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By Raina8008 - 11/10/2016 12:30 - United States

Today, while driving a big box truck for my job I noticed it needed gas, so I stopped to fill up. First the corporate gas card didn't work and I had to use my own money and then 10 minutes later it puttered and died on the highway. I swear I pushed the diesel button but somehow I put in regular. FML
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ThrottleJockey 35

The nozzles for gasoline and diesel are two different sizes, colors, and smells. Sorry, but YDI. That's going to be a pricy repair bill.

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sturschaedel 27

Is it possible that the company card can only be charged for diesel and that was the reason it "didn't work"? Unless you can somehow find prove the gas station was at fault (highly unlikely), you might have quite a lot of trouble ahead of you.

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ThrottleJockey 35

The nozzles for gasoline and diesel are two different sizes, colors, and smells. Sorry, but YDI. That's going to be a pricy repair bill.

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sturschaedel 27

Is it possible that the company card can only be charged for diesel and that was the reason it "didn't work"? Unless you can somehow find prove the gas station was at fault (highly unlikely), you might have quite a lot of trouble ahead of you.

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sturschaedel 27

Not when you plan to pay inside the station. at least not where I live.

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DeliMeat08 14

In Missouri it's optional between paying outside first, or paying inside before/after, and depending on the gas station, paying after filling in general.

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miamackster 16

The Diesel nozzle can't be contaminated with gas, so it has a completely different nozzle, usually a completely different pump too. You drove it with the gas? Ouch.... that's very bad, bye bye truck.

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ApparentlyNotEno 28

There seems to be some confusion here. There are three different nozzles - petrol/gas, high-flow diesel, and low-flow diesel. The high-flow diesel nozzles are huge and will only fit in large trucks. The low-flow diesel nozzles are smaller than the high-flow ones (but larger than petrol nozzles) and will not fit in petrol vehicles. The petrol nozzles are the smallest and will fit in all holes. Putting diesel in a petrol engine may cause damage, but not much, and a repair is inexpensive. Putting petrol in a diesel motor, however, will quickly destroy the fuel system (at best) and could destroy the engine (at worst). It is a MAJOR expense. So the petrol nozzles being smallest makes ZERO sense. Most manufacturers have put in safeguards that won't allow a petrol nozzle to fit into a diesel tank... but these don't always work. It's far too easy to misfuel a diesel vehicle. I feel for you, OP. This is most definitely a FYL.

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ApparentlyNotEno 28

Oh, and there is no set standard for colour-coding nozzles either. Most use a green nozzle for diesel, but BP in particular uses a green cover for their low-octane petrol. Volkswagen used to have a policy where they would pay for one misfuel repair for the lifetime of their vehicles just so their customers wouldn't get pummeled by a €6,000 - 10,000 bill if it happened.

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