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Anyone filled up with wrong fuel?
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Peter_L



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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2021 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the topic of fuel.


I don't have any more detail at the moment but maybe this fuel made the RR run like the "Devil"
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peter scott



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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2021 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No longer on the DVLA records! Sad
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Penman



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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2021 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi
A product of the Coalite Co.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalite

By 1939, the company was producing a low octane petrol called "Coalene" as well as diesel and other fuel oils. It continued to do so through the Second World War and into the early 1960s. It supplied fuel to the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy during the war, reputedly keeping 12 squadrons flying and two battleships sailing.

Perhaps the Coalite Co explains the Falklands war.
It was fuel supply protection measure.Confused
In 1978, the company merged with the Charringtons Coke distribution company and with this they acquired the Falkland Islands Company.
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lowdrag



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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I suppose that 95RON could be considered the wrong fuel, and it is getting harder to find 98 these days so i shall be obliged to carry a bottle of octane booster. Is it readily available where you are?
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old iron



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shell forecourts all sell their higher octane petrol under the banner of ā€˜Vā€™ Power. Fairly more expensive than the standard stuff.
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Brent29



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

peter scott wrote:
old iron wrote:
That was my next question, will I have damaged any components,


No, you did it the right way around. If you had put petrol into a modern diesel it would run and you might be unaware of your mistake until it had killed the injection pump by lack of lubrication.

Peter


That was what happened on my neighbor's pick-up truck. Out of excitement after the installation of the new suspension from 4Wheelone plus bigger tires, he took it for a 3-day trip and put the wrong fuel on the way back. He had no idea until the mechanic found the faulty injection pump.
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