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| Thread ID: 71636 | 2006-08-11 19:22:00 | fuel mix advice please | sonnyboy (10965) | PC World Chat |
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| 477830 | 2006-08-11 19:22:00 | could anybody please give a village idiot some advice, thanks! I have just returned from the local petrol station with my brothers van which I have been using, and into a three-quarter full diesel tank I have just added £5 worth of petrol before i realized my mistake (all my cars are petrol) am I looking at a giant fallout with my brother over mechanics fees and a couple of blackeyes or will my crossed fingers do the trick. THANKS IN ADVANCE! |
sonnyboy (10965) | ||
| 477831 | 2006-08-11 21:56:00 | Gee, its catching! I did a similar thing last week. If its a really old vehicle you may get away with it. But if its not and has injectors then it will have to be drained. Don't start it! Did you drive it? If so, its more major to clean out. Tow it up the local garage and get them to do it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 477832 | 2006-08-11 22:53:00 | I would say that you would probibly get away with it. The petrol would be pretty diluted. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 477833 | 2006-08-11 22:54:00 | Welcome to PressF1 sonnyboy. :) People here are computer experts, not fuel experts (no offence). Dad's friend did that once. He ended up replacing the filter, and it cost him lots of $$$. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 477834 | 2006-08-11 23:05:00 | Top it up with diesel and don't worry about it. That was barely 3 litres of petrol and in a full tank (less than 5% dilution) the diesel won't even notice the difference. Bit of a skinflint though, putting in just $5 or did you notice the error and stop? :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 477835 | 2006-08-11 23:15:00 | I think he said 5 pounds (sterling) not 5 dollars so that is a little more than 3 litres, i would think | Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 477836 | 2006-08-11 23:44:00 | that is a little more than 3 litres, i would thinkYeah that's what he said - the $ was just a typo I reckon. | Greg (193) | ||
| 477837 | 2006-08-12 01:02:00 | But it's still only about 5 litres at UK prices, which are about £1 per litre? But unless we know the size of the gas tank, the dilution ratio is unknown. But I would be tempted to fill it with diesel, as it will be a small ratio. Then emigrate to Australia. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 477838 | 2006-08-12 06:45:00 | some guys add up to 10% petrol in there deisel to get a little bit more performance. i would just fill it up with deisel and use it. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 477839 | 2006-08-12 15:22:00 | About the only thing gas will do to diesel is dilute some of the lubrication qualities and also drop the cetane ratings a little at that volume . Gasoline will pass harmlessly thru Bosch Rotary and In-Line pumps, KIKI's and most other Japanese injector pumps and injectors . The place where it gets questionable is in the Roosa-Masters and Stan-o-dyne types; they like their diesel well-lubricated and oily . You will get better cold weather starting though . :D Do NOT do this in a Pow'r Stroke Ford engine! The electronic injectors are ok with it, but the pressure regulator is very finicky . . . and expensive!!!!! If you're really nervous, add a quart of 30# engine oil to the fuel tank . . . it'll bring the gas back to a little more oilyness and drop the octane, bringing the cetane and pentane values closer to designs for a diesel engine . We burn old lube oil after we change the oil in the engine mixed with gas in our trucks all the time . No smoke from the added oil, as the diesel is just an oil-burner anyway . We DO use Lubri-Finer filters, though, the flax-type, as the paper elements will let too much gunk pass . In a pickle, you can run gas and 30# engine oil straight in a diesel for a while . . . . . emergencies only . . . . . . . but the US Navy allows it in times of war or life-or-death circumstances, and they are very proud of their diesel engines . I like to add some ATF to the tanks too (about 3 quarts to a full tank . . . which is about 30 gallons of fuel) for algae that grows in there . The red dye is poisonous to the little critters and the stop growth ----for a while anyway . It will not smoke . Injectors love it! Injection pumps love it! :groan: |
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