garage fraud? - said petrol in diesel tank

[debbietrueman]

we now live in the french alps and have a 06 defender, we filled up with diesel, went over 100kms including very steep hills, then the defender lost power as we were coming down the mountain. we had it towed to a land rover dealership who said we put petrol in the engine. we have a diesel receipt and have been back to the fuel station, where they confirmed the pump used also serviced the lorry pumps. the dealership took one morning to correct the said petrol in the tank problem and charged us 950€ to get our defender back. Coventry said we would never had got so far and it would have taken a week to sort the tank out, but now the defender is in france, Land rover france has to sort it out. Land rover france said that if their garage said we put petrol in the diesel tank, then thats what we did. Any ideas where we go from here? (car insurance company not interested!)

[Fyko]

What was the 950 Euros for?

Petrol in a diesel system will result in injector pump failure due to lack of lubrication. Repair would involve draining tank, flushing fuel system, fuel filter replacement, separator draining, and for the big amount, injector pump overhaul. What does the invoice show as done?

Who fuelled the car? There's a big difference between the smell of petrol and diesel. Only a very inexperienced person would make such a mistake.