Flavia running issues solved

[bobhenry999]

Chaps,

Just a little message for your information;

Flavias don`t run well on diesel !!!

Something I found out today !

Bob

[the.cern]

There are many words that come to mind, most of which are not suitable for this Forum. I hope no damage and that it did not cause too much inconvenience!!

That really is a 'there but for the grace of god ....'!!

                          Andy

[Parisien]

Easily done, a real shame, hope not much damage or need to undertake too much work to get it running again

P

[lancialulu]

did it to my Fulvia once. Reversed back to BP Ultimate as the Ultimate I pulled up to was taped off. I did not look and classic petrol tanks take the larger nozzle with ease. I filled up with diesel Ultimate.

I got 1/3 mile down the road before it died and then I realised...doohhh. Easy to fix though.

[bobhenry999]

Yes, it managed to limp to my local garage as I hadn`t filled it up, so it was running on a mix of diesel and petrol. They are going to drain it down and refill it on Monday.

Hopefully no harm will have been done - fingers crossed !

Bob

[lancialulu]

Its only oil so no harm I would think. I drained mine (full tank). And did a small flush with petrol and then cranked it till it fired up and away she went. Lesson learned.

[fay66]

I put about 20 Gallons of diesel in my big old Mercede300se one day about 10 years ago, luckily I realies before I fired it up, but I still had to be transported away, the diesel drained, the tank flushed and then filled with Petrol, very expensive mistake, so you're not alone Bob
Brian
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[bobhenry999]

Thanks guys,

I will hope for the best, but will post as soon as I know the outcome, good or bad !

Bob