Putting Petrol Into A Diesel Car #TBT - Fifth Gear

It's #ThrowbackThursday! Jon Bentley demonstrates what happens if you fill up a car with the wrong fuel, and if you can save it after the damage has been made!

[nielslauridsen]

I once accidentally put on Fifth Gear when I wanted Top Gear

[TheMygoran]

New Engine: "Oh, you havn't replaced my electrical components for 3 Days, im not going to start then"
Old Engine: "Is this fucking Vodka? Anyways, where to next?"

[LegoWormNoah]

New engine: *explodes due to a tiny misfire*

Old engine: *runs on the wrong fuel*

[markatherstone]

It's always depressing watching old videos like this and seeing the fuel prices 😩😩

[cowman]

Man has a flaming stick in one hand and a can of petrol in the other. Madman.

[earag]

“Couldn’t stop it on the track but it stopped on its emissions test”
LOL that sounds like a Volkswagen in 2015

[joshuagermana]

5:37 meanwhile, in the VW emissions testing facility:

Well that’s another pass

[Muscleduck]

I put petrol in my diesel van and drove it about 40-50 km. The only sign something was wrong was more smoke, less acceleration and hiccups when accelerating. I pumped it out with a pump on a drill, put fresh diesel in it, let it run stationary for 30 mins and drove home. I stil ldrive that van 4 years on with zero problems.

[alsosprachzarathustra]

Modern fuel efficiency comes at a price: Those machines punish you for ANY mistake you make.

[motab]

I accidentally shovelled coal into my diesel - Andy85Uk

[someseanu]

I must say sometimes older technology looks more robust and reliable. Not as comfortable or expensive but sturdier. Or is just me?

[spacelinx]

I’m so glad there are people like this out there who are willing to do thousands of dollars in damage and repair costs to cars and other machinery just to see what happens for people like me who always wonder, what would happen? 🤔

[liuton]

You could take a piss in the old engines and they would run fine

[alansimpson]

Jon Bentley is one of my fave presenters. A man who just seems genuinely happy to be alive

[TheDonBro]

99.9 pence per litre. Ahh I remember the good old days

[ua]

2:33 I love how he puts that automatic gearbox into drive and the whole car juddered and moves like it’s been hit from behind 😂😂

[slim]

Me: “mum can we get a *Top Gear* ?”
Mum: “we have a *Top Gear* at home.”
The *Top Gear* at home:

[garethifan]

I put 24 litres of petrol in to my 2016 Diesel Astra CDTI and drove it for 2 hours without realising the wrong fuel was in it. Just kept topping up with Diesel and its been fine ever since. The car has since covered another 3500 miles/6000km.

[Bspstroke_]

One time my grandpa had an employee who would steal gasoline out of his gas cans and put it in his car.. after my grandpa noticed he decided to fill the cans with diesel.. the next day the employee came to work all pissed with his car sputtering and blowing smoke.. good lesson learned there

[joshuahudson]

This episode restores my faith in the military's claim to have any fuel vehicles that can run equally inefficiently on everything from gasoline to jet fuel.