Pumping gasoline into a diesel tank
I was getting ready to fill the tank with diesel last week, and accidentally picked up the gasoline nozzle briefly, then realized my mistake and traded it for the diesel nozzle about 2 feet away at th...
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TucsonJim wrote:N-Trouble wrote:
Yellow nozzles at least in CA are E85, not diesel.
If you think putting gas in a diesel is bad check out some of the stories of Ford owners putting DEF in their fuel tank due to the DEF fill being right next to the fuel fill. At least GM got that one right by putting the DEF fill under the hood.
Yep - I've done that one. Added 2-3 cups of DEF to my diesel because I had my head up my rear orifice and wasn't paying attention. Cost $10,998 to repair. Thank God my insurance company stepped up and helped me. They said they get several claims a week for both DEF and gasoline in diesel engines. Either one will cause very serious problems in newer diesel rigs.
I've done both DEF and gasoline in my 2011. I got away without it costing me anything in both cases. I drove the truck about 8 miles after filling it with gasoline. I realized what I had done after about 3 miles when it started pinging terribly. I drove it a few more miles to a friends place where I had my wife meet me with a jerry can of deisel. I unplugged the fuel line from the filter under the hood and hooked it to a length of hose. By cycling the key on multiple times I was able to pump the tainted fuel into my wife's car and my friends truck. Then I poured in the jerry can of deisel and was on my way. When I put DEF in the tank I pumped the tainted fuel the same way into a barrel. Just to be sure I got all the DEF out I removed the fuel tank. It turned out there was nothing but a cup full of pure diesel in it though.
