Running diesel in a petrol engine

[garett]

@garret. How long did you run it, and did you check over the fuel system afterwards?

the carby one tank, then had to rebuild the carby and change the filter twice. efi went one tank, 2 years ago and it still runs ... changed the filter twice tho

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[GQtdauto]

Accidentally put 20 litres of petrol in the GQ , lucky to make it home and had no idea what was going on till I opened the fuel cap and got that petrol smell .
Immediately filled tank with diesel and changed fuel filter twice , that was maybe 3-4 years ago .

[MB]

Same same, accidentally topped up to full 1/2 a tank of petrol extra into the old mans 2.4D hilux when I was 18. Bunny hopped like a bastard within the first 5kms until realised my bad. Local old servo had just changed pump colours with the faze out of leaded, well that was my excuse :-) Probably should have read the English or at least had noticed the petrol stink, me fool :-(

[mudnut]

the carby one tank, then had to rebuild the carby and change the filter twice. efi went one tank, 2 years ago and it still runs ... changed the filter twice tho

Yuck, that sludge looks bad. What happened to the carby, just blocked jets, or did the rubber components swell up?

[GQtdauto]

My excuse was it was the week before we were going round OZ for a year and I had shit loads to do , the servo I pulled into was in a nearby town but was unfamiliar to me , heaps of tradies in Utes lined up and filling up on two bowsers so I assumed ok diesel .
Must have all been bloody petrol Utes , bunny hop yeah and I reckon i was lucky the last bit of the trip home was downhill .

[garett]

Yuck, that sludge looks bad. What happened to the carby, just blocked jets, or did the rubber components swell up?

the gauze above the float needle blocked up bowl emptied other wise it was fine, i did run some fuel cleaner after trying to rid all the sludge.

[Wizard52]

A mate in the fishing club has the diesel Isuzu motor in older Colorado dual cab and his missus took it to Gold Coast with the kids for a day and filled it up with petrol at Caboolture so at least half a 60 lt tank. Drove to the Coast (probably 150+ klm) with no apparent problems but it would not start again when it cooled down.
Put it on a truck back to Hervey Bay, drained tank and changed fuel filter and not a problem since.
If I had to replace my ute, I think I would buy a D Max

[Bush Ranger]

I saw an old Toyota Coaster bus on the side of the road, burnt out years ago. Apparently the driver filled the tank with petrol, instead of diesel and it caught on fire a few hundred metres up the road.

[dom14]

G'day, all. I just watched a video about running a petrol engine on diesel. Would you run a 50/50 mix to get your Patrol out of the scrub or in an emergency?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXLWLXz0iY4

What about 2 stroke engines?
I've been thinking that the typical two stroke fuel mixture ain't too far off diesel??!!!

[the evil twin]

What about 2 stroke engines?
I've been thinking that the typical two stroke fuel mixture ain't too far off diesel??!!!

ROFL... nah mate, not even close.
Distillate is a cut fuel.
You would need something like 1:1 rather than 100:1 to be even in the ballpark I reckon

Closest relo to Diesel is Kerosene (old school Diesels will happily run on Kero or Aviation Jet Fuel).
We used to put any aircraft fuel drains straight into the power carts.
Going the other way, Allison TurboJet engines will run on Diesel if the hordes are coming over the hill and you are out of Avtur or JetA1