Contaminated fuel in your Honda Civic DSi? Diesel in a Petrol Honda?

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Filling up with Diesel in a Petrol Honda is a fairly typical error. And its remedy depends upon several factors. In the event that you want to know what to do to fix it then please read on.
Listed below are the main factors to think about when deciding whether or not to get a fuel drain:

1. What level of Diesel did you put in to the Honda, bearing in mind that the fuel capacity of the Honda Civic DSi is in most cases approximately 50 litres?
   1. A tiny amount of Diesel, less than 2.5 litres of Diesel in a Petrol Civic DSi will quite often not be a significant problem. Experience has taught us that an amount less than 2.5 litres (which is 5% of the whole fuel tank) is sometimes capable of being completely diluted through entirely filling up the remainder of the tank with Petrol.
      It's pretty unusual to encounter a vehicle going through difficulties because of lower than 5% wrong fuel contamination. Be aware that it's uncommon - in no way impossible to find. You can get certain cars that don't stand any amount of fuel contamination at all.
   2. Between 2.5 and 5 litres of Diesel in the Honda (5 to 10%) is really a 50/50 condition. Our working experience has confirmed that as many motorists get away with it as those who don't. When you are deciding upon whether or not to risk it and simply fill it up consider that it is very much like wagering it all on black - you have got a 50/50 chance of it working out.
   3. Anything in excess of 5 litres of Diesel in your Petrol Civic DSi really should as soon as possible be drained as your likelihood of getting away with that quantity of contamination is undoubtedly below one in fifty - genuinely long odds.
2. Put Diesel in a Petrol Honda and drove it: Have you seen any performance problems ever since putting the bad fuel in the Civic DSi? If that's the case, have it drained no matter the volume of Diesel or the contamination ratio. Continuing to drive driving a vehicle that is already beginning to suffer from the consequences of wrong fuel contamination will probably typically be responsible for progressively more damage affecting the fuel system components.
3. Would you like peace of mind?
   Then simply just get it drained. Whatever the contamination percentage, there is always some degree of danger affiliated with running a Petrol engine on Petrol contaminated with Diesel. Likely consequences of driving on the incorrect fuel normally include the engine refusing to start, running unevenly, lack of power, wearing of the high-pressure pump, damaged or bunged injectors, etc. These are some of the commonest Diesel in Petrol symptoms, and in the event that you notice any of them then stop driving and have it drained immediately.

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