diesel oil in petrol engine ??

[bradus]

Hi my mate owns a 106 gti and last night he discovered quite a bad tapping/knocking sound and when trying to drive it was spluttering ect

phoned his uncle up who advised him to put diesel oil in the car and run for 200 miles to flush it through then empty and fill back up with his normal oil ect

when he told me this i was like you sure but just thought i would get one of the brains on here to correct me if I'm wrong !

cheers bradus

 

[sideways danny]

nothing wrong with using diesel oil in a petrol engine, they just tend to be different grades with a few more detergents.

The problem doesn't sound like it's anything to do with the oil though