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i managed to put £2 of diesel in my blade this morning, so i filled it up with petrol, and it seemed ok, 80 miles later, i filled it up again with petrol, and it still seems ok
i have done about 200 miles since putting it in
should i just leave it? will the diesel mix with the petrol and just smoke a bit?, or should i drain it and replace the feul filter,
yes, i am a tit
Dave20046
03-05-09, 09:38 PM
Oh dear!
that was a waste of £2...
if it was my bike I'd leave it. Not sure what a fuel injection bike would think to it though (if anything).
Go fill up with super unleaded and maybe even add a bit of redex or alike and I'd say you'd be fine.
BTW I would have complained to the petrol station for not colour coding the nozzles.
Oh dear!
that was a waste of £2...
if it was my bike I'd leave it. Not sure what a fuel injection bike would think to it though (if anything).
Go fill up with super unleaded and maybe even add a bit of redex or alike and I'd say you'd be fine.
BTW I would have complained to the petrol station for not colour coding the nozzles.
IIRC, colour coded nozzles are a legal requirement, so it's much more likely to have been an error by the user ;)
Just leave it. A couple of litres won't do any harm.
petevtwin650
03-05-09, 09:45 PM
Easy done innit?#-o
Reckon you should be ok Hovy boy.
thefallenangel
03-05-09, 09:49 PM
Borisel !
IIRC, colour coded nozzles are a legal requirement, so it's much more likely to have been an error by the user ;)
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indeed it was
If you've got this far, it'll be OK.
Don't do it again!!!!!!!!!! ;)
Jamiebridges123
03-05-09, 09:55 PM
Run super unleaded from BP/Shell etc for the next few fill ups to clean out the injectors... all will be fine.
theshed
03-05-09, 09:58 PM
if you have done 200 miles most of it must have worked its way through by now i would have thought lucky escape by the sound of it usally deisel in a petrol engine = none starter but you get away with a bit of petrol in a deisel.
Did it have much affect while you was doing those 200 miles?
Did it have much affect while you was doing those 200 miles?
none.
the bike went just as well as normal, although it did smoke a bit
Drew Carey
03-05-09, 10:16 PM
D1ck. LOL. X
davepreston
03-05-09, 10:26 PM
so is there a special diesel bike club in the org or what (no i dont want to join) tractor blade lol
Pete, have you got a spare tank sticker for Hovis? :D
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/Lissasv650/Unleaded002.jpg
Good to know it runs ok now.
philbut
04-05-09, 09:36 AM
Filled up my GPZ with a full tank of diesel. It was very unhappy but all it took was fresh fuel and it ran fine again. They don't seem to mind.
I would change the fuel filter asap, but other than that your lucky........although its petrol in a diesel that does the real damage.
although its petrol in a diesel that does the real damage.
i thought it was the other way round
i thought it was the other way roundhovie
you are correct
yorkie_chris
04-05-09, 10:20 AM
Petrol doesn't have the lubricity of diesel, so putting that in a diesel engine means the injector pump will eat its own gizzard and cost you a load of money.
Putting diesel into a petrol will cause pinking, or detonation. This can lead to pre-ignition and burning holes through the pistons and really f##king the thing.
You've got this far, the lower octane of the diesel will have been spread across that much petrol that it won't matter what you do.
hovie
you are correct
depends - old diesels would be fine. It used to be a common practice to put a bit of petrol through a diesel to clean it out. Modern common rail diesels get easily wrecked with quite small quantities of petrol. The fuel pump and injectors rely on the lubrication of the diesel fuel, and the petrol strips that away.
YC beat me to it.
depends - old diesels would be fine. It used to be a common practice to put a bit of petrol through a diesel to clean it out. Modern common rail diesels get easily wrecked with quite small quantities of petrol. The fuel pump and injectors rely on the lubrication of the diesel fuel, and the petrol strips that away.
YC beat me to it.
ah I see.Long time since I worked on diesels.
Easy way out of the problem though...dont do it in the first place:cool:
-Ralph-
04-05-09, 06:02 PM
Will be fine, not much different to sticking in low octane petrol. Keep filling it every 1/2 tank for a few tankfuls, then let it run almost dry and refill with fresh petrol and change your fuel filter.
if i was you id change the oil and filter. i put some petrol in my car that had a small amount of diesel in (probably 25:1 mix max) and it turnded the oil into wd40!!!
only reason i noticed was because the oil level suddenly came half way up the dipstick. the same also happened in my bosses car when he did the same, so id definatly at least check the oil level/thickness.
if i was you id change the oil and filter..:confused:
how could it contaminate the oil?
Dave20046
04-05-09, 10:47 PM
If you've bust a seal? :scratch:
Then again if you had I'd guess I'd be tending to that first lol
:confused:
how could it contaminate the oil?
the diesel ends up in the so called blow-by gases which leak past the rings and ends up in sump/block area below the piston. when petrol gets past the rings it quickly evaporates through the breathers and ends up in the cylinder again, but diesel doesnt evaporate.
it doesnt happen in diesel engines as the fuel doesnt get injected until compression has already been achieved.
dizzyblonde
08-05-09, 08:32 AM
apparently a very tiny amount of diesel in a petrol engine won't harm.....wonder if thats why Pete swears blind the Dieselidici runs better??...and he keeps doing it..lol
keith_d
08-05-09, 08:46 AM
You might get some additional crap on your plugs too.
IIRC there are some components of diesel that don't combust completely in a petrol engine (that smoke you've been getting). If you're really paranoid you could take a look, but unless your bike starts running unevenly I wouldn't worry about it.
Keith. (Whose ex-girlfriend put a whole tank of diesel in the car!)
Dave20046
08-05-09, 09:06 AM
God she would be an ex an' all
dizzyblonde
08-05-09, 09:11 AM
My brother cOcked up the turbo in his Seat Leon by putting the opposite of what should have been in there, the car was three weeks old, and cost him his left kidney to repair!
no, i havent done it again. but
relised how i made the mistake, as yesterday i went to the same petrol station (asda caerphilly) and at the pump there was diesel and petrol, but they both had adverts for car insurance on the nozzels in GREEN .
no, i havent done it again. but
relised how i made the mistake, as yesterday i went to the same petrol station (asda caerphilly) and at the pump there was diesel and petrol, but they both had adverts for car insurance on the nozzels in GREEN .
Let me guess though, one still had a label with DIESEL written on it though? :smt064 :D
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