I put gasoine in the tank- and this is what happened

[Sparky8370]

I went to get gas to mix the other day. I put the can on the ground then I heard a dog in the car next to me. So I started talking to the dog and next thing you I look at the pump and see 9 gallons pumped already and look down at an empty can. I turned around and sure enough, just out of habit I put it in the tank after I distracted myself playing with that dog. So I pushed my truck to the corner of the lot and had someone bring me fuel cans and bring me to the auto parts store. I bought a holley 110gph fuel pump, some fittings and some hose. Oh and a thing that had a cigarette adapter at one end and battery clips on the other. I got back to my truck and cut off the cig adapter and wired the clips to the pump. I took the supply hose off the filter housing and attached it to the fuel pump. I pumped it all out until it was just spurting. Then I put 10 gallons of diesel in and pumped it until it came out clean and steady. I put everything back together and drove over to the fuel pumps and it died. That's ok, I planned on that. I was waiting for the air bubble to get to the filter housing so I could bleed it without losing a filters worth of fuel.

It actually runs better now. It was smoking at idle a lot. Now it has to be idling a lot longer. I'm thinking the fuel pressure is slowly leaking down.

 

[Ed HD]

Friend of mine's wife did the opposite, put diesel in a gas truck. Thing ran like crap that tank, lol.

 

[saratoga]

Good thing you didn't start it!!!

 

[btfarm]

Don't know that I would have admitted that but sounds like you went about the solution the right way.

 

[JiFaire]

The Moral of the Story: Pumps and Pups don't mix.

Glad you caught it!

 

[CtChevy427]

Jay, good thing you realized what happened when you did. You would have had one unhappy truck.

 

[Acesneights1]

I went to look at a 6.5TD for a freind who's worker did that and drove it. Wiped out the IP.

 

[SfcJones]

Don't know that I would have admitted that but sounds like you went about the solution the right way.

yeah, me too. I would never tell everyone what a idiot I was ....lol):h

 

[Sparky8370]

LOL Hey, it helped the smoke problem. For a little while anyway.

 

[BIGR]

That has always been a fear of mine. Sometimes I stop and get lawnmower gas and the diesel pump is right there on the end. Since I am pulling the trailer with the mower on it it is easier for me to stop on the end of the pumps. I figure one day I will try to fill the jugs then reach up and top the truck off, being that is the way I use to do my gasser.

Sounds like you did the right thing for sure. A couple of years ago I had an uncle that was traveling and his wife pumped 3 or 4 gallons of gas into the tank. If I remember correctly he just tried to top it off with diesel and tried to run it. I know he ended up getting a mechanic to fix it. Being that he is not on my Christmas card list I never did ask him what the outcome was.

 

[0rion]

huge fear of mine.......until this truck the only thing I've ever had are gas vehicles. Worried that one of these days I'm going to accidently grab the wrong nozzle.