I'm an IDIOT!
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I'm an IDIOT!
I did a stupid thing tonight. Pulled up to the fuel pump and put 40 bucks worth of premium GAS in my truck. Noticed what I was doing whe I hung up the nozzle. That will make ya feel stupid!! I pulled her home and now I gota get it out of their. I filled the front tank clear up with gas and topped the back off with no more than 1 or 2 gallons of gas. Any hints or tips on the best way to get it out. Do I have to get every drop out or what? I did'nt run on the back tank yet but is it ok to run with 1-2 gallons in there? Any help would be welcomed. Thanks 
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Responded to a thread on this a while back and it got pretty interesting!
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The tank with the 2 gal. in it probably won't be a problem. Top her off with fuel and run it. The method I have used three times on three of our company trucks to solve this was... Disconnect the fuel line at the bowl. Connect a short piece of fuel hose to it. Connect an electric fuel pump to that hose. Put a piece of fuel hose, about 4 or 5 feet long to that and stick the end in a empty 55 gal barrel. Make sure the switch is on the bad tank. Turn on the electric pump. Remember your messing with gas! Don't use plastic hoses , or a plastic barrel, as static electricity can start a fire. Good luck. Don't swett it, your not the first, and won't be the last to do it.
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The tank with the 2 gal. in it probably won't be a problem. Top her off with fuel and run it. The method I have used three times on three of our company trucks to solve this was... Disconnect the fuel line at the bowl. Connect a short piece of fuel hose to it. Connect an electric fuel pump to that hose. Put a piece of fuel hose, about 4 or 5 feet long to that and stick the end in a empty 55 gal barrel. Make sure the switch is on the bad tank. Turn on the electric pump. Remember your messing with gas! Don't use plastic hoses , or a plastic barrel, as static electricity can start a fire. Good luck. Don't swett it, your not the first, and won't be the last to do it.
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The best plan (I hate to say this) is to drop the tank and drain the lines all the way up to the fuel bowl. Personally, I wouldn't get that carried away. You can use an electric pump, but be careful. I would also recommend adding Stanadyne Lubricity Formula and filling the fuel bowl with it along with a new fuel filter.
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From: Denton,TX
Originally Posted by ltfox
I never even tried to start the truck so it should'nt have any gas in the lines would it??
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I was half way asleep when I put diesel in my gasser and didnt realize it until I got home and the truck was running like crap. Looked at my receipt 10 gallons of Diesel NICE> . Talk about being a DUMB A__ I went back to the store to top it off with more gas and I started to put diesel in it again. .5 gallons latter I woke up. My moto now is dont fill up any tanks the next morning after a long night or getting hammered.
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Got my truck running tonight. Borrowed a pnematic diaphram pump and a couple of hoses from work and sucked the tanks dry and refilled them with diesel. Worked real good. Drove the truck around quite a bit on the tank that had mostly diesel and it ran greatn No problems. Thanks for all your help!
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