andreyboater Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 During my last trip I put 3 liters of diesel in my wife's sled Renegade 600ace accidently, Diesel and Supreme was on same pump and gun wasn't marked yellow. It was 15 sled around for gas and I was in a rush when I took available gun. That silly mistake cost me 2 hours to take gas out of sled. Just wonder how much diesel can hurt gasoline engine and what's amount is critical? I put 3 liters in 40l tank, but I didn't take a chance to fire up engine, as we were planning to do Canyon next day and last thing I want it stuck there with broken engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poo Man Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 You did the right thing. Any amount is too much. Not worth risking getting you stranded or damaging your engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04nightfire Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 For the little you put in I can't see it hurting the motor. Diesel in a gas engine is better than gas in a diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Best that you drained it, but it is much worse to add gas to a diesel engine vs. diesel to gas. Your sled would have likely went into limp mode when it detected a lack of combustion from the bad gas you had in their that it was trying to ignite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMSOMAIR Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Father in law did the same at the Cochrane canadian Tire a few years back. Drained out most of it and re-filled with gasoline. Never skipped a beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I almost did it once, it was a shared pump, I had the diesel gun in my sled tank but I was pushing the gas button on the pump and nothing was working when I pulled the trigger....soon realized why nothing was working and that I almost made a much bigger mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidooboy Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 if you didnt start it, and drained it best possible, then refilled with fresh gasoline, you will be fine. think of it like adding some injection oil for break in... not going to hurt a thing. even if you started it but, didnt ride it (far), the fuel line and rail, would have still had straight gas in it. you will be fine. i actually was putting injection oil in my gmc sierra at a rate of 1 oz, per 5 gallons of fuel, its entire time it was with me (9 years). (5.3 litre thing). never had an issue. ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poo Man Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 The problem is diesel has an octane rating of like 25-40. So if you pumped 4 litres into you 40 litre tank, you've now lowered your octane by around 5. Could easily cause issues, and that is only if it's full mixed. Diesel is heavier then gas and will sit at the bottom of your tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreyboater Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Poo Man said: The problem is diesel has an octane rating of like 25-40. So if you pumped 4 litres into you 40 litre tank, you've now lowered your octane by around 5. Could easily cause issues, and that is only if it's full mixed. Diesel is heavier then gas and will sit at the bottom of your tank. That's exactly right explanation. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreyboater Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 I found this one shows exactly what's damage can be done https://www.bellperformance.com/blog/accidentally-mixing-gasoline-and-diesel-fuel Looks like 10% more then enough to damage your engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 When I was a teen, a guy I knew worked on a farm and used to steal fuel for his pick up once in a while. One time he stole 20 liters of diesel and dumped it a half full tank. That old chevy ran like crap but he drove it until he burned up half a tank and refilled with gas again. No damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamforlife Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Put some in my Honda ATV - would not run - WB fixed me up. He said to me .....I didn't know Honda made a Diesel ATV.....LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceRacer Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Poo Man said: The problem is diesel has an octane rating of like 25-40. So if you pumped 4 litres into you 40 litre tank, you've now lowered your octane by around 5. Could easily cause issues, and that is only if it's full mixed. Diesel is heavier then gas and will sit at the bottom of your tank. Wow. 0 for 2. Diesel does not have an octane rating. Diesel has a cetane rating. Diesel and gas mixture form a solution and do not separate. (this is why you don't believe everything you read on the interweb.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poo Man Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 33 minutes ago, AceRacer said: Wow. 0 for 2. Diesel does not have an octane rating. Diesel has a cetane rating. Diesel and gas mixture form a solution and do not separate. (this is why you don't believe everything you read on the interweb.) Ok. Giver a shot on your sled and let us know how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupkids Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 At least it was only 3l. I know of a sled that got 5 gallons of it. It was towed home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolbane Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 In Ireland a few years ago, I had a small rental car with diesel motor. Not thinking, I put about 40 L of gas into the 55 L tank at a fill. I didn't realize the mistake until a Km later when the car wouldn't restart after grabbing a bite to eat. It did not set a CEL but it did flash 'octane error', or something like that. crap!! I disconnected the battery, reconnected and it fired up. I had to drive to the airport that evening so didn't shut the engine off again until I burned about 3/4 of the tank. Refilled with premium and it ran fine after that. And, it never set a CEL thru the whole trip. However, when doing 120kph on the motorway, the power was surging up and down pretty erratically, like it was momentarily stalling, LOL. Thank God for electronic fuel/ignition control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildbill Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 seen it before they run like crap and smoke and smell real bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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