diesel into tank

[VTPREDATOR]

ok, my fellow colleague from work, not naming any names somehow managed to put 38 bux worth of diesel into her impreza. only to make it 3/4 way home b4 stalling. we managed to tow the car home and drain the tank of its contents. filled it up with premium and its smokey as hell. could the diesel have done any damage?

[VL Berlina 5speed]

proberly fouled the plugs and injectors too
might be worth changing the plugs and running injector cleaner with premium to clean the system

[Boonz]

it will smoke for a while. but wont do any permanent damage, its just upper cylinder lubricant and will make the top of the piston nice and clean

[Jesterarts]

lol... the diesel nozzle doesn't even fit in a petrol filler does it?

But yeah... what Peanut said... basically the long and painful way to clean the pistons... :P

[Boonz]

small caltex servo's still ahve small diesel nozzles.... which is a pain in the ass cos alot of people put the wrong fuel in their tank unfortunately... carelessness i rekon its not hard to read the sticker on the pump

[VL Berlina 5speed]

reason there is small nosels for diesels is that new euro cars which are diesel cars need the small filler compaired to the larger ones for trucks and 4wds

my tata uses the smaller filler, makes it hard as only a select few servos have them

[1991_Vn2nV]

Alot of places use the same sized Diesel pump as standard unleaded. Its mostly just high flow diesel pumps that are larger in size as high flow pumps are only meant for trucks and large vehicles, they flow too fast for standard sized vehicles with your average 50-70L tanks.

[greenacc]

yeah will be fine , just go for a long drive in the country to flush the premium through.
I wouldn't buy any new parts till you see how well it recovers.

[BANKS]

^^^^ good idea

[hsvpunk]

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[big m]

haha hey vtpredator i heard a conversation the same as that this arfternoon on the balcony below us the girl pulled up at a caltex servo and the attendent being the gentlemen he was he filled the tank with diesle not to sure wat car it was but yea i found it pretty funny lol

[dimsim]

slightly off topic but still related to diesel.
I was told that when you fill up a car with norm petrol, put a splash of diesel in.
The reason being that it cleaned your engine..

I thought this was a bit of crap dribbling out of their mouth, trolling me in real life :P

I still think its bullsh*t but could I possibly be wrong, I'm not wanting to try this, lol.

I think I will just stick to BP ultimate..

[DANNY8]

slightly off topic but still related to diesel.
I was told that when you fill up a car with norm petrol, put a splash of diesel in.
The reason being that it cleaned your engine..

I thought this was a bit of crap dribbling out of their mouth, trolling me in real life :P

I still think its bullsh*t but could I possibly be wrong, I'm not wanting to try this, lol.

I think I will just stick to BP ultimate..

A mate that lives on a farm rekons they do that alot of the time. And oneday driving behind another mate (which drives a 5.0L VP) I noticed it was smoking a fair bit when he backed off the throttle. Caught up with him a few mins l8r and he said he was running a bit of diesel through with the petrol to clean it out.

So apparently it does work.

[undar8ed1]

And I heard its good to dump your oil put the plug back in pour a bit of diesel in and let it sit for a bit and then drop that, apparently it cleans out most of the deposits, never tried it though.

[dimsim]

A mate that lives on a farm rekons they do that alot of the time. And oneday driving behind another mate (which drives a 5.0L VP) I noticed it was smoking a fair bit when he backed off the throttle. Caught up with him a few mins l8r and he said he was running a bit of diesel through with the petrol to clean it out.

So apparently it does work.

Still..
I don't think I'm game enough to try it, haha

[DANNY8]

And I heard its good to dump your oil put the plug back in pour a bit of diesel in and let it sit for a bit and then drop that, apparently it cleans out most of the deposits, never tried it though.

Yeah I've heard of that too.....but I use a Nulon product (Engine Flush or sumfin) which does the same thing. Ya chuck the gear in, let it idle for a while to mix in with the oil and work its way around, then stop ya motor and dump the oil. I normally buy it, put it straight in at the shop, drive home then dump it.

[Swordsy]

i just run 1L of metho through mine every now and then, cheaper and does the same job as that injector cleaner.

[Cobez]

Really? Metho? I never thought that could be any good for your engine whatsoever.

[PaulSV6]

ok, my fellow colleague from work, not naming any names somehow managed to put 38 bux worth of diesel into her impreza. only to make it 3/4 way home b4 stalling. we managed to tow the car home and drain the tank of its contents. filled it up with premium and its smokey as hell. could the diesel have done any damage?

In all Honesty, how can u mistake a unleaded pump for a Diesel pump??
Diesel pump handles are black well the Shell one's are!

[vsiicalais]

Really? Metho? I never thought that could be any good for your engine whatsoever.

metho is just ethanol so by adding it to a full tank of petrol it is actually weaker than E10 fuel. 1 litre of metho with 60 L of fuel works out to about 1 or 2 % ethanol verses the 10% in E10.

[Cobez]

Ohhh ok, in that case i won't be putting any metho in my fuel tank. No way i'd run E10 in my car.

[Captain Kermit]

Ohhh ok, in that case i won't be putting any metho in my fuel tank. No way i'd run E10 in my car.

It's fine to put metho in your fuel tank. When I got a bit of water in the fuel tank I dumped a litre of metho in there to help evaporate it. Car steadily improved the whole way home.

[1991_Vn2nV]

It's fine to put metho in your fuel tank. When I got a bit of water in the fuel tank I dumped a litre of metho in there to help evaporate it. Car steadily improved the whole way home.

It doesn't 'evaporate' it, it just allows the water to mix with the fuel and be put through the engine.

[Skitz]

I'm guessing her hair is blonde?

That is just wrong, It is just unreal that someone could mistake the Diesel bowser for an Unleaded bowser.Anybody that lets this happen considers their mode of transport to be just 4 wheels and a motor.