Incorrect fuel in your Chevrolet Caprice? Diesel in your Petrol Chevrolet?

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Filling up with Diesel in a Petrol Chevrolet is a well-known mistake to make. And exactly what you should do about it depends upon several different things. In case you would like to find out what you have to do about this then read on.
Let us discuss the most important factors to take into account whenever deciding on whether to have the car drained:

1. How much Diesel did you put into the Chevrolet, bearing in mind that the fuel tank capacity of the Chevrolet Caprice is normally approximately 59 litres?
   1. A modest amount of Diesel, as little as 2.95 litres of Diesel in a Petrol Caprice will in most situations not necessarily be a massive problem. Experience has demonstrated to us that quantities less than 2.95 litres (5% of the entire fuel tank capacity) is frequently able to be sufficiently diluted through totally filling the remainder of the tank with the right fuel.
      It's extremely unusual to encounter a motor vehicle going through issues due to lower than 5% incorrect fuel contamination. Keep in mind that it's unusual - in no way impossible to encounter. You will discover some cars that will not endure any amount of contamination whatsoever.
   2. Between 2.95 and 5.9 litres of Diesel in the Chevrolet (from 5 to 10%) is more of a 50/50 scenario. Our experience has demonstrated that as many drivers get away with this as those people who don't. When you are deciding upon whether to risk it and just fill it up bear in mind that it is exactly like betting all of it on black - you have a 50/50 chance of it working.
   3. Anything more than 5.9 litres of Diesel in a Petrol Caprice must straightaway be drained out as your probability of getting away with this amount of contamination is more than likely lower than one in fifty - definitely big odds.
2. Put Diesel in a Petrol Chevrolet and drove it: Have you noted any kind of performance problems since putting the incorrect fuel in the Caprice? If so, get it emptied regardless of the quantity of Diesel or the contamination percentage. Still running an automobile that is currently starting to suffer the effect of fuel contamination can definitely result in progressively more damage affecting your fuel system components.
3. Are you looking for reassurance?
   Then get it emptied. Regardless of contamination percentage, there is always some extent of danger resulting from running a Petrol engine on Petrol contaminated with Diesel. Likely final outcomes of driving a car on the wrong fuel can include the motor not starting, running lumpy, decrease in power, degradation of the high-pressure pump, worn or bunged injectors, and so on. These are several of the commonest Diesel in Petrol signs and symptoms, and if you recognise any of them stop and get it removed immediately.

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