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2001 Volkswagen TDI petorl in diesel

Tiny
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  • 2001 VOLKSWAGEN TDI
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I have a golf 1.9tdi 2001 ive put ten pound of petrol in it but then filled it up with diesel its been running fine but now its difficult to start any ideas on what I can do?
Saturday, August 1st, 2009 AT 6:32 AM

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Tiny
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I am a little confused you say; "ive put ten pound of petrol in it" petrol is diesel unless you're running some kind of biofuel? And then you top it off you say" but then filled it up with diesel" have you checked you glow plug system? You may have one burned out that will cause a hard start.
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 AT 10:01 AM
Tiny
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Petrol is not diesel it is gasoline a very different type of fuel.

Your fuel system will likely need to be flushed of petrol and filled with diesel. Forums. Tdiclub. Com has methods to resolve this issue.
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 AT 7:32 PM

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