# 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport - putting diesel in petrol car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-hyundai-santa-fe-sport-putting-diesel-in-petrol-car/168776>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, santa-fe-sport\
**Created:** [August 16, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-hyundai-santa-fe-sport-putting-diesel-in-petrol-car/168776 "2020-08-16T16:31:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jacob32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@Jacob32](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jacob32)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-hyundai-santa-fe-sport-putting-diesel-in-petrol-car/168776/1 "2020-08-16T16:31:34Z")

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Putting diesel in petrol car

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-hyundai-santa-fe-sport-putting-diesel-in-petrol-car/168776/2 "2020-08-16T18:44:07Z")

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Definitely **not** recommended. Don’t do it.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-hyundai-santa-fe-sport-putting-diesel-in-petrol-car/168776/3 "2020-08-17T00:45:05Z")

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If you’ve done that you’ll need to have the fuel tank dropped and drained, at minimum.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-hyundai-santa-fe-sport-putting-diesel-in-petrol-car/168776/4 "2020-08-17T04:23:40Z")

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The diesel fuel can be pumped from the tank in 45 minutes without removing and dropping the tank, (caution, do not drop).