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shouldn't be to bad.

just don't drive that hard. and when you next need to fill up put premium unleaded in.

I will for sure!!!

Man I must have been day dreaming I swear... Ive had my car for 3 and a half years... lol

lol, i know what you mean. Was with a guy that had just came over here from south africa and watched him fill his deisel 4wd with premium unleaded, just didnt click in my head. but unlike you his car was f*cked to drive after that. Thank god it was a work car :)

lol, i know what you mean. Was with a guy that had just came over here from south africa and watched him fill his deisel 4wd with premium unleaded, just didnt click in my head. but unlike you his car was f*cked to drive after that. Thank god it was a work car :)

man thats tough...

I honestly dont know where my mind was............. lol

ok a bit off topic and sounds stupid but iv heard a couple of myths if you want your car to pop flames then put in unleaded in lol cos it will make you mixture rich and a rich mixture is what will let you pop flames lol :(

I did it once but i had no choice - the petrol station had no premium whatsoever.

I put just enough to get me to another servo to fill up with pulp. I did put some octane booster in for good measure. The car ran like garbage - backfired heaps, idled funny

I always double check before i put the nozzle in

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Nulon Pro Strength Octane Boost and Clean. $21 from repco.

At least you didnt put petrol in a V10TDI Toureg. $25000 to replace pumps, rails and injectors. I have heard of a Toureg owner who did it paid the $25k only to have his missus make the same mistake 2 weeks later

eitherway the standard knock sensing will keep you safe.

it should, and i know there are some savages around who will flog their skyline on 91 RON and the engine seems to keep it together (not sure for how long though!).

My stock series 2 occasionally pings slightly on 98 RON, so I'd feel horrible about putting anything less in (had to use 95 RON plus octane boost once and it still wasn't brilliant). should have a look at the spark plugs sometime they're probably the factory originals :happy:

well give a boot full it will miss a splutter and or detonate.

engine may go bang lol.

nah but seriously it will be ok. just run the tank out and fill up with optimax.

lol putting petrol in a diesel car. had a guy in a brand new hiace D4 TDI who filled up with unleaded. that pissed out smoke. ended up draining tank. replacing filter. priming. remove filter prime again. and spend 30mins cranking...

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