Wife put gas in my diesel truck....
And of course, she is 3 hours away from home. Fun Saturday for me, drop the kids off at our friends house. Her husband goes with me for a road trip to drain the tank on my 2005 Dodge Cummins. M...
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Fact: there is no "standard" color for diesel pump handles in the US. It's not a state by state thing at all. I have seen black, green, orange, and even yellow handles on diesel pumps. If you want to be sure to get the right stuff, you MUST read the sign, not rely on handle color.
The newest common rail diesels do not tolerate gas well at all. Back in the day, it was common practice in winter to throw a couple gallons of gas in the tank to prevent gelling. Do that today, and you can pretty well count on having to replace very expensive pieces. If you run one long enough with some gas in there, the high pressure fuel pump will grind itself to death, in the process contaminating the entire fuel system with microscopic metal shards that cannot be cleaned out, meaning to fix it right so it stays fixed, you have to replace the fuel tank, all fuel lines, the fuel filter and housing, fuel rail, HPFP, and all injectors, which will run into thousands.
So, for any newbie who might be reading this, if you ever put gas in your diesel's tank, don't start it. Getting it towed and drained will incur maybe a few hundred bucks for fuel, labor, disposal of the toxic waste (aka polluted gas/diesel). Start it, and now you can include a fuel filter plus draining/flushing the lines. If you run it until the gas puts the fire out entirely, the damages can run $10,000 to $15,000 depending on which vehicle you have. So pay attention when you get to the station to fill up.
The newest common rail diesels do not tolerate gas well at all. Back in the day, it was common practice in winter to throw a couple gallons of gas in the tank to prevent gelling. Do that today, and you can pretty well count on having to replace very expensive pieces. If you run one long enough with some gas in there, the high pressure fuel pump will grind itself to death, in the process contaminating the entire fuel system with microscopic metal shards that cannot be cleaned out, meaning to fix it right so it stays fixed, you have to replace the fuel tank, all fuel lines, the fuel filter and housing, fuel rail, HPFP, and all injectors, which will run into thousands.
So, for any newbie who might be reading this, if you ever put gas in your diesel's tank, don't start it. Getting it towed and drained will incur maybe a few hundred bucks for fuel, labor, disposal of the toxic waste (aka polluted gas/diesel). Start it, and now you can include a fuel filter plus draining/flushing the lines. If you run it until the gas puts the fire out entirely, the damages can run $10,000 to $15,000 depending on which vehicle you have. So pay attention when you get to the station to fill up.
