Accidentally filled with gasoline......oops!
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someone that i was in charge of once filled up one of those brand new (2003) mitsubishi montero (forgot the name of them in europe) diesels with gas. he just drove it around until it quit.
all the shop did was drain everything and replace filters and started right up and it ran fine.
edit: pajeros are the name of them! not monteroes!
all the shop did was drain everything and replace filters and started right up and it ran fine.
edit: pajeros are the name of them! not monteroes!
Last edited by bf250; Nov 6, 2006 at 10:37 PM.
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I'd like to know exactly what was broke in the engine to warrant an entire new one. Maybe, maybe some injectors, and that's a stretch IMO. Certainly not the pistons, rods, crank, block, turbo, etc, etc.
I'm sure that gas instead of diesel happens all the time.
Mike
I'm sure that gas instead of diesel happens all the time.
Mike
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From: Vero Beach, Florida
I filled up with a tank of gasoline in my old '02 7.3 about three years ago, stupid mistake ... I leave my house at 4 a.m. for my 104 mile trip to work and this particular morning I used a dual gas/diesel pump on the opposite side of the single diesel pump I normally use, evidently I swiped my card and grabbed the gas. About 6 miles down the road the truck started running rough and it didn't dawn on me what had happened until I looked at my receipt, I threw in a couple ounces of 2 cycle oil and stopped at darn near near every fuel station on the way to work to try and dilute the gas with diesel. The truck progressively ran better until the gas was all gone at which point I replaced the filters and she was good to go from there on out .... matter of fact it had 251k miles at trade in without any engine mechanical problems whatsoever.
The same truck had a couple of hundred or so miles on it while running JetA fuel also ... a few ounces of 2 cycle oil with every addition of JetA seemed to solve the lubrication issues. I do know of a couple of guys that ran *a lot* of JetA without adding any oil and had injector problems. I ran JetA because that was the only fuel available (we had it in bulk) in our remote location.
The same truck had a couple of hundred or so miles on it while running JetA fuel also ... a few ounces of 2 cycle oil with every addition of JetA seemed to solve the lubrication issues. I do know of a couple of guys that ran *a lot* of JetA without adding any oil and had injector problems. I ran JetA because that was the only fuel available (we had it in bulk) in our remote location.
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From: Too close to Houston
Originally Posted by mrfixit64857
For the record, I run about 2% GASOLINE in our company trucks, all diesel, big and small. It helps the diesel flow better and hasn't hurt a thing. Also, for the record again, Kerosene IS Diesel, just more refined. (#1 grade)
All this being said, in the "real old days" before we had things like engine computers, introducing gasoline to the Diesel in pure unadulterated form was more like suicide, with notable accounts of engines and entire vehicles exploding. Since there were relatively FEW small-engine diesels at the time, it wasn't a common occurance, but it was more widely known in marinas, as many boats used small engine diesels and such mistakes were disastrous.
All this being said, in the "real old days" before we had things like engine computers, introducing gasoline to the Diesel in pure unadulterated form was more like suicide, with notable accounts of engines and entire vehicles exploding. Since there were relatively FEW small-engine diesels at the time, it wasn't a common occurance, but it was more widely known in marinas, as many boats used small engine diesels and such mistakes were disastrous.
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My brother and 2 of my good friends have each put gas in their diesel trucks. 2 of them are 7.3L and one 6.0L, on each occasion they all drove them quite a way before they realized. the trucks all started running rough and they couldn't give them any throttle, so they idled into parking lots or whatever was nearby. siphoned the tank and put in some diesel and started them up, after some smoke they ran fine and still do. None of them have made that mistake again. I agree this guy got hosed by the dealer, that's why I do all the work on my truck, I will never bring my vehicle to the dealer.
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From: Quesnel, BC, Canada
on my experience I would guess I drove about 6 miles, my truck wouldnt accellerate at all, it idled fine tho. So I just syphoned it all out of the tank, filled it with diesel, let it idle for quite a while and drove it home. I would be suspiscious of the dealer saying the engine was toast....Im sure there were some parts that could have been less then good tho.
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