misfuel

misfuel

English

Verb

misfuel (third-person singular simple present misfuels, present participle misfuelling or misfueling, simple past and past participle misfuelled or misfueled)

1. To fill a vehicle with the wrong type of fuel (usually petrol for diesel)

   Misfuelling happens more than 400 times a day.[1]

   The cost of misfueling[2]

   • 2015 September 12, Miles Brignall, “£9,000 bill for misfuelling has both driver and engine spluttering”, in The Guardian‎:

     To avoid misfuelling, diesel car owners could get a device that replaces the conventional fuel cap and prevents the petrol nozzle fitting in the tank.

References

1. “A costly mistake”, in The Telegraph‎, Telegraph Media Group, 27 August 2005, retrieved 14 September 2011
2. “The cost of misfueling”, in The Telegraph‎, Telegraph Media Group, 3 May 2011, retrieved 16 May 2012