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Old 07-11-2008, 07:38 AM   #33 (permalink)
Chris Green
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Originally Posted by HDi fun View Post
SOme people have been lucky and got away with this. Others have been hit with massive bills for all the injectors and a high pressure pump.
Think I fell into the 'lucky' category. Topped my Citroen C4 2.0 tdi with about 20% petrol (I checked later - this is the one local garage where ALL the hoses are black!), drove from west London to Swindon before the car objected. Pollution fault light came on and put car into 'limp home' mode (just as well it did really!). AA guy cleared the fault via the OBD port but didn't suspect the wrong fuel, but the condition came back 10 miles from Hereford. It wasn't till I got to where I was going that I spotted the till receipt! Booked it into nearest Citroen dealer and had it drained, with a change of fuel filter.

No lasting problems and that was 15,000 miles ago, although I sold it last week. Just wait for the fuel pump to crap out now!
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