Contaminated fuel in a Land Rover Range Rover DT? Petrol in a Diesel Land Rover?

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Filling Petrol in a Diesel Land Rover is a usual mistake. And exactly what you want to do about it is based on a number of things. Assuming you would like to know what to do to fix it then keep reading.
Listed below are the most crucial variables to take into account when choosing whether or not to get your car drained:

1. What level of Petrol have you put in to the Land Rover, bearing in mind that the fuel capacity of your Land Rover Range Rover DT is most likely around 90 litres?
   1. A modest amount of Petrol, something like 4.5 litres of Petrol in a Diesel Range Rover DT will in most cases not necessarily be a significant problem. Experience has proven to us that anything under 4.5 litres (which is about 5% of the whole fuel tank volume) is oftentimes able to be sufficiently diluted through thoroughly filling up the rest of the tank with the right fuel.
      It's rather rare to come across a car experiencing issues due to below 5% wrong fuel contamination. Bear in mind that it is unusual - not impossible to encounter. You will discover some automobiles that don't stand any quantity of fuel contamination at all.
   2. Between 4.5 and 9 litres of Petrol in the Land Rover (5 to 10%) is a 50/50 condition. Our working experience has proven that as many drivers get away with this as all those who break down. When trying to decide whether to chance it and simply fill it up bear in mind that it is the same as gambling your car on black - you've got a 50/50 possibility of it working.
   3. Anything above 9 litres of Petrol in a Diesel Range Rover DT must promptly be removed seeing that your likelihood of getting away with this amount of contamination is very likely less than one in fifty - truly long odds.
2. Put Petrol in a Diesel Land Rover and drove it: Have you detected any performance difficulties as a result of putting the wrong fuel in your Range Rover DT? If that's the case, get it emptied irrespective of the amount of Petrol or even the contamination ratio. Continually running a car that is currently beginning to suffer from the effects of fuel contamination can typically result in even more harm affecting the fuel system.
3. Are you interested in reassurance?
   In that case get it emptied. Whatever the contamination percentage, there is inevitably some degree of risk associated with operating a Diesel engine on Diesel contaminated with the wrong fuel. Likely outcomes of driving on the wrong fuel include things like the motor refusing to start, running lumpy, loss in power, degradation of the high-pressure pump, worn out or clogged injectors, etc. These are a few of the most typical Petrol in Diesel symptoms, and in the event that you observe any of them then stop and get it drained as soon as possible.

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