Incorrect fuel in your Volvo 850? Diesel in a Petrol Volvo?

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Filling up with Diesel in a Petrol Volvo is a fairly typical mistake to make. And its solution depends upon various things. If perhaps you would like to find out what you have to do to fix it then continue reading.
Here are the most important variables to consider when deciding whether or not to have the car drained:

1. What level of Diesel have you put in the Volvo, taking into account that the fuel tank capacity of your Volvo 850 is probably about 73 litres?
   1. A modest quantity of Diesel, less than 3.65 litres of Diesel in a Petrol 850 will in most situations not really be a massive problem. Experience has taught us that quantities under 3.65 litres (which is about 5% of the total fuel tank) is quite often capable of being adequately diluted by completely topping up the remainder of the tank with Petrol.
      It is extremely uncommon to come across a motor vehicle having difficulties with under 5% incorrect fuel contamination. Bear in mind that it is very rare - definitely not impossible to find. There are actually a number of vehicles that will not stand any level of fuel contamination whatsoever.
   2. Somewhere between 3.65 and 7.3 litres of Diesel in the Volvo (5 to 10%) is more of a 50/50 condition. Our experience has revealed that as many motorists get away with it as those people who don't. When you are deciding upon whether or not to chance it and simply fill it up bear in mind that it is the same thing as wagering everything on black - you've got a 50/50 possibility of it being ok.
   3. Anything over 7.3 litres of Diesel in your Petrol 850 must straight away be drained seeing that your probability of succeeding with this amount of contamination is undoubtedly lower than one in fifty - truly long odds.
2. Put some Diesel in a Petrol Volvo and drove it: Have you noticed any kind of performance concerns as a result of putting the incorrect fuel in the 850? In that case, get it emptied no matter the quantity of Diesel or the contamination percentage. Proceeding to run running a car that is already beginning to suffer from the effects of wrong fuel contamination will probably definitely lead to increasing amounts of harm being caused to your fuel system parts.
3. Do you need security?
   Simply get it removed. Regardless of contamination ratio, there is inevitably some amount of threat connected with operating a Petrol motor on fuel contaminated with Diesel. Likely outcomes of driving on the incorrect fuel include the motor refusing to start, running unevenly, loss in power, degradation of the high-pressure pump, worn or blocked injectors, and so on. These are several of the most frequently seen Diesel in Petrol signs and symptoms, and in the event that you notice any of them stop driving and have it drained asap.

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