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Old 13-06-06, 03:03 PM   #1
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Default HEEEEEEEEELLP !! Diesel in the Tank!!!!

Before i took the bike for its MoT it needed a bit of fuel, being in a hurry i accidentally fuelled up with £5 of diesel , realising my mistake I then filled the rest of the tank up with petrol. The bike stuttered a bit to the test station where it passed without any problems.
Now my dilemma is it better to ride the bike around till its half emptyish and then fill her back up with PETROL. Or syphon what fuel is in their and then refuel??
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Old 13-06-06, 03:05 PM   #2
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unless you can dilute it with lots of petrol. I would be more inclined to drain and refill
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Oops! You didn't want to do that mate!!
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unless you can dilute it with lots of petrol. I would be more inclined to drain and refill
Cheers amarko5 well it was £5 of diesel and £11 of petrol to dilute it, enough
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Old 13-06-06, 03:16 PM   #5
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A friend did this on the way to BSB at Cadwell recently - so you are not alone!
We see it a lot at the car dealership and I would suggest you remove the contaminated fuel and re-fill the tank.
After a good run, the engine should be back to normal.

Tenner says you'll never do that again!
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can you drain a further half out of your tank then refill,

and when you have run that down put the half you drained back in a refill

I think you will probably be ok at that, as long as your not going to thrash the balls out of it and ride sensibly until you feel its washed out of the system.

diesel as you are peobably aware explodes on compression without a spark so could do a lot of damage as on compression with no spark it could ignite. i would imagine this would not be in the best intrests of your engine TBH
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Old 13-06-06, 03:21 PM   #7
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drain the lot and find someone with a briggs and stratton single cylinder lawnmower and flog em it..

those things will run on anything
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Old 13-06-06, 03:27 PM   #8
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can you drain a further half out of your tank then refill,

and when you have run that down put the half you drained back in a refill

I think you will probably be ok at that, as long as your not going to thrash the balls out of it and ride sensibly until you feel its washed out of the system.

diesel as you are peobably aware explodes on compression without a spark so could do a lot of damage as on compression with no spark it could ignite. i would imagine this would not be in the best intrests of your engine TBH
Cheers again amarko, thats exactly what ive done, drained the majority of the tank, and ill fill it up later and take it for a run (when its stopped ****ing down).

Now something else, anyone know the best way to get Petrol/Diesel or Pesel as it is now known off paving slabs and NO i dont want to set it alight :P
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can you drain a further half out of your tank then refill,

and when you have run that down put the half you drained back in a refill

I think you will probably be ok at that, as long as your not going to thrash the balls out of it and ride sensibly until you feel its washed out of the system.

diesel as you are peobably aware explodes on compression without a spark so could do a lot of damage as on compression with no spark it could ignite. i would imagine this would not be in the best intrests of your engine TBH
Cheers again amarko, thats exactly what ive done, drained the majority of the tank, and ill fill it up later and take it for a run (when its stopped p*ssing down).

Now something else, anyone know the best way to get Petrol/Diesel or Pesel as it is now known off paving slabs and NO i dont want to set it alight :P

gunk or jizer and a pressure washer
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Old 13-06-06, 03:36 PM   #10
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unless you can dilute it with lots of petrol. I would be more inclined to drain and refill
Agreed. It'll be smoky for the life of that tank, but as long as you haven't got 50% of your tank as diesel and it still runs, it'll be OK.

Drain is preferable of course.
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