gas in diesel tank Kioti 3520

[sandman2234]

I probably would not worry about 6 ounce either. But like someone else said, diesel and gas do not mix and will separate. Diesel is denser and will sink to the bottom. If you let a can of mixed fuel sit you might be able to skim the gas off the top.

I was under the impression that gas and diesel will mix, won't separate without distillation process. If they will separate, that would make the process a lot easier.
Easy enough to blend in six ounces with a tank full of fuel and drive it till it is empty. (just kidding!!)
I would fill the tank, drive it for 15 minutes, then siphon out the rest and pour it in your ex-wife's car. That ought to make somebody's day.
Six ounces of gas in a tank full of fuel isn't going to make that much difference.
The horror stories you hear about putting gas in a diesel tank are more like several gallons.
Friend bought a new 2011 F350 and was headed to Illinois for a Thresher meet. Stopped in Arkansas for fuel, made it about 5 miles up the road before it started acting up. Pulled into a dealership, where they took a look. They brought out a glass jar with diesel in it, and told him to smell it. It smelled like gas. He pulled his receipt, yep... bought diesel. Called the gas station and they gave him a phone number to Corporate, who covered the repair bill. Seems some dumb trucker dumped a tanker load of gas in the wrong underground tank, and instead of pumping it, Corporate decided to just fill the diesel tank the rest of the way. That gamble didn't work out so well.
David from jax

 

[mjonesnh]

Farmers and truckers used to put gas in their fuel tanks in winter time to keep their fuel from gelling. Not sure of ratio but seems 1/2 gallon of gas to 10-15 gallons of diesel. My dad did this a few times in very cold weather. Knew a long haul trucker that said he did it regularly in northern states. This would have been early to late sixties.

 

[mllud]

I pour the last of what is in a gas or diesel fuel jug in a five-gallon bucket with a lid and funnel, that last few ounces in the bottom is where condensate collects.
I tip the fuel jug just until it leaves that last few ounce's in the corner of the jug.
That last little bit goes in the bucket. Gas and diesel mixed together.
I use that for fuel for cleaning a part or starting a brush fire
You can get fuel straight out of the pump that has water.
I believe the the fuels mix together except for the water in the bottom of the bucket.

That six ounces won't hurt.
Do the math of the diluted gas.
It's good that you asked, Yall don't want problems.

 

[masseyrider]

I was under the impression that gas and diesel will mix, won't separate without distillation process. If they will separate, that would make the process a lot easier.
Easy enough to blend in six ounces with a tank full of fuel and drive it till it is empty. (just kidding!!)
I would fill the tank, drive it for 15 minutes, then siphon out the rest and pour it in your ex-wife's car. That ought to make somebody's day.
Six ounces of gas in a tank full of fuel isn't going to make that much difference.
The horror stories you hear about putting gas in a diesel tank are more like several gallons.
Friend bought a new 2011 F350 and was headed to Illinois for a Thresher meet. Stopped in Arkansas for fuel, made it about 5 miles up the road before it started acting up. Pulled into a dealership, where they took a look. They brought out a glass jar with diesel in it, and told him to smell it. It smelled like gas. He pulled his receipt, yep... bought diesel. Called the gas station and they gave him a phone number to Corporate, who covered the repair bill. Seems some dumb trucker dumped a tanker load of gas in the wrong underground tank, and instead of pumping it, Corporate decided to just fill the diesel tank the rest of the way. That gamble didn't work out so well.
David from jax

Few years back I was filling my vehicle with gas.
I see this girl pull in and stop at the diesel pump get out and start pumping. Big sign on the pump, DIESEL. She was driving a VW Jetta that do have diesels so I didn't think much of it. We walked in to pay at the same time.
I said to her that's the smoothest sounding diesel I've ever heard.
She said my cars not a diesel. The attendant said you filled it with diesel.
The hose end for diesel is bigger and should never have fit into the gas filler neck.
However when they did some maintenance on the pump they replaced it with the wrong hose.
The station had to pay to flush and fill her tank.
I never even got a thank you for noticing and stopping any larger issues.

 

[nitogranados]

i got it out within an hour and didn’t start it.
a knowledgeable friend recommended bleeding the injector lines again,
maybe even run the regen exhaust clean cycle again(just did 5 hours ago)

thank you everybody for the responses, i’m relieved by the answeres.
i’m gonna bleed it again tomorrow and ill keep you guys updated

 

[Mike1955]

Smart guy..this stuff is to expensive for even the slightest chance of a problem.

 

[nitogranados]

so I purged the filter again at the bleeder when I started the tractor to run the regen cycle, I push the button and nothing happens, which is weird, I tried to drive the tractor a little bit and it did the same symptom and then it started spew a little bit of smoke so I just turned it off and now I’m waiting for a tow truck. I’m not gonna mess with it anymore. I’m taking it back to the dealer.
The whole incident has me a little spooked, considering it only has 50 hours on it. In theory, I know a little bit about diesel tractors but when I’m dealing with warrantees I don’t wanna mess with it.
Thank you, everybody for your advice and your help and I really appreciate the quick responses.
When I know more, I will update this post

 

[Bentrim]

Worked for a dealer, had a disel tractor come in that would start but not accelerate and ran poorly. When I changed the fuel filter thought I smelled gasoline but being a small engine shop thought it was just some spilled gas I was smelling. Opened the fuel tank and sniffed the fuel, oh no gasoline! Since the filter was mounted low took the hose that went to the injection pump off an drained the mixture into a bucket. Changed the filter again, filled the tank with diesel, left the electric pump run for about 5 minutes. Started the tractor and once the gasoline got thru the pump, lines and injectors the tractor ran good.

Years ago when gasoline contained lead, there was a farmer that the fuel company put gasoline in his diesel tank. Farmer filled his tractor. The tractor stopped shortly. The fuel company paid to have the tractors fuel system fixed. For those that aren't aware the lead filled the tiny clearance in the fuel system and caused it to "lock up". An expensive lesson for the fuel company

 

[jonsstihl]

I'm not sure but I think the tractor won't go into regen if the sensors tell it the DPF is not plugged. Also i bet the sound changes at the same coolant temperature. I think the sound change is normal.

 

[NUTTERDW]

The change in the sound of the motor probably has more to do with the filter change than the gas if all you put into it was 6 ounces. Had it been my tractor, I would have merely topped off the fuel tank completely with diesel and ran it out. If more than 6 ounces, I would have filled the tank with diesel, then siphoned it out, and refilled with fresh diesel. I would have used the mixed gas/diesel over time by filling the tank when it got to 3/4, thereby keeping it from running too lean a mixture.
A little gas will mix with the diesel and allow it to burn a little hotter, sooner ignition on the compression stroke, so if it starts knocking with pre-ignition sounds, that would be a problem. Six ounces of gas diluted to a tank full of fresh diesel probably won't make a bit of difference.
Changing the fuel filter would not have been something I would have done at this point, as that just adds to the number of things that can change things, and at the time of running gas/diesel mix... you don't want any outside influence on what is happening. The gas won't hurt the fuel filter, in fact probably won't even be affected by it. Once I got a couple tanks of fresh fuel run through the tractor, I would probably service the tractor just so I could look at the filter.
David from jax

In 1986 I bought a Volkswagen Diesel Jetta and in the owners manual it said if I could not get a winter grade of Diesel fuel to add 20% gasoline to the tank. My son put 5 gallon of gas in my farm tractor that had about 5 gallon of diesel in it. He did not know that he had done that and was running it when I got home. He told me he had put fuel in it and it did not have as much power. I told him I did not have any diesel there and he had put gas in it. We finished filling it up with diesel and it ran fine. That was 25 years ago and it is still running well.