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Quote: Originally posted by cathymac on 01/9/2008

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Quote: Originally posted by LegsDownKettleOn on 01/9/2008

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I've never done it, but know someone who did it twice in a week!

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Now that what I call stupid.     (no offence meant) I think I would only make this  (expensive) mistake once.

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Just to bring you up to date, BP insist that this is a franchised operation and MOTO are responsible...BP have forwarded my complaint on to them.  No response yet from MOTO.

Still haven't found anywhere delivering petrol from black pumps/nozzles but if you would all keep looking, I would be grateful.

Apparently, so the AA man said, this is a problem where BP have installed new pumps...god knows why they would make all their new pumps/nozzles the wrong colour but it is beginning to look as if this is the case.

Noticed yesterday our local BP garage has both green and black hoses on their unleaded.   All diesel are black.

http://www.rheged.com/ we filled up last week here and the diesel pump was black not sure about the others.

i filled up at a morrisons in york put in the black pipe was just about to fill up when looked at nozzle omg it was bio ethanol!!!!!! not even diesel bio petrol never seen it before god what it might have done luckily i noticed b4 i put a drop in the tank!!!! all petrol on 1 pump and diesel on the other!!!!

and it is ok cant get diesel filler in yer petrol but as diesel is bigger unleaded 1 pops straight in the bloody hole use sainsburys yellow for diesel(usually) cant mistake it !!!!!!

I filled up with unleaded instead of diesel now have a reminder when I open filler tank..  Cost over £2500 as car was brand new and to keep warranty up everything had to be replaced - but claimed off insurance  as  "Accidential Damage" Thanks goodness we had Claim Protected Insurance.

Just to keep you all posted, still not received even an acknowledgment from MOTO yet but the AA have been in touch and want further details, so it's looking like at least the AA are prepared to take up the cause!!

If they think I am going to let this drop (now I've cooled down somewhat) they can think again.

I always use BP Garage as it shows to be the cheapest in my area on petrolprices.com for 5 miles, also happens to be the closest!

They have black pipes for all fuel, but green filler nozzles for Unleaded and Black for Diesel and the forecourt and shop was refurb'ed about a month, so has new pumps etc but are the same colour as the old ones!!

But using any petrol station i always check which nozzle I pick up, regardless of the colour and have never used wrong fuel and I have had  as many diesels as I have had petrol cars!

Just habit of checking what I put in!

I managed to put petrol in my diesel car at the end of a 300 mile rtip to Cornwall; in spite of having had the car for over 3 years.  And it is a very common error. I was able to put things right with the only loss being the contaminated fuel in the tank; thanks to our friendly and helpful site owner.

I discarded the mixed fuel in a drum for this purpose at a local ambulance garage. Apparently it was a regular problem with the ambulances, the wrong mix going either way.

Bertie.