Can a diesel engine run on gas. .

[Tx Jim]

IHC TD9 has 2 separate fuel systems. Gasoline section has carburetor & spark plugs, diesel section has injector pump & injectors. Engine starts on gasoline then is switched to diesel while operating.

 

[airbiscuit]

Firing up a unique International Harvester diesel that first operates as a gasoline engine at a lower rate of compression via a second combustion chamber attached to the top of each cylinder. After a short time, the chamber is sealed via a lever on the operators platform and diesel is injected into the now smaller combustion chamber that has been heated sufficiently to sustain compression ignition, thus becoming a full diesel engine. This system allowed large diesels to be started by crank or the simple electric starting systems of the day.
Pioneer Acres Museum, Irricana, Alberta

 

[Dmacleo]

They are considerably bigger, which means that you can conceivably fill your tank with gas instead.

car diesel nozzles here (eg irvings in Maine) same size as gas but the TRUCK pumps a lot larger.
same fuel, different pumps.

 

[airbiscuit]

No mention of a seat safety switch

 

[HAR]

IMHO: Dumping up to 20 gallons of 'suspect' fuel seems the much cheaper alternative compared to "what might happen".

 

[cornwellkidd]

A old truck driver told me to put 1 gal of gas to a tank full of diesel I did this on my tool truck for 10 yrs and had no problems. 20 below it started and ran great all winter I did not use it in summer just in winter.

 

[HAR]

A old truck driver told me to put 1 gal of gas to a tank full of diesel I did this on my tool truck for 10 yrs and had no problems. 20 below it started and ran great all winter I did not use it in summer just in winter.

Begs to ask the question: How big a tank did the 'old truck driver' have? 1:100 or 1:20 mix? Just not worth it. I think I will stick to diesel period.

 

[airbiscuit]

 

[etcm]

Sounds like water in the fuel you dumped in the tank. If you still have it in a can shake it up and then pour some into a clear jar and let it settle. If you see layers you probably have water in it. Change your filters, fill up your tank with fresh diesel after you drain it. Add about a half a pint of ATF fluid and fire it up. It should clear up once all the bad fuel is through the injectors.

I second that assessment. If run down to empty, water in the filter could easily have been sucked into the injector pump and that will make it knock and wheeze until flushed and full diesel flow re-established. Happened twice to me- once on truck ( bad fuel gauge) and once on a VW diesel.

 

[kwelch409]

I've done this for years myself (running a gallon of gas on a fill up) with Ford F350 dumps (7.3l). Used them for snow plowing. Never had a problem...