How stupid am I???

Gaz93 · Sep 16, 2018

Finished work early today.. working away down lowestoft.. decided to go for ride.. pulled in shell petrol station , picked up the V-power nozzle and put ?12 worth of fuel in..
3 mile down the road bike began to slow and splutter.. then came to a halt..
No... I cried surely I've not put diesel in????
It was v-power I picked up...
Left bike outside farmhouse.. and walked back to petrol station.. and yes you've guessed it.. when I looked at pump id put V-power Diesel in...
Bought a petrol can (?12) filled it with v-power unleaded and walked back to bike..
When I got there farmer had came out and cut a long story short.. we siphoned diesel out and put fresh petrol in..
( I reckon it was about 50/50 petrol /diesel that was in tank).
Finally got bike started after a lot of smoke and spluttering and coughing..
Went back to petrol station and filled to brim with v-power unleaded..
Went for a ride (bout 80miles) and everything seems fine.. no smoke no splutter..
Just topped it up again witg Tesco momentum..

Will I now need RedEx?? In to totally clear lines and injectors??
Or am I right in assuming everything will be fine???

stuartb · Sep 16, 2018

Relax mate..I done the same on a blade...my mistake was the diesel pump handle had a green cover thing on it...signifying it was good as in 'green is good"....rode off spluttered to a halt. Realised the green thing was a cover over the black handle, arseholes at Morrisons thinking this is a good thing, demonstrating to Joe public that they are a caring petrol station and supermarket... .... pushed bike back to fuel station....got a piece of garden hose..as an act of childish retribution syphoned the full contents of my tank into the grass and bushes..topped up with petrol fired her up...all good...

Petrol into a diesel engine is a disaster...think about it.. as Diesel is actually an oil.

You will be fine...how's it running ?

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Gaz93 · Sep 16, 2018

Yeah it's running spot on.. although ive only had bike a week.. but done 380 miles on it up to now. So still getting used to it.. but it does seem to be fine... took ages to start though when I put the can of fuel in.. was smoking and sputtering .. but after a few minutes of persistence she finally kicked into life..
Just wasn't sure if I should out redex in now? Will it do any harm?? I'll be riding 280 miles back up to home next Wednesday so she'll get a good run out again... parked her up outside my digs for now...

JimmyMac · Sep 16, 2018

Agree with Stuart, just keep refilling every 80 miles to dilute any oil left behind.

A couple of hundred miles and there will be no trace of your mistake.

JimmyMac

Gaz93 · Sep 16, 2018

Thanks lads.. I'm just worried I might of done damage... but thanks for the reassurance

stuartb · Sep 16, 2018

Sounds tickety boo mate. . Forget about it, if you can..... an interim refill as Jimmy says will certainly help...

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