Contaminated fuel in your Nissan Maxima? Diesel in a Petrol Nissan?

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Filling up with Diesel in a Petrol Nissan is a fairly typical mistake. And its remedy depends upon a variety of factors. In the event that you would like to know what you ought to do about it then please read on.
These are the most important factors to be aware of whenever deciding on whether to get it drained:

1. What amount of Diesel have you put in the Nissan, considering that the fuel tank capacity of the Nissan Maxima is probably about 70 litres?
   1. A small quantity of Diesel, something like 3.5 litres of Diesel in a Petrol Maxima will in most cases not really be a big problem. Experience has proven to us that anything less than 3.5 litres (approximately 5% of the fuel tank capacity) is very often capable of being completely diluted through completely topping the tank with the right fuel.
      It's very unusual to find an automobile going through issues with lower than 5% wrong fuel contamination. Keep in mind it's rare - certainly not impossible to find. You can get a few vehicles that won't endure any amount of fuel contamination at all.
   2. Somewhere between 3.5 and 7 litres of Diesel in the Nissan (from 5 to 10%) is more of a 50/50 scenario. Our experience has shown us that as many people 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 exactly like gambling your car on black - you've got a 50/50 possibility of it working.
   3. Anything more than 7 litres of Diesel in a Petrol Maxima should really straightaway be removed seeing as your likelihood of driving with this quantity of contamination is almost certainly less than one in fifty - genuinely huge odds.
2. Put some Diesel in a Petrol Nissan and drove it: Have you spotted any kind of performance difficulties ever since putting the wrong fuel in the Maxima? In that case, get it drained no matter the quantity of Diesel or even the contamination ratio. Proceeding to drive driving an automobile that is already starting to suffer from the consequences of wrong fuel contamination will probably just bring about progressively more harm being caused to the fuel system components.
3. Do you want assurance?
   You should get it removed. Regardless of contamination ratio, there is inevitably some degree of threat associated with driving a Petrol motor on Petrol contaminated with the incorrect fuel. Likely outcomes of driving a vehicle on the incorrect fuel normally include the engine not starting, running lumpy, decrease in power, wearing of the high-pressure pump, damaged or clogged injectors, etc. These are some of the most typical Diesel in Petrol symptoms, and if you observe any of them stop and have it drained right away.

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