Isn't the nozzle of a diesel pump / hose wider to prevent this from happening?
Just fill up with gasoline and not worry.
Just fill up with gasoline and not worry.
Accidentally put diesel in my car!
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Originally Posted By: Mr Nice
Isn't the nozzle of a diesel pump / hose wider to prevent this from happening?
Just fill up with gasoline and not worry.
Yes, the nozzle is larger. But he said that he put diesel in a gas can, wrote on the can that it is diesel, and put it in the car anyway.
Isn't the nozzle of a diesel pump / hose wider to prevent this from happening?
Just fill up with gasoline and not worry.
Yes, the nozzle is larger. But he said that he put diesel in a gas can, wrote on the can that it is diesel, and put it in the car anyway.
Something fishy here........
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Fill it with premium, and be wary of hearing some knocking...back off the throttle if you hear it.
Why Premium? It seems to me a diesel mixture would make it harder to ignite/explode? Low octane fuel explodes easier and contains more energy, seems like that would be the way to go. Am I missing something?
Fill it with premium, and be wary of hearing some knocking...back off the throttle if you hear it.
Why Premium? It seems to me a diesel mixture would make it harder to ignite/explode? Low octane fuel explodes easier and contains more energy, seems like that would be the way to go. Am I missing something?
diesel reduces the octane rating, and you'd likely get detonation
Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
Something fishy here........
Something fishy here........
I'm wondering a bout a gallon of e-85
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Originally Posted By: Shannow
Fill it with premium, and be wary of hearing some knocking...back off the throttle if you hear it.
Why Premium? It seems to me a diesel mixture would make it harder to ignite/explode? Low octane fuel explodes easier and contains more energy, seems like that would be the way to go. Am I missing something?
jetronic got it.
Looking at the hydrocarbon series, the smaller the chain length, the better the antiknock performance...and it's all compared to "octane", which is 2,2,4 trimethyl pentane, a compact molecule, of pentane (5 carbons) long, with three little branches....it's 100. (Incidentally, "zero" is N-Heptane, which has 7 carbon atoms in a long string).
Diesel is around 13 long, and has a very poor octane rating.
Remember in a diesel, the fuel isn't introduced to the air until injection near TDC...if it were, it would knock like crazy.
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Fill it with premium, and be wary of hearing some knocking...back off the throttle if you hear it.
Why Premium? It seems to me a diesel mixture would make it harder to ignite/explode? Low octane fuel explodes easier and contains more energy, seems like that would be the way to go. Am I missing something?
jetronic got it.
Looking at the hydrocarbon series, the smaller the chain length, the better the antiknock performance...and it's all compared to "octane", which is 2,2,4 trimethyl pentane, a compact molecule, of pentane (5 carbons) long, with three little branches....it's 100. (Incidentally, "zero" is N-Heptane, which has 7 carbon atoms in a long string).
Diesel is around 13 long, and has a very poor octane rating.
Remember in a diesel, the fuel isn't introduced to the air until injection near TDC...if it were, it would knock like crazy.
Originally Posted By: GiveMeAVowel
Should have siphoned it out. Go to a shop and have them do it.
I cringe when people talk about draining large amounts of fuel. Who is going to take it? I don't know of any environmentally friendly way to get rid of it.
One gallon diesel in 20 shouldn't be that bad. It's an oil. Should be like a top end lube.
Drive easy and keep filling up to dilute it.
Should have siphoned it out. Go to a shop and have them do it.
I cringe when people talk about draining large amounts of fuel. Who is going to take it? I don't know of any environmentally friendly way to get rid of it.
One gallon diesel in 20 shouldn't be that bad. It's an oil. Should be like a top end lube.
Drive easy and keep filling up to dilute it.
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