Contaminated fuel in your Kia Carnival CRDi? Petrol in your Diesel Kia?

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Filling Petrol in a Diesel Kia is a fairly typical mistake to make. And its solution depends on a number of factors. If perhaps you would like to know what you have to do to fix it then keep reading.
Let us discuss the main variables to think about when making a decision whether or not to get a fuel drain:

1. How much Petrol have you put in the Kia, bearing in mind that the fuel tank capacity of your Kia Carnival CRDi is in most cases roughly 75 litres?
   1. A small quantity of Petrol, something like 3.75 litres of Petrol in a Diesel Carnival CRDi will more often than not not really be a massive problem. Experience has shown us that anything under 3.75 litres (which is almost 5% of the overall fuel tank) is in many instances able to be adequately diluted through totally topping up the rest of the tank with the right fuel.
      It's extremely uncommon to encounter a car experiencing difficulties because of less than 5% incorrect fuel contamination. Keep in mind that it's uncommon - definitely not impossible to encounter. There are a few vehicles that don't endure any quantity of contamination in the slightest.
   2. Somewhere between 3.75 and 7.5 litres of Petrol in the Kia (5 to 10%) is really a 50/50 situation. Our practical experience has shown us that as many people get away with this as those people who break down. Whenever you are deciding on whether or not to chance it and just fill it up recognise that it is exactly like betting your car on black - you have a 50/50 chance of it working out.
   3. Anything above 7.5 litres of Petrol in a Diesel Carnival CRDi must straightaway be drained out seeing that your probability of getting away with that quantity of contamination is probably less than one in fifty - extremely long odds.
2. Put Petrol in a Diesel Kia and drove it: Have you noted any kind of performance concerns after putting the incorrect fuel in your Carnival CRDi? If that's the case, get it drained irrespective of the volume of Petrol or even the contamination ratio. Continually running a car that is beginning to suffer from the effects of wrong fuel contamination will just cause increasing amounts of harm affecting the fuel system.
3. Do you need reassurance?
   Simply get it drained. Regardless of the contamination ratio, there is inevitably some amount of risk affiliated with running a Diesel engine on fuel contaminated with the incorrect fuel. Probable outcomes of driving on the incorrect fuel normally include the motor refusing to start, running lumpy, losing power, degradation of the high-pressure pump, worn or clogged injectors, and the like. These are a few of the most common Petrol in Diesel signs and symptoms, and if you recognise any of them stop and get it drained immediately.

Do not simply get any unqualified so-and-so to attend your automobile. We are Kia experts and hold the credentials and knowledge required to ensure that you are back on the road with little hassle or trouble.