B6200 fueled with gasoline instead of diesel... How screwed am I?

[jiggseob]

All better, back running again.

Went to town and picked up a fuel filter, $7.14 Canadian pesos including tax at Extreme Kubota in Camrose. Turned the fuell tap off, removed filter. Placed funnel into gas-jug to catch fuel. Opened fuel tap. Fuel drained out. Took floor jack and jacked up left then right then left again to drain as much fuel out of tank as possible. Opened bleed valve and removed fuel line from transfer pump to injection pump. The drained-out fuel, 3 gallons in a jug thats I estimate 25% diesel 75% gasoline will be used to light a burn-pile when the need arises. The challenge will be me not doing something stupid and putting that fuel into a vehicle, I put a wire-tie tag on that jug.

With the side-hood off, one can see a pulse-diaphragm type transfer pump on the side of the injection pump, probably run by a little pushrod and cam off the pump drive. No way to actuate the pump by hand to prime, only way is to crank.

Since the fuel tank is above the level of the injection pump, priming is almost automatic. Put everything back together and filled with (diesel!) fuel. Cracked injector lines. Pulled decompression. Cranked for 15 seconds, three times, 45 seconds total. Fuel squirting out all injector fittings. Tightened injector lines, wiped-up fuel, and it started right up. Ran funny for a few seconds, then smoothed out and ran fine.

Did an hour of snow work. All is well. With my B6200 Kubota. I will continue to do stuff I know darn well I shouldn't, for the rest of my life. Next.... wheelies on my motorcycle.

Thanks all, Mathew Banack, Round Hill, Alberta, Canada

 

[BX23S-1]

All better, back running again.

Went to town and picked up a fuel filter, $7.14 Canadian pesos including tax at Extreme Kubota in Camrose. Turned the fuell tap off, removed filter. Placed funnel into gas-jug to catch fuel. Opened fuel tap. Fuel drained out. Took floor jack and jacked up left then right then left again to drain as much fuel out of tank as possible. Opened bleed valve and removed fuel line from transfer pump to injection pump. The drained-out fuel, 3 gallons in a jug thats I estimate 25% diesel 75% gasoline will be used to light a burn-pile when the need arises. The challenge will be me not doing something stupid and putting that fuel into a vehicle, I put a wire-tie tag on that jug.

With the side-hood off, one can see a pulse-diaphragm type transfer pump on the side of the injection pump, probably run by a little pushrod and cam off the pump drive. No way to actuate the pump by hand to prime, only way is to crank.

Since the fuel tank is above the level of the injection pump, priming is almost automatic. Put everything back together and filled with (diesel!) fuel. Cracked injector lines. Pulled decompression. Cranked for 15 seconds, three times, 45 seconds total. Fuel squirting out all injector fittings. Tightened injector lines, wiped-up fuel, and it started right up. Ran funny for a few seconds, then smoothed out and ran fine.

Did an hour of snow work. All is well. With my B6200 Kubota. I will continue to do stuff I know darn well I shouldn't, for the rest of my life. Next.... wheelies on my motorcycle.

Thanks all, Mathew Banack, Round Hill, Alberta, Canada

Excellent, glad it all worked out! Thank you for coming back and reporting.

 

[JWR]

Good work. All's well that ends well... like PaPow said we appreciate your letting us know the outcome.

 

[4570Man]

Don’t use a 75 percent gas mix for starting fires. It’s too dangerous. I had about the same quantity of gas diesel mix that I drained from a family member’s lawnmower. I just poured it in a gas vehicle. I figured a gallon or so of diesel in a 20 gallon gas tank wouldn’t hurt anything which it didn’t.

 

[Jerry/MT]

All better, back running again.

Went to town and picked up a fuel filter, $7.14 Canadian pesos including tax at Extreme Kubota in Camrose. Turned the fuell tap off, removed filter. Placed funnel into gas-jug to catch fuel. Opened fuel tap. Fuel drained out. Took floor jack and jacked up left then right then left again to drain as much fuel out of tank as possible. Opened bleed valve and removed fuel line from transfer pump to injection pump. The drained-out fuel, 3 gallons in a jug thats I estimate 25% diesel 75% gasoline will be used to light a burn-pile when the need arises. The challenge will be me not doing something stupid and putting that fuel into a vehicle, I put a wire-tie tag on that jug.

With the side-hood off, one can see a pulse-diaphragm type transfer pump on the side of the injection pump, probably run by a little pushrod and cam off the pump drive. No way to actuate the pump by hand to prime, only way is to crank.

Since the fuel tank is above the level of the injection pump, priming is almost automatic. Put everything back together and filled with (diesel!) fuel. Cracked injector lines. Pulled decompression. Cranked for 15 seconds, three times, 45 seconds total. Fuel squirting out all injector fittings. Tightened injector lines, wiped-up fuel, and it started right up. Ran funny for a few seconds, then smoothed out and ran fine.

Did an hour of snow work. All is well. With my B6200 Kubota. I will continue to do stuff I know darn well I shouldn't, for the rest of my life. Next.... wheelies on my motorcycle.

Thanks all, Mathew Banack, Round Hill, Alberta, Canada

Glad all is well with your B6200!

 

[JWR]

Don’t use a 75 percent gas mix for starting fires. It’s too dangerous. I had about the same quantity of gas diesel mix that I drained from a family member’s lawnmower. I just poured it in a gas vehicle. I figured a gallon or so of diesel in a 20 gallon gas tank wouldn’t hurt anything which it didn’t.

This is $15 worth of fuel going somewhere to create a much worse problem. Nothing wrong with using the mixed fuel to start a burn pile as long as you are careful and not foolish doing it. If we can't just live through the loss of 3 gal of gas and chalk it up to education, then adding it sparingly to a diesel tank (especially in sub zero Alberta winters...) makes better sense to me than putting it into some gas burning engine.

 

[jyoutz]

Don’t use a 75 percent gas mix for starting fires. It’s too dangerous. I had about the same quantity of gas diesel mix that I drained from a family member’s lawnmower. I just poured it in a gas vehicle. I figured a gallon or so of diesel in a 20 gallon gas tank wouldn’t hurt anything which it didn’t.

We typically use a 50-50 mix of gas/diesel for forestry prescribed burning torches. Just add a little more diesel and it will make good burning fuel.

 

[bcp]

Buy a sticker that fits your location near the filler.

diesel label sticker at DuckDuckGo

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I did one for my BX, even though I don't loan it. Someone might try being helpful If I couldn't refuel it.

Bruce

 

[seville009]

Did the same with my B7500 years ago - accidentally put some gas in. Found out when it started running rough and sputtering.

Drained the fuel, changed the filter, and never had any issues.

You will be fine.

In my case, I put better labels on my fuel cans……

 

[nyone]

I would thank him for the amount of gas he gave you but the tractor likes diesel instead. Lol