On July 31, 2022.... I did this same thing. I had between 1/4 to 1/2 tank of regular, wanted to get more gas and mistakenly grabbed the diesel pump. Added $50 dollars worth of Diesel. Was about 20 mins from home and had my family in the car and was already around 8:30 at night. The regular that was in the tank mixed with the diesel and the gasoline that was in the fuel line allowed the car to start. We have many speed bumps and at every speed bump the vehicle staggered a bit but in time I got home. The last few hundred yards from my gate it started to stagger more but made it to the driveway. Turned of the car and left it till morning. I had a friend help me take out the fuel pump connection behind the back seat in the trunk and pumped out all the diesel mixed fuel with a small hose. I got out about 9 gallons or more of mixed fuel. Drained and cleaned out the tank with a sponge. Got everyting hooked back up and added fresh gasoline. Took about 2 cranks before it started and it also smoked for a while to burn the fuel mix in the fuel line. Worked perfect after adding more fuel. Kia optima 2002 (LOL) working back as new as a 2022.
help me please, my foolish sister put 10 bucks worth of diesel in my 2006 pontiac pursuit, she realised the mistake and never started the engine but got the car toed to a garage over night they were closed so the car is there ,im wondering if i can fix this problem on my own without involving the garage costs, was thinking i could just fill up the tank with gas and hope it dilutes the diesel enough and just drive away is this ok ? what do you think i should do?
Having the shop drain the tank of all diesel would of course be the safest option. If you just put gasoline on top of the diesel in the tank, I would worry about it running poorly and possibly clogging the catalytic converters. These is a possibility that it will run fine and have no I'll effects but that is totally up to you but I would advise against it
@@MidwesternGarage thank you for your quick reply appreciate it because i need to figure this out by tomorrow to decide what to do before the garage guy calls so i can tell him either to work on it or leave it alone, i do not want to think about what they might end up doing or how complicated the job may get and how costly or if they run me into other bs like having to clear more hoses or the pump etc i think i will juts risk it, the tank was merely empty before she put in about 6 litres of diesel so i will juts get someone to drive me to the gas station to fill up my emergency plastic tank which might hold about a gallon, ill do a few trips and dilute the gallon of diesel with about 3 or 4 gallons of gas then quickly drive to the gas station and top it off, ill follow this guys example and hope for the best ruclips.net/video/8Dd3LjXPJH4/видео.html&ab_channel=Weldingandstuff
I know this is late to the party, but if you are running only about 25% mix diesel in your tank your car should run sluggish, but enough to get you places and enough to burn it all out of you top off with premium afterward. My sister put right over 4 gallons of Diesel in my truck as a thank you for letting her borrow it, the truck takes about 16 gallons of gas and was idling when she did this, oh her surprise when it started staggering as soon as she hoped back on the driver's seat, she quickly shut it off and called me. Oh my surprise when I saw where she was parked, and I knew exactly what she had done, she told me she didn't know and that she apologized. I looked at the pump 4.3 gallons on an almost full tank. I get in and a turned the key, to my surprise it turned over and it cranked on!! with a very rough idle, I basically had to keep my foot applying slight pressure to the gas pedal to keep it from shutting off, so I "idled" over to the gas pump and pumped the last little bit it needed for a fill up with premium, the idle was still rough, but my thinking was If it makes it down to 3/4 tank I'll refill with premium again. it did and I did, that fill up evened the idle a little and I kept driving it until it was empty, the next fill-up was regular and no more issues came up from it. At low concentrations it won't destroy your engine although it would make it run a bit dirty, and maybe smokey.
Im here because of the funny videos 😂 I should look for that gasoline door alarm that says "STOP! DIESEL! REMEMBER! DIESEL! " Or the gasoline version in my case 😂
My daughter did this to an old vehicle and I was quoted 1800$ for Pep Boys to replace the fuel tank and fuel pump. We sold the car for scrap metal because it wasn’t worth 1800$ in repairs. It ran fine before.
I've just put 11litres of diesel in my empty gas xtrail..my mechanic said I should fill it up with gas as it wasn't too much. Will I screw up my engine?
I am looking at a like new early 80s mercedes with the gas v8 but I want to put a mercedes diesel in it. How much of a job it it to make everything work
It really depends on the size of the fuel tank, the age of the vehicle and the compression ratio. Of course, I'd have to recommend draining the tank to ensure no damage to the engine or fuel system, but if it still runs ok and you monitor it closely, that's your call to drive it or not.
On July 31, 2022.... I did this same thing. I had between 1/4 to 1/2 tank of regular, wanted to get more gas and mistakenly grabbed the diesel pump. Added $50 dollars worth of Diesel. Was about 20 mins from home and had my family in the car and was already around 8:30 at night. The regular that was in the tank mixed with the diesel and the gasoline that was in the fuel line allowed the car to start. We have many speed bumps and at every speed bump the vehicle staggered a bit but in time I got home. The last few hundred yards from my gate it started to stagger more but made it to the driveway. Turned of the car and left it till morning. I had a friend help me take out the fuel pump connection behind the back seat in the trunk and pumped out all the diesel mixed fuel with a small hose. I got out about 9 gallons or more of mixed fuel. Drained and cleaned out the tank with a sponge. Got everyting hooked back up and added fresh gasoline. Took about 2 cranks before it started and it also smoked for a while to burn the fuel mix in the fuel line. Worked perfect after adding more fuel. Kia optima 2002 (LOL) working back as new as a 2022.
help me please, my foolish sister put 10 bucks worth of diesel in my 2006 pontiac pursuit, she realised the mistake and never started the engine but got the car toed to a garage over night they were closed so the car is there ,im wondering if i can fix this problem on my own without involving the garage costs, was thinking i could just fill up the tank with gas and hope it dilutes the diesel enough and just drive away is this ok ? what do you think i should do?
Having the shop drain the tank of all diesel would of course be the safest option. If you just put gasoline on top of the diesel in the tank, I would worry about it running poorly and possibly clogging the catalytic converters. These is a possibility that it will run fine and have no I'll effects but that is totally up to you but I would advise against it
@@MidwesternGarage thank you for your quick reply appreciate it because i need to figure this out by tomorrow to decide what to do before the garage guy calls so i can tell him either to work on it or leave it alone, i do not want to think about what they might end up doing or how complicated the job may get and how costly or if they run me into other bs like having to clear more hoses or the pump etc i think i will juts risk it, the tank was merely empty before she put in about 6 litres of diesel so i will juts get someone to drive me to the gas station to fill up my emergency plastic tank which might hold about a gallon, ill do a few trips and dilute the gallon of diesel with about 3 or 4 gallons of gas then quickly drive to the gas station and top it off, ill follow this guys example and hope for the best
ruclips.net/video/8Dd3LjXPJH4/видео.html&ab_channel=Weldingandstuff
I know this is late to the party, but if you are running only about 25% mix diesel in your tank your car should run sluggish, but enough to get you places and enough to burn it all out of you top off with premium afterward.
My sister put right over 4 gallons of Diesel in my truck as a thank you for letting her borrow it, the truck takes about 16 gallons of gas and was idling when she did this, oh her surprise when it started staggering as soon as she hoped back on the driver's seat, she quickly shut it off and called me.
Oh my surprise when I saw where she was parked, and I knew exactly what she had done, she told me she didn't know and that she apologized.
I looked at the pump 4.3 gallons on an almost full tank.
I get in and a turned the key, to my surprise it turned over and it cranked on!! with a very rough idle, I basically had to keep my foot applying slight pressure to the gas pedal to keep it from shutting off, so I "idled" over to the gas pump and pumped the last little bit it needed for a fill up with premium, the idle was still rough, but my thinking was If it makes it down to 3/4 tank I'll refill with premium again.
it did and I did, that fill up evened the idle a little and I kept driving it until it was empty, the next fill-up was regular and no more issues came up from it.
At low concentrations it won't destroy your engine although it would make it run a bit dirty, and maybe smokey.
I ran my 1946 Ford Jailbar on straight diesel for 18 years. Never had a problem.
Im here because of the funny videos 😂 I should look for that gasoline door alarm that says "STOP! DIESEL! REMEMBER! DIESEL! " Or the gasoline version in my case 😂
My dad just did that, now with your help we will try to resolve this problem
Thank you.
Me & my boyfriend just did this we’re trying to release the full tank now 😅 wish us luck please !
Good luck
You AND your bf?
Dumb as hell
@@bandito1007her she just doesn’t want to be alone so included her bf(prob)
@@CraftyJae.lol
This was a wholesome video awesome job bro!! Gonna travel from Modesto to LA to fix the same problem on my little sisters car!!
Thank you!
When U wished the guy making this video was your neighbor or good comrad you could hit up instantly.
Just drive it around until it stops smoking lol 😆 🤣 😂
My daughter did this to an old vehicle and I was quoted 1800$ for Pep Boys to replace the fuel tank and fuel pump. We sold the car for scrap metal because it wasn’t worth 1800$ in repairs. It ran fine before.
Was this car driven with the diesel in it prior , prior to draining it?
Yup, a lil over a mile.
This is not the only thing you have to do in most cases..
This happened to my car and I’m tryna fix it but it won’t start up at all so imma try this
I've just put 11litres of diesel in my empty gas xtrail..my mechanic said I should fill it up with gas as it wasn't too much. Will I screw up my engine?
Did it worked ?
Good job!
I need one of those stickers
Thanks, I think I may have added a little bit of diesel on my car!
How did u fix it ? Was it just drain the tank, replace gas filter and spark plugs or did u need to replace injectors as well ?
What if I add alcohol to the diesel to thin out the diesel. Will that work?
It would be hard to figure out the ratio to dilute it correctly. I would not recommend it.
Almost sounds like it’s running like a diesel engine now.
I am looking at a like new early 80s mercedes with the gas v8 but I want to put a mercedes diesel in it. How much of a job it it to make everything work
Pretty big job to swap to a diesel. Lots of stuff to change. Probably much easier and cheaper to find a good condition factory diesel car
I just accidentally put diesel and a friend's 2005 Toyota Corrola last night at 9:32 PM now I'm on youtube looking for video instructions to fixed it.
Bro I can help you how much diesel did you put in the car
@@brockcurtis444 I put $33 dollars worth help me
@@Itskandyyy I’m gonna kms I just put $40 KMS
Siphon it out
Could u fix my car?
i got the first comment
I fking mistake with diesel fuel run 10minu fk holp my car not die
did it?
What happened ?
@@Ki1ngP I see you also put diesel huh?
@@nicki124 indeed
@@nicki124 hbu
im the best
Nope
Can I get a sticker for my tool box without doing something like that?
For sure!
Can you actually do this if you only put like $8 worth of diesel into the gas engine?
It really depends on the size of the fuel tank, the age of the vehicle and the compression ratio. Of course, I'd have to recommend draining the tank to ensure no damage to the engine or fuel system, but if it still runs ok and you monitor it closely, that's your call to drive it or not.