Wrong fuel in your Subaru Baja? Diesel in your Petrol Subaru?

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Filling up with Diesel in a Petrol Subaru is a common mistake to make. And its remedy hinges on an assortment of factors. Assuming you want to know what you have to do to sort it out then please read on.
Let us discuss the key variables to keep in mind when making a decision whether or not to have a fuel drain:

1. How much Diesel have you put into the Subaru, considering that the fuel tank capacity of the Subaru Baja is most likely roughly 64 litres?
   1. Hardly any Diesel, something like 3.2 litres of Diesel in a Petrol Baja will typically not be a big problem. Experience has proven to us that anything less than 3.2 litres (which is roughly 5% of the entire fuel tank volume) is generally able to be adequately diluted through entirely filling the rest of the tank with the right fuel.
      It's quite unusual to find a vehicle having difficulties due to lower than 5% wrong fuel contamination. Be aware that it is uncommon - certainly not impossible to find. You can get certain vehicles that will not endure any amount of fuel contamination in the slightest.
   2. Between 3.2 and 6.4 litres of Diesel in the Subaru (5 to 10%) is a 50/50 situation. Our practical experience has confirmed that as many motorists get away with this as those people who break down. When deciding upon whether to risk it and basically top it up recognise that it is very much like betting everything on black - you will have a 50/50 chance of it working.
   3. Anything over 6.4 litres of Diesel in your Petrol Baja should promptly be drained as your likelihood of getting away with that quantity of contamination is very likely below one in fifty - really long odds.
2. Put some Diesel in a Petrol Subaru and drove it: Have you noted any performance difficulties after putting the incorrect fuel in your Baja? In that case, get it removed irrespective of the quantity of Diesel or the contamination percentage. Continuing to run driving an automobile that is now starting to suffer the consequences of fuel contamination will probably definitely lead to progressively more damage affecting your fuel system components.
3. Do you want reassurance?
   Then simply just get it drained. No matter the contamination percentage, there is invariably a certain level of risk connected to running a Petrol engine on Petrol contaminated with the incorrect fuel. Likely implications of driving on the incorrect fuel include the engine refusing to start, running lumpy, loss in power, degradation of the high-pressure pump, damaged or blocked injectors, and the like. These are a few of the most typical Diesel in Petrol symptoms, and should you notice any of them stop and get it drained right now.

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