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Mistakenly filled my gas tank up with E85 this morning. Q4

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I mistakenly filled my gas tank up with E85 this morning. I am uncertain if I should drive the car or have it towed to get the gas tank flushed and new 91 gas put in. It is a 2019 Q4 Giuliani. I am at the gas station and uncertain what to do.
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I did the same thing accidentally to my 2018 Giulia with E85, all I seen was octane I didn't see the other numbers and ran it through the system before realizing something was wrong after the engine service light came on although the car still runs does anybody have any suggestions?
Stay out of full boost. Drive car easy down to half tank and fill up with 93 or 91. You’ll be fine as long as you don’t hammer it. If you really feel concerned you can go to harbor freight and buy a cheap syphon. Might get 9-10 gallons out with it then fill up
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You’ll be fine. At least it wasn’t diesel. 🙂
Years ago I mistakenly put a half a tank of diesel in my Maserati bora. After panicking I was told to fill the tank with premium and not to worry. I was told to burn the gas down a few gallons at a time and keep topping off with premium often.
It was all good in the end.
Now…don’t put gas in a diesel!!!
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Years ago I mistakenly put a half a tank of diesel in my Maserati bora. After panicking I was told to fill the tank with premium and not to worry. I was told to burn the gas down a few gallons at a time and keep topping off with premium often.
It was all good in the end.
Now…don’t put gas in a diesel!!!
I did read anything past “Maserati Bora”. What colour was it?
I did read anything past “Maserati Bora”. What colour was it?
Red with black. 4.9 liter never should have sold. It was an epic gt…even when running diesel fuel:)
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Nope. Cars from the recent past have some kind of restriction or valve that prevents from inserting the siphon hose. AMHIK.
A [email protected]#%ing gas thief decided it was a good idea to use a battery powered hand drill to drill a hole in the bottom of the gas tank of a car parked at a BART parking lot.

As you might expect an inferno involving many cars ensued. On the news...

All in an attempt to steal maybe $50 worth of gasoline.
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A [email protected]#%ing gas thief decided it was a good idea to use a battery powered hand drill to drill a hole in the bottom of the gas tank of a car parked at a BART parking lot.

As you might expect an inferno involving many cars ensued. On the news...

All in an attempt to steal maybe $50 worth of gasoline.
People are the worst 😔
People are the worst 😔
Says the guy who lives where all the people are.

Anyway, locking stuff up can sometimes backfire, as it did literally in the above case.
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Says the guy who lives where all the people are.

Anyway, locking stuff up can sometimes backfire, as it did literally in the above case.
Touche!

I wish I could move somewhere remote but my wife's job/family won't allow it sadly
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