Rich wrote:
I was listening to a chatty radio show this evening and someone
mentioned that he knew someone who put £10 of deisel in with the
petrol on every fourth fill-up. He swore it prolonged the life of his
engines - and sure enough, his car has so far lasted 30 years....

There are plenty of 30 year old cars around, some of them with very high
mileages.

The diesel will act as a lubricant to the fuel system and the valves.
Modern petrol (read anything post ~1970) is well lubricated - a measured
amount of larger hydrocarbons (a lot like diesel) is added to the petrol
to act as a lubricant.

Adding diesel to your petrol is totally unnecessary. In addition, adding
that much diesel to a tank of petrol (£10 = 1/3-1/4 tank?) will make the
engine run like crap.


Just thought I'd pass it on... and listen out for your comments.

Bored, eh?


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Grunff