STUPID BOY
So just went and filled up the AUDI A2 TDI (DIESEL) and put 38p worth of unleaded in it before spotting that I picked up the wrong nozzle - filled it and over filled with about £28.00 worth of diesel - Should be ok - what do you all think?

we used to put a gallon of petrol in our wagons at work in the winter to stop the diesel freezing, so I think you'll be ok with 38pees worth, which at current prices will be half a thimblefull.

38p... About a mouthful...

It's a PD engine, rather than common-rail, so it's not going to be quite as horrifically expensive if it does all go south - the high-pressure pump is built into the injectors. Mind you, the injectors are FEROCIOUSLY expensive... A quick google suggests new 'uns are the thick end of five hundred quid. Each.

If you've already started it since, it's academic!

Ginger - that'd be before common-rail. You really, really, really don't want to muck up on one of them - instead of fuel pressures around 3bar on a normal petrol injection, they're running at anything up to several THOUSAND bar injection pressures... Those are seriously scary tolerances in the pumps.

I put 4 3 liters of Diesel in the 2cv once. There was smoke. Lots of it. For a while.

So I kept topping her up with Petrol and she was fine after a day or so.

It had new injectors about a year ago - rrp. £700.00 each!!!!!!!,

Im driving up north tomorrow - so we will see!

Could be worse. At least there's only three of the little buggers.

I've always quite liked the A2.

All good today, did 300 miles then filled it up again - this time with diesel

Why?

It's a technically unorthodox attempt to do something _different_ in a horribly dull market segment. Something we could do with more of in new car showrooms...

Its never sold very well though has it, I wonder why. Saw a DS3 in the flesh last week. I am impressed, it really does look different.