Contaminated fuel in your Mercedes C250 CDI? Petrol in a Diesel Mercedes?

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Filling up with Petrol in a Diesel Mercedes is a usual error. And exactly what you have to do about it will depend on a number of factors. If perhaps you want to find out what it is advisable to do about it then keep on reading.
Right here are the most crucial factors to think about when figuring out whether or not to have your car drained:

1. How much Petrol did you put in to the Mercedes, keeping in mind that the fuel tank capacity of the Mercedes C250 CDI is normally around 59 litres?
   1. A modest quantity of Petrol, something like 2.95 litres of Petrol in a Diesel C250 CDI will normally not be a major problem. Experience has shown us that anything under 2.95 litres (almost 5% of the total fuel tank capacity) is quite often able to be adequately diluted simply by completely topping the tank with the right fuel.
      It's highly uncommon to come across an automobile going through problems with under 5% wrong fuel contamination. Keep in mind that it is very infrequent - in no way impossible to find. There are a number of automobiles that won't endure any amount of fuel contamination at all.
   2. Somewhere between 2.95 and 5.9 litres of Petrol in the Mercedes (from 5 to 10%) is really a 50/50 condition. Our expertise has confirmed that as many motorists get away with it as those people who don't. Whenever you are figuring out whether to chance it and basically fill it up bear in mind that it is exactly like gambling it all on black - you have a 50/50 chance of it being ok.
   3. Anything over 5.9 litres of Petrol in your Diesel C250 CDI should really straight away be drained as your likelihood of getting away with that level of contamination is in all likelihood lower than one in 50 - truly big odds.
2. Put some Petrol in a Diesel Mercedes and drove it: Have you noted any kind of performance issues as a result of putting the bad fuel in your C250 CDI? In that case, get it emptied no matter the volume of Petrol or the contamination percentage. Continuing to drive driving a vehicle that is currently beginning to suffer the effects of wrong fuel contamination will probably just cause more harm affecting the fuel system components.
3. Do you need assurance?
   In that case get it removed. Whatever the contamination ratio, there is inevitably a certain level of threat in connection with driving a Diesel vehicle on fuel contaminated with Petrol. Possible results of driving a car on the wrong fuel include the engine not starting, running lumpy, losing power, wearing of the high-pressure pump, damaged or bunged injectors, and so forth. These are several of the most frequently seen Petrol in Diesel signs and symptoms, and should you observe any of them stop driving and have it drained immediately.

Stay away from getting any untrained so-and-so to attend your automobile. We are Mercedes specialists and possess the qualifications and knowledge required to make sure that you are back on the road with a minimum of hassle or worry.