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I hope you've flushed the fuel tank after the mistake. There could still be diesel in the system, and diesel does not evaporate like gasoline. Diesel will, however, burn off if the engine is hot enough, so you need to get your engine started.
1 Fill your tank with the proper grade gasoline.
2 Try to get the gasoline through the system as far as possible - loosen the feed pipe as close to the carburettor or injector system as possible, switch on the ignition to get the fuel pump to displace any diesel in the pipe (remember to place the end of the pipe into a container so you don't spill the stuff on the floor). Otherwise just suck at the end of the pipe (not recommended) until the gas comes through.
3 Reattach the fuel pipe, then prime the engine with ethanol - also called Quick Start or similar.
Spray the Quick Start into the air intake while cranking the engine. It should start, even for just a few seconds. Repeat this a few times until the engine starts then let it run until the smoke from the exhaust stops. It is not the end of the world to have diesel in a gas tank, much, much worse is getting gasoline in a diesel tank!
This is a first aid remedy, hope it helps.
To solve the problem, drain all of the diesel fuel out of the gas tank and refill it with gasoline. (If possible open the fuel line near the injectors, place a flexible tube of some kind over the fuel line and drain enough fuel to allow all of the diesel fuel to be removed. Get as much of the concentrated diesel fuel out of the line as you possibly can before attempting to start the engine.) Then you would have to keep cranking the engine for a while to get the diesel out of the fuel lines and the injectors. Eventually the engine would start and run fine.
Hi,Did you start the vehicle after you put the gas in the tank? A drain plug is fitted underneath the tank,drain the tank of gas then fill it half way or more it may run a little sluggish at firs but the amount of diesel to gas ratio will mean it will do no harm.Hope this helps.
it all depends on how much diesel remained in the tank before the gasoline was added, and how new and sophisticated the diesel engine is. In a 2007 or newer clean diesel engine, any amount of gasoline will probably damage the sensitive emissions control components (DPF, OxyCat and SCR) and system. In older engines with much less sophisticated and "touchy" emissions systems, a lightly diluted (say 90 percent diesel/10 percent gasoline) mix would probably pass through with little or no detriment. It might simply cause reduced engine power, perhaps a bit more noise, and possibly a sharp warning from the emissions sensors that detect something other than pure diesel exhaust. It's high concentrations of gasoline that spell real trouble. Whether a modern clean CRD diesel or an old indirect injection unit, burning straight gasoline or highly diluted diesel fuel will almost certainly result in catastrophic damage to the mighty diesel engine.
JUST DRAIN OUT GASOLINE IN FUEL TANK.CHANGE FUEL FILTER AND.FILL UP TANK WITH DIESEL FUEL. ENGINE WILL RUN ROUGH UNTIL ALL GASOLINE LEAVES THE FUEL LINES.
Well, the good news is that filling a gasoline engine with diesel is not as bad as using gasoline in a diesel engine. There is likely no permanent damage.The bad news is that you're probably looking at several hundred dollars (perhaaps up to $500) to drain the fuel tank and engine and flush the fuel lines. If the diesel gummed up the spark plugs and filters, they'd probably need to be replaced, but those are minor costs. First, you won't be able to easily drain the fuel tank. I don't think they put drain plugs on the tank as most imports do. The best way to get the fuel out would be to remove the fuel line, extend it with a rubber hose or something, and run power to the fuel pump. The best place to do this would probably be at the fuel filter. The electric fuel pump will pump enough fuel out of the tank to allow the engine to start. It would be a good idea to run the tank dry, fill it with another gallon of gas or so, then use the pump to remove that gas/diesel mix also. Fill up with gas and you'll be fine. As to replacing parts, or aving parts destroyed by the diesel, I don't think that will happen. You might wanrt to change the fuel filter, but even that wouldn't be mandatory. Since your car is fuel injected and the fuel runs in a "loop" (the injectors get fuel pessure from the in tank fuel pump, and the excess pressure is fed back to the tank) any residual diesel will be flushed out of the lines almost immediately. Just run the fuel pump with a bypass without starting the engine, just like you did to drain the fuel. As it runs it will circulate fuel through the loop and clear out any diesel in the fuel loop. The engine should then start up immediately. One downside you MIGHT experience: the "honeycomb" catalytic converters used by Jeep and many others are quite sensitive to clogginbg with carbon, oil deposits, etc. Although in all probability you haven't done any damage to the cat. conv. this is a good reason to get as much diesel out as possible before attempting to start it. If you take it to a shop and they want to drop the tank, etc. I'd suggest to them using the pump to drain the tank. Like I say, I've used this method many times with great success. You should be able to find someone to do this for $100 or so. (Maybe less).
Diesel will not seriously harm a gasoline engine. That said, a gasoline engine will not run on diesel, it does not have the capacity to ignite the fuel. So while no actual damage has been caused, as has been stated, you will have to clean out all of the diesel before it will run again. The mechanics tell you they have to replace all of those parts, while really it is a matter of getting as much diesel out as you can, and letting the rest burn off with the gas. A bit of diesel mixed with gasoline would have the effect of a bit of oil mixed with the gas, a little smoke. Good luck and run the engine on the highest octane with fuel injector cleaner.
most gas tanks don't have a drain plug.can eith try siphoning it out with a hose called a magic siphoning hose or disconnect the fuel line and put the line in a container to catch the bad gas.
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