Dealer put wrong fuel in!!!!

I'm no expert.But i was always led to believe you could wreck the engine,even after just a few miles.
Damage to fuel pump,injection system and filter.I think the worst part is,there's a lubricant in diesel,which isn't present in petrol.It's needed to lubricate your fuel pump.
I don't think your Puegeot dealer has done your car any good at all.

plays this out:
you put the wrong fuel in and went to a dealer. they would charge you £1000s for replacing parts. all they did to yours is drain the fuel.

i would reject the car, who knows what will happen down the line!!

your diesel pumps will be knackered - end of story.
PD engines operate at extreemly high pressure require lubrication from the diesel. Petrol is just too thin and a lube solvent. Your pump will have been trashed. and possible the injectors. If they had drained all fuel, replaced all fuel lines, filter and pump immediately, you might have been OK. Reject car or insist on an engine replacement with a no cost 3 year FULL warranty.
The Pug dealers have a legal "duty of care" - they have been negligent and caused irreversible damage.

Crispdust sounds like he has got the best place to start at least. Wrong fuel? Kn0bs!

I hope u gave em hell

what about getting seat I'm involved? Even though it's not a seat dealer, they may still have some input as to what needs doing.

I would also ring several local garages, Inc seat dealers and specialists, tell them what car it is and it's to the wrong fuel in it and ask what needs doing. If the pug dealer comes and says they'll only flush the system when everyone else recommends a new pump, then stick it to them.

Hope they've given you a decent courtesy car!!

Quote from the Telegraph (so it must be true...)
"So diesel makes good sense. But if a motorist who has used petrol all his or her life buys or borrows a new diesel car then uses the wrong nozzle at the filling station, costly damage can be done even before the ignition key has been inserted, because unlocking the doors also energises a diesel's fuel pump.

That puts the fuel under pressure, ready for instant injection into the engine, which is why modern diesels start so quickly. The old-fashioned waiting time for preliminary ignition "warm-up" might appear to have been eliminated, but in reality it has simply been electronically absorbed into pre-driving procedures. It is a clever and convenient development but it comes at a price for the absent-minded.

Petrol wrecks diesel engine lubrication processes and is particularly damaging to a diesel engine's costly, high-pressure fuel pump, which operates at up to 2,050bar (30,000psi). Petrol removes the pump case hardening and if a film of hardened metal disintegrates into swarf it will greatly harm or even wreck an engine's internal organs.

At best, if the engine is not started or perhaps run only very briefly, the fuel tank and its internal pump, fuel lines, main high-pressure pump, fuel injectors and filters will all require removal, clearing and re-installation (which might include some renewal) at a cost of up to £7,000. At worst, several parts will need replacing, even the engine itself, at a potential cost of £12,000, or more for a top executive car.

Friday is danger day, when drivers fill up on their way home at the end of a hard week. Those new to diesel motoring too often go for unleaded petrol as a matter of habit. At the nationwide business vehicle management company Fleet Support Group, of Chippenham, Wilts, technical services manager Mike Kick warns: "It's a big problem that isn't getting any better and is growing in cost.

About £7,000 is the norm. Rarely is it necessary to replace an entire diesel engine because drivers realise their mistake before starting up and do not move their cars before calling for help. That's important. Every driver new to diesel cars must make a conscious effort to avoid misfuelling. Petrol is death to a diesel engine."

The problem is seriously disabling about 155,000 diesel cars a year. The RAC attended 50,000 cases last year, the Automobile Association 44,000 and Green Flag more than 6,000; UK plc suffered 54,000 company diesel car misfuelling incidents. "

not good practice is it when a dealer does that to your pride and joy

I got an Altea from the garage as a courtesy car and the dealer told me it was a diesel. Luckily a I checked the owners manual in the glovebox before filling up and it was a petrol .
I wonder who'd have got stung for that bill if I'd have put in the wrong fuel, because I'm saying it wouldn't have been me

Do you really want a "warranty" from a dealership (read complete fecking numpties...) that can't even put fuel lines back on correctly?
Surprising really since the Pug HDI diesel is notorious for trashing its high pressure diesel pump if petrol is put in.
If it were me I would get a figure of dealership, laugh at it unless its 90% of waht you paid then take em to court if they don't offer you at least 90% - given the grief you've had to put up with.
Then buy another - theres plenty about, from a reputable source.

as much as you love it, there must be quite a few around. Do you really want one you know has been ruined? Get a quote from the dealer, asap.

If I were you, I would get shot of it, as much as you love your pride and joy, the internal parts of your car have been effected, your car may well be fine now, but who knows what it's going to be like further down the road in say 2 or 3 years time, no warrenty then and if something serious does go wrong with your engine, then it will cost you a small fortune, maybe as much as the car will be worth then, if you can get pretty much all your money back, I would take there hands off and go and buy exactly the same car in the same colour, but one that has not suffered any long term damage and will give you lots of happy years motoring

This is a quote from a mate of mine on another forum. He's a VW senior technician, and has recently moved to Audi.

At least once a week a TDI will come in with the wrong fuel in the tank. I have never seen a V.A.G TDI PD engine be damaged by the wrong fuel being put in the vehicle, as the PD engine was designed to not allow the petrol to get passed the tandem pump as petrol is to thin to be used by tandem pump so no damage will occur to the pump injectors.

Normally the tank is drained via the lift pump (12v live feed to pump and drain pipe attached to inlet to fuel filter), then the system is flushed with fresh diesel, diesel filter is replaced, at least 10 liters of fresh diesel in put in the tank, then the system is primed using a small vacuum pump and engine started. Job done !

Also never had any warranty issues,

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I wouldn't worry.

Wouldn't want to be the person in the dealership who did that! Bet they got a right @rse kicking.

At least they have taken reasonable measures to fix it. Given some of the dearler horro stories we've seen on here of late it could have been worse.

It sounds like it's the anti shudder valve you're talking about. These are electrically operated (a small motor) and sit just next to the EGR valve. The motors are well known to burn out and blow fuses and it's nothing to do with the fuel issue or the pipes reconnected wrongly. Just a common occurrence.

As for the warranty not covering diagnostics, I'd be asking some questions about that.