What you can do when a petrol station fills your car with the wrong fuel

[Magnum]

FTFY

So not 15%, but your source is yourself?

I don't carry a little booklet around with all the information at the Ready. Geez man. Cut me some slack. Every braincell I own is 500% overworked.

 

[RonSwanson]

I don't carry a little booklet around with all the information at the Ready. Geez man. Cut me some slack. Every braincell I own is 500% overworked.

Sure, I'll cut you slack, as long as you don't call people out for being wrong then.

 

[The_MAC]

We, get out of the damn car and read what's written inside the fuel flap?

FFS! Grown ass adults, yeah right.

Bru, path of least resistance..

You want me to get a call asking where the fuel cap is?

Pick your battles I say

 

[Magnum]

Sure, I'll cut you slack, as long as you don't call people out for being wrong then.

Sorry Boss.

 

[The Trutherizer]

What you can do, is get off your fat lazy arse and check that the minimum wage earner is putting the correct thing in the thing you spent hundreds of thousands of Rand on.

FFS! Grow the **** up nimrods.

Minimum wage? Don't make me laugh. They earn more with experience. I think about 5 years ago it went all the way up into the 10k-15k range.
It's a profession in SA.

 

[The Trutherizer]

A: (In the rest of the world) Discuss with a mechanic; (SA) Burn the station down, and then head over to SAHRC.

 

[pinball wizard]

Minimum wage? Don't make me laugh. They earn more with experience. I think about 5 years ago it went all the way up into the 10k-15k range.
It's a profession in SA.

Dunno. R10k feels kinda minimum to me.

Regardless. My cars cost a lot and I want to know what someone is putting in them.

 

[The Trutherizer]

Dunno. R10k feels kinda minimum to me.

Regardless. My cars cost a lot and I want to know what someone is putting in them.

It ain't great yeah. But it's not minimum. I agree and disagree with you in a sense. Just chatting here.

 

[deweyzeph]

As a diesel owner this is something I'm completely paranoid about. Every time I fill up my tank I make it very clear that I want diesel, and I watch the guy like a hawk to make sure he's getting the right fuel. Plus there's a sticker saying "Diesel" on the fuel cap.

 

[geezer]

I know that diesel is hygroscopic, and will attract water when not stored correctly, but I would disagree with 15%. Have you got a source for that?

According to a quick search on the internet, I got the following:
"Diesel is only hygroscopic to the extent of reaching equilibrium with the air. At room temperature, the saturation level for diesel is around 50 ppm. If the air is 80% saturated (80% humidity), the diesel fuel will gradually come to 80% saturation itself, so 40 ppm water. It isn't hygroscopic to the extent of pulling enough water out of the air to have FREE water (above the saturation point. That 80% saturation means you have 40 ppm of DISSOLVED (not free) water in the fuel)."

 

[ArmatageShanks]

All the more reason I wish we GET RID OF PETROL ATTENDANTS!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYY????????????
Slow farker trundling along at a snails pace once he wakes up from his pie coma and notices there's a car in the bay, fumbles then automatically washes your windows without consent also at a snails pace. Or he's too busy filling 3 other cars to do yours. Don't blame him for the salary he gets.
Then you're not expected to, but feel guilty - tip for this kak I could do have done myself in 2 minutes.

I think you just live in or go to **** garages, somewhere in Danville maybe, fsckn Caltex in an industrial area, probably.

As near as makes no difference 100% of the time the attendants are the nicest people I'll see all day, some are fat and lazy, but they tend to not last long anyway.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I wonder if there is new car's sensors and ECU can detect that something is not right and just shut down the car proactively which prevents further damage? especially on petrol in a diesel car situation.

Soon

As flexfuel is becoming so popular.

 

[zoozi]

I think you just live in or go to **** garages, somewhere in Danville maybe, fsckn Caltex in an industrial area, probably.

As near as makes no difference 100% of the time the attendants are the nicest people I'll see all day, some are fat and lazy, but they tend to not last long anyway.

Multiple brand garages in a middle-class suburb I've experienced this, nevermind outside the area. 50% of the time they come in a decent time. Staff shortages constantly, 1 man to 2-4 pumps.
Sometimes I'm in a big rush. I want to get out my car, dial R400 petrol into the machine, tap pay with my card, put my fuel in and leave, under 5 minutes.
Not wait for a completely unnecessary, low-paid unmotivated knob to decide how fast he wants to do it and expect a tip for it, as nice and friendly as they may be.

Same for useless grocery tellers in an age of self-checkout, but that's not feasible with SA crime/theft.

 

[TheChamp]

Multiple brand garages in a middle-class suburb I've experienced this, nevermind outside the area. 50% of the time they come in a decent time. Staff shortages constantly, 1 man to 2-4 pumps.
Sometimes I'm in a big rush. I want to get out my car, dial R400 petrol into the machine, tap pay with my card, put my fuel in and leave, under 5 minutes.
Not wait for a completely unnecessary, low-paid unmotivated knob to decide how fast he wants to do it and expect a tip for it, as nice and friendly as they may be.

Same for useless grocery tellers in an age of self-checkout, but that's not feasible with SA crime/theft.

I just move onto the next garage when that happens.

 

[zerocool2009]

My brother fueled up! It was 60% water (believe it or not)! The car was in stuttering mode! R10 000 damage later!

 

[Smd]

All the more reason I wish we GET RID OF PETROL ATTENDANTS!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYY????????????
Slow farker trundling along at a snails pace once he wakes up from his pie coma and notices there's a car in the bay, fumbles then automatically washes your windows without consent also at a snails pace. Or he's too busy filling 3 other cars to do yours. Don't blame him for the salary he gets.
Then you're not expected to, but feel guilty - tip for this kak I could do have done myself in 2 minutes.

Easy for you to say, sitting in your warm cozy home while these hardworking petrol attendees are out in the cold during midnight trying to simply put bread on the table as they relying on that job, that you want "to get rid of"

 

[zoozi]

Easy for you to say, sitting in your warm cozy home while these hardworking petrol attendees are out in the cold during midnight trying to simply put bread on the table as they relying on that job, that you want "to get rid of"

Useless job that entails picking up a tube, wiping windows and taking cards thats unnecessary in the modern age, ag shem, poor worker. Lets make everyone pay more and suffer to give them some useless jobs, go you.
Let's make a new job: attendants to open public toilet doors for you so you don't have to use your arm, make some jobs for people, shame.

 

[pinball wizard]

Useless job that entails picking up a tube, wiping windows and taking cards thats unnecessary in the modern age, ag shem, poor worker. Lets make everyone pay more and suffer to give them some useless jobs, go you.
Let's make a new job: attendants to open public toilet doors for you so you don't have to use your arm, make some jobs for people, shame.

Hey. Public toilet doors are disgusting. I'd gladly pay to never have to touch one.

 

[TheChamp]

Useless job that entails picking up a tube, wiping windows and taking cards thats unnecessary in the modern age, ag shem, poor worker. Lets make everyone pay more and suffer to give them some useless jobs, go you.
Let's make a new job: attendants to open public toilet doors for you so you don't have to use your arm, make some jobs for people, shame.

You do sound a tad too angry about it, what's next, demanding to go into the restaurant kitchen and dish up yourself?

 

[Wrath of Khan]

If there's a drain on a fuel tank it'll be for water, same as an aircraft. Water is heavier than fuel so sits at the bottom of the tank. I think with any engine you can run pretty much any fuel for a certain amount of time / quantity without damaging it. But if it happened to me, I'd drain the tank and refill it with the proper fuel to dilute it, good to go.