your mistake after 5 l or so. In countries with colder winters (i.e. Alps or Nordic countries), they used to sell "Winter-Diesel" in winter-time, since the petrol content ensured that your fuel didn't freeze up (or become some sort of seemy-fried "slush"). Back in the 1990s I accidentally put some 5l of petrol into my Diesel car (with a 40 l tank) and the petrol-station operator told me: "Don't worry, just top it up with petrol and you will be fine" - of course subjecting the Astra to a drive with "pure petrol" was a bit brutal and should actually have been sanctioned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Cars (RSPC), if there was such an organisation...
+Niepi Truckers used to do this years ago to stop the diesel from freezing. Modern diesel has additives to stop it from freezing so this is no longer necessary.
+Niepi they used to shoot starter fluid (ether) into the intake too. the problem is that diesel fuel increases in viscosity dramatically in cold temperatures. A lot of diesels have a heater you can plug in to keep the tank warm. I've been told that starter fluid creates a dependency with the engine over time to the point where it won't start without fluid. I don't know how true that is but I'm betting its not good for the engines in the long term.
My first form of personal transportation was a BSA 650 with a sidecar. I used to run it on the farm Fergie TVO (tractor vaporising oil). It was a pig to start but if I parked on a hill it bumpstarted and ran just fine.
I love this man, he has such a kind face and his eyebrows are awesome! I just want him to dress up as an owl and read me bedtime stories with his witty and pure narration.
in Italy till 20 years ago was difficult to find winter diesel, so when you went on mountain at really cold temperature was usual to put a 20% gasoline as anti-freeze, nothing happens you only pay a bit more, putting diesel in a gasoline car instead give a lot of problem of ignition and destroy the catalytic converter
I am VERY glad someone has put one of these automotive myths to rest. My father was an automotive mechanic for over 30 years, and he used diesel, (in small amounts), to clean carbon deposits out of a gasoline, (petrol to you Brits), engine. He trickled it into the carburetor while the car was running, and it did the trick. The Wynn company at one time sold a product they called Wynn's Tuneup. It was one half pint of diesel in a small can, (it sold for $2.00 a can at a time diesel was going for $0.15 a gallon). You put it into a full fuel tank, and it helped remove carbon deposits. Water will do the same thing, but you must slowly trickle a pint or less through the carburetor while the engine is running, (just like my father did with diesel). With all of the sensors on modern cars, I don't know if the master computer would let the engine run under these conditions, but it works fine on older cars with carburetors and analog, (mechanical), ignitions. PS: Any professional mechanic who tells you that you MUST replace the entire fuel system because of mixed diesel and gasoline is a crook and you should have nothing more to do with them.
A pint of Petrol (Gasoline) in 10 gallons of diseiel used to be used as an anti waxing mix in the cold. Though I have a couple of 1944 Dodges with T214 side valve engines, as an old guy said to me 'Son, if you've had a heavy night. You can pee in the tank it will run'.
Here in the US, we have a Gasoline/Diesel/Oil additive called Marvel Mystery Oil. It's mostly diesel, and did a fantastic job on my truck. Theres lots of other good brands too, but I bet just plain diesel works great.
Almost all motoscooters we had in Italy in the 80s/90s ran on a mix of 95% gasoline and 5% oil. I have seen people using all sort of oil in there, from proper ones to diesel, from rapeseed oil to frying oil. The engines are essentially small 50cc gasoline engines, and oil served as a lubricant from the inside. So, I am sure that a gasoline engine can run on a mix of gas and diesel, even if I am surprised that it ran as well as in the video. My guess is that the diesel mixed itself with the remaining bit of gasoline in the tank, so the gasoline was still igniting properly, raising the temperature and allowing the diesel to explode too. You lose power like that, but I see it working and it shouldn't be lethal for the engine.
It would be interesting to see what happens within the tank. Like half of each do they mix or separate. This will affect whether you can drain the system and get most of it out.
They will mix very well - petrol will act as the solvent to the diesel oil. No different to putting a heavier 2 stroke oil into petrol for your 2 stroke bike/outboard/etc. They are both by products of crude oil and similarly other by products like kerosene will also mix very well, so adding more of the right fuel will reduce the ratio of wrong fuel in. Diesel engines can run on a wide range of fuels because the fuel is injected into a hot chamber and under lots of pressure (compression) which also heats the mixture further aiding ignition. Fun fact, when Rudolf Diesel was inventing the diesel engine, he tried both petrol and kerosene, in addition to lots of other petroleum by-products because crude oil was too thick, so his early engines ran on petrol. More fun fact, jet engines can run on diesel (rather than kerosene) but don't because diesel isn't as well suited to temperature extremes as kerosene.
I must be too honest, over the 30 years that I repaired cars professionally, I just drained the tanks, drained carbs or lines, or cracked the injectors(which ever way around it was) and sent them on their way. Never had a problem. Too many mechanics rip off people, assholes.
I know another one: locksmiths. When you locked yourself out of your house. Even when they do their job well they just charge ridiculous prices because they know you don't want to stay outside. (or be unable to use the toilet) On the other hand. When I have something to be done in my house, I serve coffee and if it is a longer job, a bite to eat in the mid day. Most people are to cheap to even offer some water. Funny thing is. If they refuse, you are more likely to get ripped off.
I feel better after reading these comments, I thought it was just me, I have endless problems with builders, garages, plumbers.. etc. Many "think" they are experts but most are just average at best. I've concluded, if I can contact them, they will be the run-of-the-mill traders.
Mark Mark - I've tried to explain to loads of people how important it is to find a mechanic that you trust but few seem to listen. I put petrol into my diesel (Ford Mondeo) once, then drove it for about 10 miles before it finally spluttered to a halt. I phoned my mechanic (it was Saturday and i was en route to work) and the next day he towed the car back to his house, drained it, cleaned some things out, put some fuel in it and then drove it back to my house. Cost = £100 (and a crate of beer to say thanks). Sadly he's no longer with us. John Sparrow his name was. Probably drunk himself to death on free alcohol 😉
I drove diesel cars for years --- had a passion for them. I found that adding one-quart of gasoline to each tank of diesel did wonders for stopping the cold-weather gelling of diesel fuel.
@@JanLukaKuka Yes, it you live in an area that has cold weather and diesel gelling problems, gasoline can help keep it for freezing. In my case with 1980's diesel VW Rabbits, the owners manual states I can use a 25% gasoline mix, a 50% kerosene mix, or straight #1 fuel oil. I would bet those wouldn't be recommended for today's diesel vehicles, you would have to check. Some people have also run their diesel engines on various used oils such as discarded deep fryer oil.
@@JanLukaKuka nowadays there are proper diesel antifreeze/antigel agents that are not too expensive. Those are your best bet now, they're fairly cheap.
new emission laws and other stuff have made newer engines much too overcomplicated to last long without hiccups. The overcomplication also makes it so damn expensive to let it get repaired.
The prices should be at 99p as the Saudi's have halved their oil prices. Yet would the Government pass on those savings. No because it's easy money for the government. In fact without govt real price of fuel should be around 18p.
The answer is to simply make nozzles/fuel filler holes incompatible. As the video says, manufacturers are already doing this to an extent. They simply need to do it more effectively. Why not change the shape of the nozzle e.g. make the petrol or diesel nozzle (it doesn't matter which) square instead of round? It ain't rocket science!
Pumps are round as it is a reduced risk of an electric discharge flash and the resulting fire also creating a better contact with metal work on car to create a common earth between car, pump and person holding the pump and a better seal creates a suction for the vapour recovery/auto shut off system in the nozzle. Petrol pump cant be made bigger or smaller as they are at there safest size to flow rate so vapour holding systems in car dont cause a blockage and let the excess fuel to fill the neck and poor on the floor. Diesel pump wasnt even made bigger to stop misfuelling, it just has a higher flow rate as LGV have tanks from 3-6 times the size of a car and can fill the tanks quicker.
Thanks for an entertaining as well as an educational video. I must say it's really refreshing to hear more familiar terminology like petrol and garage as opposed to gas, gasoline and gas station (I speak South African English which is very close to UK Eng)
I had the same problem. Petrol in my diesel car. Only 8 liters. A specialist called 380€ to clean the tank. Luckely a mechanic told me just fill the tank to the top with diesel, so i´ve got "winter-diesel". now, 6 months later, my car still runs well. saved alot of money.
+Ben Wright In Volkswagens, the high pressure fuel pump grenades and sends metal into the tank and up to the injectors. An $11,000 fix and it WILL happen if you misfuel with any amount, even the smallest.
I was in an 04-plate Ford Galaxy (same as the Sharan) with the 1.9 Volkswagen TDi engine when it had a bit of petrol put in it by accident and then filled up with diesel, and it ran fine on the mixture.
+Ben Wright I know someone who totaled a brand new 2016 $80,000 Dodge truck by putting gas in it and running it for over 30 miles. Need less to say there was many holes in the manifold and exhaust afterwards, and the engine was ruined to the point where it would cost more to fix it then get a new truck.
I once ran out of fuel in my (gasoline) 1994 VW Jetta. Out of desperation, I decided to try pouring a bottle of acetone I happened to have on hand into the tank. I’m sure it was also diluting what was left of the gas in the tank, but it started up, I got it to a station, and despite many warnings from mechanics and friends, my fuel lines never dissolved and fell off!
I once put 10Lpetrol in my 2008 diesel Captiva/ Didnt start the car. Towed it to garage. I was advised to top up the rest >60litre tank with deisel and to top up again at half tank. All good. This was a couple of years back.
yeah did the same on an opel vivaro last summer in my summertime job. When the ratio of petrol/diesel is less than 1/6 or something like that the lubricative attributes of the fuel is only slightly worse than normally. It might shorten the lifespan of the car a bit, but all in all only a little harm was done. Also the combustion of petrol is a bit more violent than diesel which also damages the engine a bit.
+Subuwiller The mix is more close to 50/50 to be able to make it run. Also the combustion of diesel is more violent than petrol, it is done in way higher compression ratios and that's why in general the engines are more robust/heavier, so that won't damage the engine
You can put a few liters of petrol in a common rail diesel and it will be fine as long as you fill the tank up with diesel. In the colder parts of the world they mix petrol in with diesel to stop it freezing basically.
10pm at night I put 15 litres of petrol in my old Astra van by mistake. Called a friend who said Don't Start it. He turned up with a lengthy piece of hose which he forced into the tank and sucked hard . We got most of it out then I filled it up with diesel. Lots of white smoke but it started because it still had diesel in the injectors. Kept the revs up and had a shaky 70 mile run home.
In the U.S., if you take a car to a mechanic for a minor issue- they suddenly "find" all sorts of other things. Then they charge you an arm and a leg to do shoddy work. I learned how to do all my own mechanic work at an early age.
I always laughed at the people who did this. I thought ''how can you possibly fill it with the wrong fuel''? Then, last week I was in the rush (not in my car) and i stopped for fuel. I started pouring petrol into Volvo V 50 2.0 diesel. Luckily, I realised it immediatelly and i stopped after 2 seconds, but still I put about 1liter of petrol into the diesel. Luckily my Volvo wasn't empty (it had around 10 liters of diesel) so I filled my tank with diesel to the top. Nothing happened and I hope 60 liters of diesel will destroy 1 liter of petrol. I don't think there will be damage for the fuel pump and other things. But that's only 1 liter. If I had poured 5 liters, I would have called towing truck and went for the mechanic without starting the engine.
why not just make the shape of a nozzle different ? for example: petrol shape like a square diesel shape like a triangle and also make the shape of little circular thing at the back of the car (dont know the name) shaped for that specific fuel.
The thing about fuel nozzles is they are *very* specialised for what they do. Things like corners or errant shapes can create an enormous potential for static electricity, which in turn means boom boom with fuel stations. So yes, I'm sure it's doable, but the cost involved in making and deploying reliably safe designs are far beyond anything a fuel company cares to make. After all, wrong fuel in your engine doesn't lose them any profit.
My old 1994 mercedes diesel managed to get filled by my wife and son with petrol on 2 separate occasions. Flushed fuel. Started first time both times. No evidence of any lasting damage. This was 60k miles ago. They were properly built then.
I once accidently put about 15 L petrol into my diesel, before I noticed my idiocy, then topped the tank up with diesel (ca 30L). It ran okay afterwards. Reality check a bit of petrol in a diesel is okayish, but not the other way round.
You had perhaps 25% petrol in your diesel car (assuming a 60L tank), so a tad more than a "bit of petrol in a diesel". Other way around is OK to a point as shown in this video, but the engine will start to foul up the plugs as there isn't enough combustion pressure to burn the diesel thoroughly. Over time doing this will likely result in a very carboned up engine. Consider that a two stroke mower has 4-5% oil, which is considerably more viscous (thick) than diesel, mixed in for lubrication and not for burning. Ditto high revving two strokes which seem to do very well with substantial amounts of oil e.g. castor oil @ 16:1
I’ve lived my entire life in crippling fear of doing this since as a child I was warned by my dad that it would completely blow up your car and you’d basically need to replace the entire thing.
I knew someone who had this misfortune with a rental car in Japan. The fuel pumps are not marked in English and not color coded, and he managed to find a self-serve one and ended up pumping a full tank of diesel into the rental with a petrol engine... it didn't even get out of the station =(
+Tiago Mano he called the rental agency and they sent a flatbed with a replacement vehicle on it and they swapped cars, but the language barrier made things difficult. the rental company later charged his credit card for the repair costs (i don't remember how much it was).
+fabulousprofound I did this to a passat in germany. Diesel on a petrol engine... It started rattling like crazy but we stopped as soon as it started... cost us 400 euro to empty the tank :/ shit happens.
+fabulousprofound Just a tip for situations like that, look at the tacho and look for the redline, if its under something like 5500 to 5000 then its a diesel and over its a petrol.
A friend of mine accidentally filled 3 liters of petrol in my diesel, after which i topped it with 10 liters of diesel. Ran good when leaving the gas station, after 2 hour drive, let it sit for ~30 minutes and it didnt want to start so good. Had to pump the pedal and let off quite a bit of smoke, after which it started without any issues.
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I would be interested in full-season DVDs or Blu-rays if they become available. The RUclips uploads of standard definition episodes aren't well deinterlaced.
What a souless boring twat of a man he is.
Is the friendly owl man in the new episodes? How much does it cost. Also, Tiff Needell is a tip top guy.
I remember it 69.9 2002
Silver-XLM Steve make all cars electric that’s the answer lol
I once accidentally put on Fifth Gear when I wanted Top Gear
I once accidentally switched to Top Gear instead of Grand Tour. Had to unplug my TV for 30 minutes to make it work again.
@@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 lol
lol I thought this was top gear I was like who's that guy
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Given how many hosts Top Gear had since Clarkson & Co departure - I think this is a question you'll be asking yourself more than once.
Until BBC giving up on Top Gear altogether. Haha.
Nothing wrong with Fifth Gear if you actually have a clue about cars and motorsport.
New Engine: "Oh, you havn't replaced my electrical components for 3 Days, im not going to start then"
Old Engine: "Is this fucking Vodka? Anyways, where to next?"
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Lmao
New engine: *explodes due to a tiny misfire*
Old engine: *runs on the wrong fuel*
New engine: detects wrong fuel and shuts down.
@@DeltaVTX Old engine: This is fine
@Nicolas Broszky Seems you've had some bad luck with old engines
@Nicolas Broszky fair enough
@Nicolas Broszky you too
It's always depressing watching old videos like this and seeing the fuel prices 😩😩
I bet today you think you had great fuel prices 8 months ago 😂
@@superdingo9741 Depressingly true
If you held your elected officials accountable for making sure that you are paid a living wage relative to inflation then it wouldnt be a problem. Unfortunately people love to punch themselves in the face and so when it comes public knowledge that companies are making record profits while their employees struggle to pay for heat for their homes, nothing gets done about it and the same scumbags get voted into office.
It's always depressing watching old comments like this about even older videos and fuel prices being discussed.
@@Antiorganizer somewhere in the future, you'll look back at this comment and think how much less expensive life was
Man has a flaming stick in one hand and a can of petrol in the other. Madman.
Indeed, he hadn't poured it all out, holy shmoly.
Am sure British petrol don't explode
@@nsikakobongeyakz4032 Well, we know it "explodes" under compression. But still perhaps it looked a bit more dangerous than it really was but was rather an irresponsible example being set none the less.
@@LOOKINVERTED lol... Thanks man
Fifth Gear hosts are expendable.
5:37 meanwhile, in the VW emissions testing facility:
Well that’s another pass
Lol
Happy to say I was the 420th like
@@jdgshsjchdjejkd545 what
Ahhhhhh 😂
Lol
I put petrol in my diesel van and drove it about 40-50 km. The only sign something was wrong was more smoke, less acceleration and hiccups when accelerating. I pumped it out with a pump on a drill, put fresh diesel in it, let it run stationary for 30 mins and drove home. I stil ldrive that van 4 years on with zero problems.
Make model?
i accidentally mixed petrol in my diesel car and it just made it faster
@@nigelbenn4642 Renault Kangoo (2nd gen) . I still drive it!
The smoke maybe from all the soot inside the combustion chamber finally being let loose by the engine knocking.
@@nigelbenn4642
This episode restores my faith in the military's claim to have any fuel vehicles that can run equally inefficiently on everything from gasoline to jet fuel.
Our old kerosene heater ran great on jet-A fuel! 😀
@@kenmore01 Planes do use kerosene.
That is actually true. Those giant trucks you see in U.S military convoys are like that. Going all the way back to the Vietnam War some of those trucks were designed to run on basically any combustible fuel available. There are some channels that have footage of this. It's pretty interesting.
@@khrashingphantom9632 Military trucks could even run on kitchen oil.
Ive used jet fuel to heat my tent. Its just a "better" form of diesel for the most part.
“Couldn’t stop it on the track but it stopped on its emissions test”
LOL that sounds like a Volkswagen in 2015
Good one
*evil*
German economics lost some good amount of Euros 💶
@@Serkant75 especially funny if you consider all the other brands who did the same, even Harley davidson had a big emission Desaster the put under the rug. VW got it hard 😄
Many manufacturers have done the same. VW was the one that got caught.
Modern fuel efficiency comes at a price: Those machines punish you for ANY mistake you make.
And they'll break without any mistake
@@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights
Usually just problems with the sensors
If you think minor problems like that are a huge issue then you need to get with the times
The complex sensor and computer systems are required by law for emissions
@@dustinjames1268
Which are mostly retarded. Those sensors for emissions are 90% of my car troubles and they're my most expensive troubles.
@@vladdracul2379
It's not very hard to change out for example an O2 sensor or the crank position sensor
Modern systems produce more power to weight ratio and that's the only thing that matters for racing
@@vladdracul2379 Nah modern cars have come a long way sure some cars have excess sensor issues but many cars are getting better performance, fuel economy and smoothness and comfort and they last longer as long as you actually take care of them properly. My 2016 Toyota Auris 1.2T is simply amazing compared to the car I had before despite the engine being much smaller, its smoother, its equal in fuel consumption its petrol and my previous car a 2003 VW Golf was Diesel, it accelerates faster and actually has lots of low end Torque just like a diesel. Servicing is slightly more expensive as it runs a more premium oil but its easily made up for by lower VED tax and increased fuel economy. The same rules apply now for the most part as they did 20 years ago more expensive cars cost more to maintain than cheaper cars.
I accidentally shovelled coal into my diesel - Andy85Uk
id have given you a thousand likes if you had put petrol in your electric car
That is not possible electric has electric sparks
better MPG?
yamahonkawazuki I actually did just that try to put unleaded into a Tesla and instead of going in gasoline or petrol as you British call it just started spilling on the floor
charlie mcmullan I think it was a joke
Actually in the old days when "winter diesel" was not that widespread it was pretty common to add a little bit of petrol into the diesel tank to make it handle low winter temperatures better.
The reason the Astra came back from the dead must’ve been because its engine had leftovers from that era.
Cutting the diesel with kerosene was also popular in the colder part of winter.
In the old days some farm tractors were dual fuel kerosene and gasoline. They had to be started on gas, but once warmed up you could run on cheaper kerosene.
I must say sometimes older technology looks more robust and reliable. Not as comfortable or expensive but sturdier. Or is just me?
No, I'm sure your're right! I'm done with new cars!
On the other hand, old technology had worse mileage.
Yeah, that's why you see the roads filled with 1990s cars and not alot of late models, totally makes sense, old technology is much more realliable
I mean, there's cars made in the 1930's that are still fully operational to this day.
yes! I noticed that too. e.g. I have learned driving in golf 2. unbelievable that such car can go through places which are bumpy. me and my bf travelled into mountains and went up to a hill (there wasn't a street). what I really like are the simple buttons. no touch screens. you touch the button and you get what you want in 1 s. when I wanted heating, he heated in few seconds like crazy. :) my bf has a honda civic from the 90's and it is very silent, doesn't use much petrol and is pretty fast for a small car like that.
You could take a piss in the old engines and they would run fine
Not likely, but probably with my piss, if moonshine can overload an engine then my liquor drowned piss will keep your car running cross country, sell it to ya for 5$ a gallon, 1 gallon probably equalls 5 in this transaction with my alcoholic habit, deal?
If your piss can fuel an automobile you might wanna see a doctor. Or at least bottle that stuff. You are the goose with a golden bladder.
@@hhiippiittyy 5$ a gallon, how much you want
@@hhiippiittyy youll only need 1/3 as much of mine as you would gas, so good deal
@@jwn5
Ever have a mosquito bite you and then immediately die? I mean without having to squish it. Just chemically induced death. Overdose from your blood?
I put 24 litres of petrol in to my 2016 Diesel Astra CDTI and drove it for 2 hours without realising the wrong fuel was in it. Just kept topping up with Diesel and its been fine ever since. The car has since covered another 3500 miles/6000km.
Its just like a printer. Sometimes all is fine and sometimes it isnt and you don't know why.
not very bright are you.
Astraaaaaaaaa, magic cars do what they want, love my 1.4T
@@hamjazz nice call somebody dumb because they admitted to making a mistake. Cool move man
Still working?
2:33 I love how he puts that automatic gearbox into drive and the whole car juddered and moves like it’s been hit from behind 😂😂
Older automatics kinda do that sometimes
@@UnrealOG137 not every car does that. Some newer ones dont jolt.
@@UnrealOG137 Never seen an automatic do that
@@lukasg4807 older ones seem to do that. I got myself a 1993 Mercedes recently with an automatic transmission and it also does that (though not nearly as extreme)
I assume that's because it has a torque converter
Ok
99.9 pence per litre. Ahh I remember the good old days
TheDonBro Sadly I'm old enough to remember 55 pence per litre. When I first passed my test, aged 17, a fivers worth would last ages, and if I was feeling really flush I'd put a tenner in. Mind you, my first job paid an enormous £2.50 per hour.
I remember when it was 99.9 at the start of corona
@@lukeferguson9010 dropped low as fuck huh! Soon shit backup...
TheDonBro yep shell 1.17 and asda 107.9
Its 97 cent a liter in luxembourg
I did over 200 miles on half a tank of petrol in my 2007 Civic CDTI.
Only realised there was an issue when an engine management light came on (had been on holiday and hired a petrol).
Had it drained and put diesel in and it still runs fine. This was 3 years ago, 200k miles on the clock and still running sweetly.
They are awesome mines only recently been scrapped it covered 250k and went like the clappers
Its Honda its gonna take more than some crappy fuel to kill it. ruclips.net/video/zyejT4VPzlE/видео.html&ab_channel=carwow
Is it still going well?
Guys in colder weather often sprinkle 1-2 liters of petrol into their diesel while filling up, apparently it makes it start up and run easier during the cold.
Jon Bentley is one of my fave presenters. A man who just seems genuinely happy to be alive
he's happy driving a 1993 Astra, now that takes some doing.
Everything about him screams “Tory” though…
@@alanlappin6674 whats that
Why wasnt he hired to host the mew top gear ?
@@alanlappin6674 So?
A small amount of the wrong fuel causes few problems if you top the tank up with the correct one. I've made the mistake both ways in the past and simply switching to the correct pump and filling the vehicle was sufficient to eliminate any potential problem. In fact a mechanic I know who had around forty years experience told me that when he was younger, it was quite common to add petrol to diesel tanks to improve cold starting in the winter.
Me: “mum can we get a *Top Gear* ?”
Mum: “we have a *Top Gear* at home.”
The *Top Gear* at home:
almost funny.
Slim the top gear at home is the BBC’s new top gear
When you order Top Gear on wish or alibaba or any of those other overseas warehouse stores lol
Hahaha great comment
Gay
One time my grandpa had an employee who would steal gasoline out of his gas cans and put it in his car.. after my grandpa noticed he decided to fill the cans with diesel.. the next day the employee came to work all pissed with his car sputtering and blowing smoke.. good lesson learned there
And not just fire him? why?
To teach him a lesson.. also to catch him red handed because obviously he would never admit to it
He could have just put in a nice amount of sugar instead... then it would have really punish the thieving twat. In worst case, the engine would have been seriously damaged.
What is he gonna do? complain that there was something in a can he stole from?
Diesel did the trick though, so not that bad result in the end :)
Paddan sugar only gums up the fuel delivery
bleach works better if you want to permanently ruin an engine....
"If anything, it feels a bit quicker!"
So in conclusion don't buy a Tesla or a modern car. Buy an old diesel Vauxhall and fill it up with whatever you want it'll be fine.
manufacturer forget to list it as gas turbine car
@@chucknutly3290 tequila will do and it’s cheaper than diesel nowadays.
@@chucknutly3290 i want to see how u fuel a Tesla with diesel or something similar. Good comparison
@@MrDoitfrombehind Ok
A very educational video. I always heard that putting the wrong type of fuel into a vehicle is bad, but I never knew exactly what would happen. Just that it would cause irreparable damage to the car.
yeah as you can see it's all fun and games till the engine figures it out and gets upset about it🤣
I'm amazed we've never seen this guy on any other car shows. He's so charismatic.
cartoonish more like
I saw him in an art gallery a few years ago
Face for radio
He doesn’t do videos anymore because his eyebrows took over his face and he can no longer see.
He puts a heavy dose of awkward into the stereotype of "awkward tall English dude" 😂
Diesel nozzles are wider and “require a really hard push to get it in”
I can see why men are more likely to do that
And how many women say if only?
@@electric7487 Sadly you don't get it.
It's also color coded usually green for diesel and black for gas/petrol and blue for ethanol free gas least in the USA. Also there's a label on the pump 😂
@@TheCowboy4000 it’s the opposite in the uk
Men are more likely to do it because probably they are more likely to use the pump maybe? Unless they have the data of how many women and men use the pump in general to have a normalized statistic. But I don't think they have it.
Now, since you're at an airport, try putting jet fuel into one of those cars.
Jet fule is pretty much disel fule
Jet A is comparable to Kersosene, AKA a high grade Diesel fuel.
putting some jet A1 in a diesel engine can be a good thing, many people (including myself) do it to clean the injectors, just burns a bit hotter than diesel.
but does it melt steel beams?
The Emerald Apple omg 😂
Now do this with an electric car.
What if you put Vin Diesel into a petrol car?
+Eck he'll wreck your tiers
+Eck You will go neither Fast or Furious :)
+Eck Then your car turns in to an action movie with integrity.
there will be a bank robbery
+akhmad salahudin the car will wheelie at a stop sign..
I’m so glad there are people like this out there who are willing to do thousands of dollars in damage and repair costs to cars and other machinery just to see what happens for people like me who always wonder, what would happen? 🤔
The Astra and Escort probably only costed 80 quid each
I wish I had this information when This happened to me once...
I paid 200$ to pump out the tank.
So this is more than just childplay.it’s actually quite helpful and worth the risk.
I'd rather wonder than actually try it 😂
Im one!
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Car: i need some petrol
Driver: no
Car: *hiccups angrily*
car: give me diesel
dude: no , heres some petrol
car:æügh
@@luisferreira6617 æügh is a masterpiece
POV: u see this video in 2022 and miss the old prices 0:38
I once put Redbull into my car, still can't find it
Is it one of those flying cars, by any chance?
@@WildNorWester I'd say it most likely is now, since Red Bull gives you wings.
Try checking the airport because Red Bull gave it wings
It went to thailand, fucked a couple whores and died from overdose..
Where? In the cup holder?
I accidently put coal in my diesel train once.
you mean your diesel Electric 😋
+Queensland rail rail fan or Jacob Johnson I put coal into an electric oven
+Queensland rail rail fan or Jacob Johnson try plugging in a coal train.
Lol
same your not alone
I put 1/3 tank of petrol in my old Peugeot 306 TD years ago. I realised, so paid for the petrol then filled up 2/3 with diesel and paid for that... I the drove 31 miles home on it, no fuss.
Some month later I ran it on vegetable oil cut with 50% diesel. That went fine too !
+Lewis72 drive with smell of crisps... :)
+Lewis72 I put 1/4 of a tank of petrol in a 2003 VW Passat and filled the rest up with diesel. I didn't have any issues for the next 100 odd miles on the motorway but when I pulled off the motorway the engine died and wouldn't start again. I had to call the AA and they came, drained the system, put some petrol in and I was good to go again.
+Zbyněk Pavelek
Crisps?
I thought this was Merica ya commies
+Lewis72 Dude try WATER!
+Zbyněk Pavelek mmmmmmm...
I once did it , through my own stupidity born of LACK of ATTENTION . BUT I managed some 20 miles before coming to a shuddering halt - luckily outside a garage ! However , I still had to ring to be rescued whilst the garage kindly accepted my car - to drain , swill out and repair which took a couple of days simply because of their ongoing work and commitments . I will forever remain grateful to them for their help , their laughter , the deserved and humorous teasing and their kindness , not to mention their technical excellence !
1:39 Not to be viewed by children under 18...
My mind has been corrupted :|
I’d be surprised if I met any children over 18 haha
Oh my god
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
*_not to be viewed by dirty minded people_*
Love how it ran straight into the tester to start the car again like some crazy scientist with his assistant.
Yeah he has some Doc Brown vibes, absolutely love it
That tester wasn't paying attention lol. He was clearly trying to get by.
@@robertdevald Exactly what I thought too!
Those old diesel motors can run forever, you don't get tat reliability with modern diesels.
+Laurynas S. I heard of Astras with 600.000 km
Phil Rauchi Yea and old diesel mercs with over 1 mil km.
Laurynas S. Some Trucks get up 2 mil :D
***** Nothing better than that
***** Have you ever seen Lotus Omega?
I have a JDM Hilux surf in north America. I was filling it up at the pump and some guy yelled at me that I had the diesel nozzle. I shrugged, kept pumping, and asked what the difference was. Should have seen the look on his face.
Wow, that’s really cool! But that guy probably thought your car was a 4Runner, all of which take gas
@@electricalinput5999 yes that's what he thought, and I let him think I was filling a 4Runner up with diesel.
You see old bangers going down the street and you always think they're about to fall to bits, but the reason they're even still here in the first place is _because_ of how strong and robust they truly are.
My 1998 Ka is still going strong
This is actually a variation of what is known as the doomsday argument - if you have something of unknown lifespan, the longer it has lived so far, the longer its expected lifespan starting from now is. So for instance if you have an a radioactive atom, and you don't know its half-life, but it has already existed for a thousand years, that eliminates the possibility that its half-life is 10 years or less, and you would expect it to last hundreds of years longer at least. But if you have an atom that was synthesized 2 seconds ago, there's a good chance its half-life is a year, or a month, or a day, or 30 seconds, and it's far more likely to decay in the near future. The expected lifespan in such a case is always comparable to the time it has existed so far.
@@FrecklesAviation Kia?
@@russianinvader3207 ford ka
L pfp
Once I put Electricity in my Hydrogen Mercedes once. I now lack eyebrows
who needs eyebrows anyway
Mk Ultra if you dont want sweat in your eyes
oh wow is that what they are for? I thought they were mainly for frowning?
Nicolas Henshilwood 😂😂😂😂😂 made my day 😂😂😂😂
Nicolas Henshilwood lol
When that Astra was given petrol, it suddenly felt like during its younger years.
It's was on crack and felt as of it was on clouds
Until the after effects of drugs kicked in.
I put £10 of petrol in my old diesel Mondeo, the remedy is to then put 3x the amount of diesel in to dilute the petrol.
So in went £30 of diesel, costing me £40 all in but the engine never coughed once and ran perfectly well for another 5 years!
Fellow Americans, here is a British to American English transition guide for vehicles.
Bonnet - Hood
Petrol - Gas
Lorry - Truck
Aluminium - Aluminum
Boot - Trunk
Saloon - Sedan
Estate - Station Wagon
Silencer - Muffler
Windscreen - Windshield
Fascia - Dashboard
Damper - Shock Absorber
American words are like those you would teach a toddler, quite fitting seen as both have similar IQ.
I need some clarification you had put lorry as truck and boot also as truck so they considered the same?
Thanks dude, greets from Boston 👍
Gas also means Accelarator funnily enough, I remember my old driving instructor (who was from the USA) saying "Gas! Gas! Gas!"
Dcc357 I already know from watching top gear but now I stopped
Fifth Gear,
Practicle Advice
Top Gear,
Imagine if you had money
nigga, ya down with da hood banging like that? Put a cow head in da trunk yao.
WHAT
the dislikers have done this in real life
+Mulkyan Muda fuk u bic! i du dis all deh tahm! Mi hondra civric 1.treeL engine mak 802Brakefluid Diesel Race fuel vtec Horsepower.. Race me boi!
+buk lau iniit doe?
Mulkyan, the dislikers has the same black eyes like him.
+Mulkyan I disliked because he doesn't even know to stomp the gas pedal if the engine isn't starting.
I do believe he is having an ironic joke at your expense. Unfortunately it seems to have gone over your heads. You see, there is a subculture of people in the UK who actually talk like that and they usually drive a Honda Civic and are from an Indian background. A translation if you will: "Fuck you bitch! I do this all the time. My honda civic 1.3 litre . Horsepower! Race me boy!"
Fun fact: the more you drive, the more often you fuel up at a gas station ..
6:45 Passes the VW tests comfortably
Mercedes*
I stopped reporting excessive black smoke from the Stagecoach buses made by MAN (owned by Volkswagen) because of the emissions scandal, as Volkswagen owns MAN it's likely they were using cheat devices that detect test conditions, so when the reported vehicle was tested the cheat device would detect test conditions so they would find nothing wrong...
While on holiday last year, in Germany, towing our caravan, I managed to put a full tank of petrol into my VW Passat 2.0TDi (2014 plate). I noticed on the return to the campsite (about 7 miles) it started 'stuttering' at low throttle, but seemed OK. BUT the next morning the engine just wouldn't start at all! It was then that I realised my mistake. I was able to get a local garage to drain the tank and flush the fuel system and then fill it up with diesel. It was completely fine afterwards and never let me down or showed any sign of problems since.
Jonathan.
Did the same with my 1990 Astra, like in the video just drained it myself and filled with diesel and apart a bit of blue smoke for 30 mils no ill effect. I gradually used the contaminated petrol in my wife's car at a few litres per tankful.
@@JoolsTwo I did it just yesterday. Put about a litre and a half of unleaded petrol in my diesel ute before I realized and then changed over to the diesel pump. No issues at all. The cashier later told me that not a day goes by without someone filling their car with the wrong fuel.
Jonathan.
Did the same in Frankfurt many years ago. Drove the car on the autobahn for an hour with the engine no happy. It died on the first light after exiting. Car returned to the renting company: “here is the keys, I parked on the grass in front of the airport”. They charged 250 USD extra for that but I did not lose the flight. Even after taking full insurance coverage from them they charged me extra for the mistake. State of the diesel VW Golf after drinking gas: unknown.
Also they should redesign the nozzles into different shapes, not sizes like petrol should be a 5 star nozzle and diesel should be a square for example
Good idea.
Or we can rely on the idiots to keep providing work to mechanics and parts manufacturers.
Lol your a joke kid^^^
diesel nozzles are bigger than petrol ones. and thus will not fit into a petrol
diseil nozzles rectangle and gas regular
I put 5l of petrol in a diesel car. 2l engine Dacia Logan MCV from 2014. After my mistake I put another 55 litres or so of diesel on top of that. The mix was around 90% diesel 10% petrol and I had no problem at all. This was in 2018 and even now the car of fine. But I learned my lesson.
7:26 close your eyes
Wtf is going on ? Lol
😂😂😂😂😂
“Ohh I don’t like it!”
And ears
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Diesel engines will run on almost anything. The very first diesel engine ran on peanut oil.
some cars can use oliveoil as fuel.
They wont. A diesel engine will break almost imediatly when you give them normal gas, and starting it :) An otto engine will survive fueling it diesel, it will of course not run properly.
Try again. Gas will dry out the fuel lines, and too much just causes the car to not run since diesels work on compression.
Cheers for that, I just found out fanta doesn't work!
plus you guys know that they add petrol to diesel to make it useable in winter
Old cars have a simplistic beauty about them. They can take a bateering and can last for ages. New cars just don't have that sturdiness!
+Nick Cooper My RamboGuieney (mad in chena) Mak vedy good diesel + unleaded powar! vedy fas wone! super duper carh!
+buk lau Dude stop, you're trying too hard and it turns out to be no fun :/
+buk lau you're a disgrace
+Nick Cooper yeah newer cars have much much thinner paint too
+ThizzFox Well that escalated quickly...
Last January I made the same mistake with my 2010 VW Crafter. Drove for 4-5 km, before I noticed black smoke and the car started "kicking". Lucky there was a parking area around. Had to take out 40L of gasoline with a plastic tube using my mouth every 2 litres. Vomited and had the gasoline taste in my mouth for a couple of days. The car was ok, toped what was left in the tank with diesel and after 10-15 tries it finally started. Had to change the fuel filter 2 times and sold the gas for a 3rd of the price to a farmer, but outside of that didn't have a problem with it.
I had the exact experience with my JGC. Fuel Attendant filled it with petrol and I just paid and drove off. Needless to say hardly a kilometer the car had some issues returned to them and they drained and put in diesel. Six months later all sorts of problems occured. Injectors failed (overfueling), pressure pump failed, three glow plugs melted into the cylinders and then there was fuel dillusion and blowby. It was a disaster.
jgc?
Should've sued
@@flisko123 Jeep Grand Cherokee maybe? I have an '07 diesel Grand Cherokee; has the Mercedes 3.0 CRD turbo diesel. I always worry about accidentally putting petrol in it.
When I was a kid, I filled up the car for my folks and it would not run after that. Of course, at 6 years old, I had not idea the difference between water and gasoline (petrol). My folks forgave me one or tow years ago. Only took 50 years...
david beckenbaugh WATER? Lol....
I did that too! I remember thinking to myself "Why does mummy go to that place (Petrol station), I can just do that here for her"
Chiller Bros Could not have said that better myself. Glad i am not the only one. Have your folks forgiven you yet?
Chiller Bros hehehe, I guess that's how you distinguish an intelligent child from a future McDonalds worker
Sorry M8 Never been around five year olds, have you?
what if I put diesel into my Tesla...
Steve Shubrutski last time i did that the mechanic told me i need it to get a new electricity pump bcs mine wasn't putting enough pressure
Steve Shubrutski isn't tesla electric?
Omega 3370 Thatsthejoke.jpg
Omega 3370 ...the "state the obvious award" goes to.... this guy.
Steve Shubrutski have no effect since it sucks either way
Actually, putting petrol into a Diesel car is no big thing, if you realise your mistake after 5 l or so. In countries with colder winters (i.e. Alps or Nordic countries), they used to sell "Winter-Diesel" in winter-time, since the petrol content ensured that your fuel didn't freeze up (or become some sort of seemy-fried "slush"). Back in the 1990s I accidentally put some 5l of petrol into my Diesel car (with a 40 l tank) and the petrol-station operator told me: "Don't worry, just top it up with petrol and you will be fine" - of course subjecting the Astra to a drive with "pure petrol" was a bit brutal and should actually have been sanctioned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Cars (RSPC), if there was such an organisation...
Old diesels would run on anything from cooking oil to central heating oil and any mixture thereof.
You could always tell which restaurant the owner got their used cooking oil from too when you were following a diesel.
When you have an old diesel, during winter time you can add some petrol to the tank to make it start easier during the cold, as I've been told.
+Niepi Truckers used to do this years ago to stop the diesel from freezing. Modern diesel has additives to stop it from freezing so this is no longer necessary.
Thanks, that was it.
+Niepi got a pre heater in the tank. and i run it on selfmade biodiesel
+Niepi they used to shoot starter fluid (ether) into the intake too. the problem is that diesel fuel increases in viscosity dramatically in cold temperatures. A lot of diesels have a heater you can plug in to keep the tank warm. I've been told that starter fluid creates a dependency with the engine over time to the point where it won't start without fluid. I don't know how true that is but I'm betting its not good for the engines in the long term.
+Niepi I've heard this as well, people putting some gas in their semi trucks to warm the engine up for winter
Plot twist: goes to get the wrong fuel, messes up and gets the right fuel.
One of the shittest plot twists I’ve ever read
@@tyson7004 guess you won't like "knifes out" then
My first form of personal transportation was a BSA 650 with a sidecar. I used to run it on the farm Fergie TVO (tractor vaporising oil). It was a pig to start but if I parked on a hill it bumpstarted and ran just fine.
I love this man, he has such a kind face and his eyebrows are awesome! I just want him to dress up as an owl and read me bedtime stories with his witty and pure narration.
Wtf....??
Cowboy Animal fruity don
@@bingbong5852 Ah nah, nohomo, just a child-like fascination. He could read mein kampf for all I care, on the tv screen, while I nap on the couch.
Cowboy Animal lol
Cowboy Animal idk but I agree
in Italy till 20 years ago was difficult to find winter diesel, so when you went on mountain at really cold temperature was usual to put a 20% gasoline as anti-freeze, nothing happens you only pay a bit more, putting diesel in a gasoline car instead give a lot of problem of ignition and destroy the catalytic converter
I am VERY glad someone has put one of these automotive myths to rest. My father was an automotive mechanic for over 30 years, and he used diesel, (in small amounts), to clean carbon deposits out of a gasoline, (petrol to you Brits), engine. He trickled it into the carburetor while the car was running, and it did the trick. The Wynn company at one time sold a product they called Wynn's Tuneup. It was one half pint of diesel in a small can, (it sold for $2.00 a can at a time diesel was going for $0.15 a gallon). You put it into a full fuel tank, and it helped remove carbon deposits. Water will do the same thing, but you must slowly trickle a pint or less through the carburetor while the engine is running, (just like my father did with diesel). With all of the sensors on modern cars, I don't know if the master computer would let the engine run under these conditions, but it works fine on older cars with carburetors and analog, (mechanical), ignitions.
PS: Any professional mechanic who tells you that you MUST replace the entire fuel system because of mixed diesel and gasoline is a crook and you should have nothing more to do with them.
A pint of Petrol (Gasoline) in 10 gallons of diseiel used to be used as an anti waxing mix in the cold. Though I have a couple of 1944 Dodges with T214 side valve engines, as an old guy said to me 'Son, if you've had a heavy night. You can pee in the tank it will run'.
True same in Russia @@51WCDodge
@@nickacelvn The other thing I used to do was bury cans of disiel in the farm manure pile in cold weather :-) Hey it worked!
Here in the US, we have a Gasoline/Diesel/Oil additive called Marvel Mystery Oil. It's mostly diesel, and did a fantastic job on my truck. Theres lots of other good brands too, but I bet just plain diesel works great.
Almost all motoscooters we had in Italy in the 80s/90s ran on a mix of 95% gasoline and 5% oil. I have seen people using all sort of oil in there, from proper ones to diesel, from rapeseed oil to frying oil. The engines are essentially small 50cc gasoline engines, and oil served as a lubricant from the inside. So, I am sure that a gasoline engine can run on a mix of gas and diesel, even if I am surprised that it ran as well as in the video. My guess is that the diesel mixed itself with the remaining bit of gasoline in the tank, so the gasoline was still igniting properly, raising the temperature and allowing the diesel to explode too. You lose power like that, but I see it working and it shouldn't be lethal for the engine.
It would be interesting to see what happens within the tank. Like half of each do they mix or separate. This will affect whether you can drain the system and get most of it out.
They will mix very well - petrol will act as the solvent to the diesel oil. No different to putting a heavier 2 stroke oil into petrol for your 2 stroke bike/outboard/etc.
They are both by products of crude oil and similarly other by products like kerosene will also mix very well, so adding more of the right fuel will reduce the ratio of wrong fuel in.
Diesel engines can run on a wide range of fuels because the fuel is injected into a hot chamber and under lots of pressure (compression) which also heats the mixture further aiding ignition.
Fun fact, when Rudolf Diesel was inventing the diesel engine, he tried both petrol and kerosene, in addition to lots of other petroleum by-products because crude oil was too thick, so his early engines ran on petrol.
More fun fact, jet engines can run on diesel (rather than kerosene) but don't because diesel isn't as well suited to temperature extremes as kerosene.
Try some in a cup.
@@astrawally8448 Jet A1 freezing point is -47 deg C, diesel is -15 deg C. Petrol is -60 deg C.
I must be too honest, over the 30 years that I repaired cars professionally, I just drained the tanks, drained carbs or lines, or cracked the injectors(which ever way around it was) and sent them on their way. Never had a problem. Too many mechanics rip off people, assholes.
I think plumbers deserve to be named seperately in that as well. Especially when your toilet is clogged.
I know another one: locksmiths. When you locked yourself out of your house.
Even when they do their job well they just charge ridiculous prices because they know you don't want to stay outside. (or be unable to use the toilet)
On the other hand. When I have something to be done in my house, I serve coffee and if it is a longer job, a bite to eat in the mid day. Most people are to cheap to even offer some water.
Funny thing is. If they refuse, you are more likely to get ripped off.
I feel better after reading these comments, I thought it was just me, I have endless problems with builders, garages, plumbers.. etc. Many "think" they are experts but most are just average at best. I've concluded, if I can contact them, they will be the run-of-the-mill traders.
Mark Mark - I've tried to explain to loads of people how important it is to find a mechanic that you trust but few seem to listen. I put petrol into my diesel (Ford Mondeo) once, then drove it for about 10 miles before it finally spluttered to a halt. I phoned my mechanic (it was Saturday and i was en route to work) and the next day he towed the car back to his house, drained it, cleaned some things out, put some fuel in it and then drove it back to my house. Cost = £100 (and a crate of beer to say thanks).
Sadly he's no longer with us. John Sparrow his name was. Probably drunk himself to death on free alcohol 😉
Locksmiths are the worst.
The other day I saw a woman trying to fill a tesla with gasoline at the gas station
was she a busty blonde?
I saw that viral video too
@@me-st7pj
Not busy, but blonde. It's on RUclips. Showed up in my recommended yesterday.
ruclips.net/video/P47zjQ_p2kI/видео.html
@@tobbebergman7583 wow isaw one in person too so they are every where lol
I drove diesel cars for years --- had a passion for them. I found that adding one-quart of gasoline to each tank of diesel did wonders for stopping the cold-weather gelling of diesel fuel.
VW actually recommends up to 25% gasoline for the Diesel Rabbits I have for cold climates.
Is this for real?
@@JanLukaKuka Yes, it you live in an area that has cold weather and diesel gelling problems, gasoline can help keep it for freezing. In my case with 1980's diesel VW Rabbits, the owners manual states I can use a 25% gasoline mix, a 50% kerosene mix, or straight #1 fuel oil. I would bet those wouldn't be recommended for today's diesel vehicles, you would have to check. Some people have also run their diesel engines on various used oils such as discarded deep fryer oil.
@@JanLukaKuka nowadays there are proper diesel antifreeze/antigel agents that are not too expensive. Those are your best bet now, they're fairly cheap.
Modern diesel engines have much lower limits for gasoline concentrations
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you literally cant kill a old cars engine but new one breaks whitout even putting wrong gasoline in it
Old ones have carburetors and Not very many plastic parts.
You only have to press the key fob and a new car just crumbles before your eyes.
I farted at my 2017 diesel engine, it coughed and died.
@@grotekleum Don't know what crap you drive but the majority of new cars will last 20-30 years easy..
new emission laws and other stuff have made newer engines much too overcomplicated to last long without hiccups. The overcomplication also makes it so damn expensive to let it get repaired.
99p per litre bring back them prices
robert walker the only thing I paid attention to
we did have those prices not that long ago, but they've gone back up again.
The prices should be at 99p as the Saudi's have halved their oil prices. Yet would the Government pass on those savings. No because it's easy money for the government. In fact without govt real price of fuel should be around 18p.
yeh true, we are still taxed twice for the same product, even a fuel duty freeze is not enough now.
thats what he is saying LMAO state the obvious
The answer is to simply make nozzles/fuel filler holes incompatible. As the video says, manufacturers are already doing this to an extent. They simply need to do it more effectively. Why not change the shape of the nozzle e.g. make the petrol or diesel nozzle (it doesn't matter which) square instead of round? It ain't rocket science!
mikelheron20 the manufacturers will have to recall millions of cars after they do that change!
Waheeb Amir Nonsense. If you have an old model you simply get an adaptor. It ain't rocket surgery!
Pumps are round as it is a reduced risk of an electric discharge flash and the resulting fire also creating a better contact with metal work on car to create a common earth between car, pump and person holding the pump and a better seal creates a suction for the vapour recovery/auto shut off system in the nozzle. Petrol pump cant be made bigger or smaller as they are at there safest size to flow rate so vapour holding systems in car dont cause a blockage and let the excess fuel to fill the neck and poor on the floor. Diesel pump wasnt even made bigger to stop misfuelling, it just has a higher flow rate as LGV have tanks from 3-6 times the size of a car and can fill the tanks quicker.
mikelheron20 some idiot would probably manage to screw it up anyway
greveeen I agree but we don't have to make it easy for them.
Thanks for an entertaining as well as an educational video. I must say it's really refreshing to hear more familiar terminology like petrol and garage as opposed to gas, gasoline and gas station (I speak South African English which is very close to UK Eng)
I had the same problem. Petrol in my diesel car. Only 8 liters. A specialist called 380€ to clean the tank.
Luckely a mechanic told me just fill the tank to the top with diesel, so i´ve got "winter-diesel".
now, 6 months later, my car still runs well. saved alot of money.
This guy is a million times better than Chris Evans.
+homechu lvl 31 you know chris evans, the guy who plays captain america.
New Top Gear sux
Nullik
Nullik yeaaaa sure
The BBC are twats.
Presumably with modern diesels putting petrol in would be a whole lot worse.
+Ben Wright In Volkswagens, the high pressure fuel pump grenades and sends metal into the tank and up to the injectors. An $11,000 fix and it WILL happen if you misfuel with any amount, even the smallest.
I was in an 04-plate Ford Galaxy (same as the Sharan) with the 1.9 Volkswagen TDi engine when it had a bit of petrol put in it by accident and then filled up with diesel, and it ran fine on the mixture.
***** The 1.9's won't be affected. The 2.0L;s certainly will
Just as well really, this happened back in 2008 so car was only 4 years old!
+Ben Wright I know someone who totaled a brand new 2016 $80,000 Dodge truck by putting gas in it and running it for over 30 miles. Need less to say there was many holes in the manifold and exhaust afterwards, and the engine was ruined to the point where it would cost more to fix it then get a new truck.
Netflix : Are you still watching?
Someone's daughter : 1:39
It's a hard push to get it in...
That's what she said!!
+themilksnatcher She told me it was like throwing a sausage up the M5
who's she? your daughter? D:
Even a salami isn't going to have much effect on the M5. This says more about the, er, "M5" than it does about the salami. ;-)
Sup3rSaiy3n Thats what she said...😉
I once ran out of fuel in my (gasoline) 1994 VW Jetta. Out of desperation, I decided to try pouring a bottle of acetone I happened to have on hand into the tank. I’m sure it was also diluting what was left of the gas in the tank, but it started up, I got it to a station, and despite many warnings from mechanics and friends, my fuel lines never dissolved and fell off!
I once put 10Lpetrol in my 2008 diesel Captiva/ Didnt start the car. Towed it to garage. I was advised to top up the rest >60litre tank with deisel and to top up again at half tank. All good. This was a couple of years back.
yeah did the same on an opel vivaro last summer in my summertime job. When the ratio of petrol/diesel is less than 1/6 or something like that the lubricative attributes of the fuel is only slightly worse than normally. It might shorten the lifespan of the car a bit, but all in all only a little harm was done. Also the combustion of petrol is a bit more violent than diesel which also damages the engine a bit.
Are u a aussie
I once accidently put RC toy car fuel into my airbus a380. Even got some additional milage because of it.
+Subuwiller The mix is more close to 50/50 to be able to make it run. Also the combustion of diesel is more violent than petrol, it is done in way higher compression ratios and that's why in general the engines are more robust/heavier, so that won't damage the engine
Good comment have done the same
You can put a few liters of petrol in a common rail diesel and it will be fine as long as you fill the tank up with diesel. In the colder parts of the world they mix petrol in with diesel to stop it freezing basically.
10pm at night I put 15 litres of petrol in my old Astra van by mistake. Called a friend who said Don't Start it. He turned up with a lengthy piece of hose which he forced into the tank and sucked hard . We got most of it out then I filled it up with diesel. Lots of white smoke but it started because it still had diesel in the injectors. Kept the revs up and had a shaky 70 mile run home.
frank barthel Wow. He must have been thirsty!
Any damage to the engine?
@@Twitty00700 No but his mate is doing 68mpg
@@David-xp7sr XD
"even though it's a really hard push to get it in, over 20000 people make this mistake every year"
0:26 - look at the fuel price back then 😭😭😭
It might seem crazy what im about to say
In the U.S., if you take a car to a mechanic for a minor issue- they suddenly "find" all sorts of other things. Then they charge you an arm and a leg to do shoddy work.
I learned how to do all my own mechanic work at an early age.
Advice: Put petrol in a petrol car. Diesel in a diesel car. That'll work.
But what about dual fuel cars? Fucked if I can find any pumps at my local fuel stop that read dual fuel.........
Isn't that medium?
Aye, but how boring is that?
In the US there really aren't any diesel cars at all. Well, except that failed 80s GM experiment.
Phew, rules;what are they good for?
"Besides than my car is spitting hot fire, everything is fine"
Saying hot fire is like say wet water hahaha
At least it wasn't cold fire, that stuff is bad
pieces of piston
...and unleaded is currently the same price!
+MrCube17 I was JUST thinking that! When was this episode originally shown?
Must've been 8 years ago I reckon?
I'll have to dig up the exact date but it was aired in 2006 IIRC
+Burger Van Dreamz its 99p where I am in the south.
It's 99.7p in Tesco and Morrisons around London today!
I always laughed at the people who did this. I thought ''how can you possibly fill it with the wrong fuel''? Then, last week I was in the rush (not in my car) and i stopped for fuel. I started pouring petrol into Volvo V 50 2.0 diesel. Luckily, I realised it immediatelly and i stopped after 2 seconds, but still I put about 1liter of petrol into the diesel. Luckily my Volvo wasn't empty (it had around 10 liters of diesel) so I filled my tank with diesel to the top. Nothing happened and I hope 60 liters of diesel will destroy 1 liter of petrol. I don't think there will be damage for the fuel pump and other things. But that's only 1 liter. If I had poured 5 liters, I would have called towing truck and went for the mechanic without starting the engine.
why not just make the shape of a nozzle different ? for example:
petrol shape like a square
diesel shape like a triangle
and also make the shape of little circular thing at the back of the car (dont know the name) shaped for that specific fuel.
The thing about fuel nozzles is they are *very* specialised for what they do. Things like corners or errant shapes can create an enormous potential for static electricity, which in turn means boom boom with fuel stations. So yes, I'm sure it's doable, but the cost involved in making and deploying reliably safe designs are far beyond anything a fuel company cares to make. After all, wrong fuel in your engine doesn't lose them any profit.
damn u better buy the patent
Or people could just not be semi-retarded
You mean like every new iPhone charger?
Diesel ones are bigger than petrol nozzles as non fuel injected diesel cars don't mind a bit of petrol
My old 1994 mercedes diesel managed to get filled by my wife and son with petrol on 2 separate occasions. Flushed fuel. Started first time both times. No evidence of any lasting damage. This was 60k miles ago. They were properly built then.
I once accidently put about 15 L petrol into my diesel, before I noticed my idiocy, then topped the tank up with diesel (ca 30L). It ran okay afterwards. Reality check a bit of petrol in a diesel is okayish, but not the other way round.
You had perhaps 25% petrol in your diesel car (assuming a 60L tank), so a tad more than a "bit of petrol in a diesel".
Other way around is OK to a point as shown in this video, but the engine will start to foul up the plugs as there isn't enough combustion pressure to burn the diesel thoroughly. Over time doing this will likely result in a very carboned up engine.
Consider that a two stroke mower has 4-5% oil, which is considerably more viscous (thick) than diesel, mixed in for lubrication and not for burning. Ditto high revving two strokes which seem to do very well with substantial amounts of oil e.g. castor oil @ 16:1
I’ve lived my entire life in crippling fear of doing this since as a child I was warned by my dad that it would completely blow up your car and you’d basically need to replace the entire thing.
I knew someone who had this misfortune with a rental car in Japan. The fuel pumps are not marked in English and not color coded, and he managed to find a self-serve one and ended up pumping a full tank of diesel into the rental with a petrol engine... it didn't even get out of the station =(
+fabulousprofound what happaned next?
+Tiago Mano he called the rental agency and they sent a flatbed with a replacement vehicle on it and they swapped cars, but the language barrier made things difficult. the rental company later charged his credit card for the repair costs (i don't remember how much it was).
+fabulousprofound I did this to a passat in germany. Diesel on a petrol engine... It started rattling like crazy but we stopped as soon as it started... cost us 400 euro to empty the tank :/ shit happens.
+fabulousprofound Just a tip for situations like that, look at the tacho and look for the redline, if its under something like 5500 to 5000 then its a diesel and over its a petrol.
+Cold_Fox89 Or just listen to the engine. Petrol cars have a smoother feel to them when driving too (in my experience at least)
A friend of mine accidentally filled 3 liters of petrol in my diesel, after which i topped it with 10 liters of diesel. Ran good when leaving the gas station, after 2 hour drive, let it sit for ~30 minutes and it didnt want to start so good. Had to pump the pedal and let off quite a bit of smoke, after which it started without any issues.
Update: two days later, it refused to start after topping up with diesel. Injection pump got toasted.
Old Top Gear > Fifth Gear > Dogshit > New Top Gear
fifth gear is shit
Grand tour>
Coltallic Grand Tour is good so far tho
Coltallic old top gear>fifth gear>The grand tour>dogshit>new top gear
eyj 5280 Well the three stooges are back anyway!