Yikes! I put some gasoline on my diesel engine

**calcite** · September 18th, 2004 10:56 AM

Yikes! I mistakenly added about half a liter of gasoline to my fuel tank.

I usually have a small container of diesel fuel in my pick-up for emergency. About a month ago, I bought some gasoline for clean-up work (after repair) and forgot about it. Yesterday I decided to get some water but noticed the container with contents (forgot that it was gasoline) and I absent mindedly poured it into my fuel tank thinking that it was my stock of diesel fuel. Only when the smell hit me did I notice that it was gasoline. Too late, I already poured in about half a liter.

Wonder what would half a liter of gasoline mixed with about 50 liters of diesel do to a diesel engine?

Drove my pick-up about 4 kilometers and I did not noticed any change - medyo bumilis lang.

**kimpOy** · September 18th, 2004 11:09 AM

better go to your nearest filling station and drain your tank...para worry free

**luckytruck** · September 18th, 2004 11:17 AM

naku, i would't have driven it at all siguro. drain na yan diretso if it were me.

andy

**veeval** · September 18th, 2004 05:33 PM

hanapin mo yung drain plug sa gas tank at
e drain mo kagad yan baka madamage ang valve seat ng pick up mo...inde mo lang yan
nararamdaman pero pag tumagal yan maingay
na mga valves nyan...

**Dieseler** · September 18th, 2004 05:47 PM

Will half a liter of gasoline in 50 liters of diesel matter? Isn't this the same as what other people do, like adding kerosine to diesel?

**timyong** · September 18th, 2004 06:01 PM

putting gasoline on a diesel car is more hazardous than putting diesel on gas fueled engines. Although half a liter would not do enough damage to your engine.

**Ungas** · September 18th, 2004 07:02 PM

What you can do is drain all the fuel and refill, but half a liter won't be as critical as you guys think. Mixing it with 50 liters of diesel is like 0.5:50 or 0.01 to a liter. And another thing, it won't make it any faster either, octane from gas are not the same with cetane from diesels.

**JAYarc** · September 18th, 2004 08:55 PM

oo nga pour more diesel nalang to rise the ratio...adding gasoline to diesel will reduce ata cetane rating that will hurt computer governed diesel injector..

**boybi** · September 18th, 2004 09:15 PM

madidilute naman ng 50 liters diesel mo ang half liter gasoline mo. para mas madilute, ipa-full tank mo nalang ulit, ng diesel ha.

**edzzz** · September 19th, 2004 06:45 AM

i remember from one of our posters na he use to put 5L of gasoline to a full tank of diesel para daw bumilis and lumakas ang hatak. i think he's shortening his engine life