Thread: Petrol in a diesel ford rager

Worst case scenario is it's taken a dislike to the injectors and the injection pump - if the injectors aren't happy there's a possibility that the tops of the pistons aren't your friends now too.

The petrol lowers the flash point of the diesel and reduces the lubricating qualities of the fuel - which is a bit of a problem with 2000Bar pressures in a common rail setup.

Ford quoted up replacing my injection pump, lines, common rail, fuel rail pressure sensor and injectors x 5 at just shy of 9 grand including labour - this was to fix the limp mode glitch which coincidentally happened at the same time as a bit of dirty fuel got into the thing somehow. What it turned out to be in my case was the fuel pressure modulation valve - $585 instead (not done by Ford). Lucky...

In your case, it will be a tank and lines flush, fuel filter replacement and then they can start to check everything else out. Hopefully it hasn't taken out the injectors and pump!