Incorrect fuel in a Ford S-Max? Diesel in your Petrol Ford?

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Filling up with Diesel in a Petrol Ford is a very common mistake to make. And what you should do about it is based on various things. In the event that you want to find out what it is best to do to sort it out then continue reading.
Listed here the most crucial variables to consider when deciding whether to have a fuel drain:

1. Exactly how much Diesel have you put into the Ford, bearing in mind that the fuel tank capacity of the Ford S-Max is most likely around 70 litres?
   1. A modest quantity of Diesel, less than 3.5 litres of Diesel in a Petrol S-Max will most of the time not really be a big problem. Experience has proven to us that anything under 3.5 litres (which is 5% of the fuel tank volume) is in many instances able to be sufficiently diluted simply by entirely filling up the remainder of the tank with Petrol.
      It is relatively unusual to encounter a motor vehicle suffering from problems with less than 5% wrong fuel contamination. Keep in mind it is very infrequently found - certainly not impossible to find. There are certain cars that will not endure any degree of fuel contamination at all.
   2. Between 3.5 and 7 litres of Diesel in the Ford (5 to 10%) is more of a 50/50 situation. Our expertise has revealed that as many drivers get away with it as those who break down. When trying to decide whether to chance it and just top it up consider that it is just like wagering your car on black - you've got a 50/50 chance of it working out.
   3. Anything over 7 litres of Diesel in a Petrol S-Max should straight away be removed seeing as your likelihood of succeeding with this amount of contamination is more than likely lower than one in fifty - extremely big odds.
2. Put Diesel in a Petrol Ford and drove it: Have you noticed any kind of performance issues since putting the incorrect fuel in your S-Max? If so, get it removed irrespective of the amount of Diesel or even the contamination percentage. Continually driving an automobile that is already starting to suffer from the effect of fuel contamination will just result in more damage affecting the fuel system parts.
3. Do you want peace of mind?
   Then get it removed. Whatever the contamination ratio, there is inevitably some degree of threat connected to driving a Petrol motor on fuel contaminated with the incorrect fuel. Likely consequences of driving a car on the wrong fuel include things like the engine refusing to start, running lumpy, lack of power, degradation of the high-pressure pump, worn or bunged injectors, and so forth. These are several of the most typical Diesel in Petrol symptoms, and in the event that you observe any of them cease driving and get it drained immediately.

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