Bad fuel in your Fiat Grande Punto? Diesel in a Petrol Fiat?

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Putting Diesel in a Petrol Fiat is a regular error. And its remedy depends upon a variety of things. If perhaps you would like to know what you need to do to fix it then please read on.
These are the most important variables to take into consideration whenever figuring out whether or not to have a fuel drain:

1. Exactly how much Diesel did you put in to the Fiat, taking into account that the fuel capacity of your Fiat Grande Punto is in most cases around 45 litres?
   1. A tiny amount of Diesel, something like 2.25 litres of Diesel in a Petrol Grande Punto will typically not be a big problem. Experience has proven to us that an amount less than 2.25 litres (which is about 5% of the whole fuel tank capacity) is usually capable of being adequately diluted simply by thoroughly filling the tank with Petrol.
      It's relatively unusual to encounter a vehicle going through problems with less than 5% wrong fuel contamination. Keep in mind it is unusual - not impossible to find. There are a number of motor vehicles that won't endure any quantity of fuel contamination at all.
   2. Anywhere between 2.25 and 4.5 litres of Diesel in the Fiat (5 to 10%) is a 50/50 situation. Our working experience demonstrates that as many people get away with it as those people who don't. When deciding upon whether to chance it and simply fill it up recognise that it is just like betting everything on black - you have got a 50/50 chance of it working.
   3. Anything in excess of 4.5 litres of Diesel in your Petrol Grande Punto should really right away be removed because your likelihood of getting away with this quantity of contamination is more than likely below one in 50 - truly huge odds.
2. Put Diesel in a Petrol Fiat and drove it: Have you detected any kind of performance troubles after putting the bad fuel in your Grande Punto? If that's the case, get it emptied irrespective of the amount of Diesel or the contamination ratio. Continually running a car that is already starting to suffer the effects of fuel contamination will probably definitely cause even more damage being done to the fuel system parts.
3. Would you like reassurance?
   You should get it removed. Regardless of the contamination percentage, there is always some degree of threat linked with running a Petrol vehicle on fuel contaminated with the wrong fuel. Likely final outcomes of driving a vehicle on the wrong fuel include things like the engine refusing to start, running unevenly, decrease in power, wearing of the high-pressure pump, damaged or blocked injectors, etc. These are several of the commonest Diesel in Petrol signs and symptoms, and in the event that you detect any of them then cease driving and have it removed right now.

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