Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Search the maintenance guides for answers to 99.999% of Omega questions

Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Doubting myself  (Read 1453 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107162
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Doubting myself
« on: 13 December 2009, 19:08:29 »
Just come back from petrol station after putting in a minimal amount of fuel (my company has some scam/loophole for claiming VAT back on the milage I claim when I go to site, even though the customer pays 100% for it; I disagree with this, as its wrong, so they get one for the minimum delivery of 2l), and now I stink of diesel.

Now I know you have to be a numpty to stick diesel in a petrol car, and even more of a numpty to get a diesel nozzle in a modern petrol filler, but I'm doubting myself.  Even Mrs TB says I stink of diesel......
Logged
Grumpy old man

hotel21

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • The Kingdom of Fife
  • Posts: 13021
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #1 on: 13 December 2009, 19:09:53 »
How empty was it when you refilled?
Logged

Lizzie_Zoom

  • Guest
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #2 on: 13 December 2009, 19:10:56 »
Quote
Just come back from petrol station after putting in a minimal amount of fuel (my company has some scam/loophole for claiming VAT back on the milage I claim when I go to site, even though the customer pays 100% for it; I disagree with this, as its wrong, so they get one for the minimum delivery of 2l), and now I stink of diesel.

Now I know you have to be a numpty to stick diesel in a petrol car, and even more of a numpty to get a diesel nozzle in a modern petrol filler, but I'm doubting myself.  Even Mrs TB says I stink of diesel......

Oh dear TB!  It can as does happen everyday to someone somewhere, like with a friend of mine, and today you could be that someone! :( :(

Start draining the tank!! ::) ::) ::) ;) ;)
Logged

Jimbob

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Chester / Flintshire
  • Posts: 24530
  • I like traffic lights, but only when they're green
    • E250 Est / Golf GTI
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #3 on: 13 December 2009, 19:11:11 »
Wouldnt worry to much...

Father in laws V6 cav ran remarkably well on petrol / diesel mix  ;D

on more than one occasion  ::)
Logged

Varche

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • middle of Andalucia
  • Posts: 14032
  • What is going to break next?
    • Golf Estate
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #4 on: 13 December 2009, 19:14:03 »
have you still got the receipt? perhaps you can work out from that.

Varche
Logged
The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have started asking humans to prove that they aren’t a robot.

STMO999

  • Guest
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #5 on: 13 December 2009, 19:14:24 »
Take it for a run. You'll soon know one way or the other.

Dont go too far though.......2L......
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107162
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #6 on: 13 December 2009, 19:14:57 »
Quote
How empty was it when you refilled?
Errr, the light was flashing, and the range said 0 miles.  But then it frequently does ::)
Logged
Grumpy old man

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107162
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #7 on: 13 December 2009, 19:15:45 »
Quote
Take it for a run. You'll soon know one way or the other.

Dont go too far though.......2L......
Should get me as far as Banbury, petrol cheaper there (110.9p unleaded here :()
Logged
Grumpy old man

hotel21

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • The Kingdom of Fife
  • Posts: 13021
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #8 on: 13 December 2009, 19:16:54 »
Quote
Quote
How empty was it when you refilled?
Errr, the light was flashing, and the range said 0 miles.  But then it frequently does ::)

If it drove home without issue then its probably OK to drive back to the nearest (not the cheapest) garage and fill it properly and dilute it to the max...
Logged

tunnie

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Surrey
  • Posts: 37593
    • Zafira Tourer & BMW 435i
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #9 on: 13 December 2009, 19:17:43 »
get a Vat receipt?
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107162
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #10 on: 13 December 2009, 19:20:20 »
Quote
Quote
Quote
How empty was it when you refilled?
Errr, the light was flashing, and the range said 0 miles.  But then it frequently does ::)

If it drove home without issue then its probably OK to drive back to the nearest (not the cheapest) garage and fill it properly and dilute it to the max...
I'm that convinced I'm not so daft as to misfuel, I will drive to Banbury in the morning ;).

People in Milton Keynes - an area well reknown for having more than its fair share of stupid people - have a special van that drives around to repair misfuelling.  Always see it at petrol stations there, helping out some idiot with a negative IQ
Logged
Grumpy old man

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107162
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #11 on: 13 December 2009, 19:20:45 »
gonna check the receipt, good idea varche :y
Logged
Grumpy old man

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107162
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #12 on: 13 December 2009, 19:25:59 »
Receipt says UNLEADED. So assuming the incredibly astute, intelligent people at the local Brackley BP are clever enough to get the right fuel in the right tanks, I should be safe.


Thats a big IF!!
Logged
Grumpy old man

tunnie

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Surrey
  • Posts: 37593
    • Zafira Tourer & BMW 435i
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #13 on: 13 December 2009, 19:26:58 »
Quote
Receipt says UNLEADED. So assuming the incredibly astute, intelligent people at the local Brackley BP are clever enough to get the right fuel in the right tanks, I should be safe.


Thats a big IF!!

They have enough trouble finding the button to authorise the pump  >:(
Logged

Entwood

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • North Wiltshire
  • Posts: 19566
  • My Old 3.2 V6 Elite (LPG)
    • Audi A6 Allroad 3.0 DTI
    • View Profile
Re: Doubting myself
« Reply #14 on: 13 December 2009, 19:29:23 »
The smell of diesel might well be from your shoes ???  If some numpty has spilt some and not cleaned up ???  Diesel smell is strong and lingers, so if you've got it on your shoes/trousers it'll smell for a while ??
Logged
Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.016 seconds with 21 queries.