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Motorists at a filling station in the West Midlands ended up with the wrong fuel in their tanks after a mix-up by suppliers.

Petrol was pumped into a diesel supply tank at the Morrisons station in Kingswinford, leading some drivers to break down after filling up.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-11483400
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Ouch :eek:

Happening too often for my liking....
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Ouch :eek:

Happening too often for my liking....


It also happened at Tavistock in Devon in June 2008
and guess who?

Yes Morrisons

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7451662.stm
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They need a gadget on the top of the tank that only allows the right sized tanker hose to connect....



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its actually marked on the lid and around the edge whether its petrol or diesel,those tags are even color coded so as the tanker driver cant go wrong on filling those tanks.  :eek:.
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its actually marked on the lid and around the edge whether its petrol or diesel,those tags are even color coded so as the tanker driver cant go wrong on filling those tanks.  :eek:.
Do you think the AA will come out and empty the tank and give it a flush on their special "petol in a diesel" recovery service?


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wow... i bet someone is going to be reamed hard over that little mess up... thats a costly thing to do!


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its actually marked on the lid and around the edge whether its petrol or diesel,those tags are even color coded so as the tanker driver cant go wrong on filling those tanks.  :eek:.

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