Oil & Fuel Gas in Diesel Tank

[mruth551]

Hi,

Dummy me, I accidently put 4 gallons of gasoline in my diesel fuel tank in my Massey Ferguson 1526. I fortunately did not start the engine. Does anyone know how I can drain the tank with having to siphon it out? :confused2:

 

[adirondackmtnman]

Take the fuel line off the bottom of the tank and drain it.

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[mruth551]

Thank you

 

[Gary Fowler]

I would use a siphon hose before I would mess with removing the fuel line. An old piece of garden hose and one of your fuel cans, 5 minutes and you would be finished. By watching the bottom of the tank when siphoning, you should be able to get all but maybe a quarter inch deep pulled out. Any small amount of mixture in the bottom would be of little consequence when you refilled the tank to max.
You could run the removed fuel in your gasoline powered automobile without a problem. It may smoke a bit but will be good for lubricating the top end. No need to waste the fuel as long as it is less than 50/50 mix of diesel /gasoline it should run fine in your truck or car. If it is a lot of diesel in it, you could just put a couple gallons per tank in your car till it is used up.

 

[adirondackmtnman]

I would use a siphon hose before I would mess with removing the fuel line. An old piece of garden hose and one of your fuel cans, 5 minutes and you would be finished. By watching the bottom of the tank when siphoning, you should be able to get all but maybe a quarter inch deep pulled out. Any small amount of mixture in the bottom would be of little consequence when you refilled the tank to max.
You could run the removed fuel in your gasoline powered automobile without a problem. It may smoke a bit but will be good for lubricating the top end. No need to waste the fuel as long as it is less than 50/50 mix of diesel /gasoline it should run fine in your truck or car. If it is a lot of diesel in it, you could just put a couple gallons per tank in your car till it is used up.

I have to disagree about running it in a car or truck..
There's nothing in a gas engine that will benefit from running diesel fuel in it. Besides that it'll foul the crap out of the spark plugs. I would dispose of the cross contaminated fuel, its just not worth messing with. Disconnecting the fuel line would ensure almost all the fuel was removed, with the benefit of removing sediment from the bottom of the tank

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[RalphVa]

When I had the wax droplets plugging the outlet from the 4010 tank, I siphoned it out. You can buy a "diesel siphon" at TSC. It's what I use to fill the 4010 as well, from a 5 gallon tank sitting on the hood. Also use it to put fuel from 5 gallon tanks into my generator's 60 gallon tank. You pump it to start it going. Don't need to suck, etc.

 

[RalphVa]

The mixed fuel is only good for recycling. Take it to Advanced Auto or Autozone. The distillation process used on the used oil will remove the gasoline from the diesel. Not good in a gasoline engine. A little bit of kerosene might be okay, but not diesel. It's next to lubricating oil in boiling point. Kerosene is between diesel and gasoline in boiling point.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I have to disagree about running it in a car or truck..
There's nothing in a gas engine that will benefit from running diesel fuel in it. Besides that it'll foul the crap out of the spark plugs. I would dispose of the cross contaminated fuel, its just not worth messing with. Disconnecting the fuel line would ensure almost all the fuel was removed, with the benefit of removing sediment from the bottom of the tank

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You obviously jump in with inappropriate info without reading the post and make statements totally unrelated to this post. Nowhere did I implicate running pure diesel in a gas engine because it burns much hotter and will damage the engine.
He said he put 5 gallons of gas in his diesel tractor tank. I assume the tank was nearly empty otherwise he wouldn't be refueling. A small amount of diesel mixed in with gasoline will not foul spark plugs or in any way harm a gasoline engine. As far as sediment in the tank, there shouldn't be any if proper care is used when filling. Further dilution of the product by putting it in with 15 or so gallons of gasoline when you refuel your truck (most real trucks hold 20-25 gallons or more) will not noticeably affect the performance of the gasoline engine but to the contrary will enhance the performance. Diesel has more energy than gasoline per volume.
Disposing of 5 or 6 gallons of perfectly good fuel is a waste and also not to good for the environment. By disconnecting the fuel lines you will have fuel running all over the tractor frame, spilling onto the ground AND a total waste of time to unhook and return the fuel line possibly getting air into the system and requiring bleeding of the fuel system with more fuel onto the ground.
Some folks work smart and others, Well they just work.

 

[adirondackmtnman]

You obviously jump in with inappropriate info without reading the post and make statements totally unrelated to this post. Nowhere did I implicate running pure diesel in a gas engine because it burns much hotter and will damage the engine.
He said he put 5 gallons of gas in his diesel tractor tank. I assume the tank was nearly empty otherwise he wouldn't be refueling. A small amount of diesel mixed in with gasoline will not foul spark plugs or in any way harm a gasoline engine. As far as sediment in the tank, there shouldn't be any if proper care is used when filling. Further dilution of the product by putting it in with 15 or so gallons of gasoline when you refuel your truck (most real trucks hold 20-25 gallons or more) will not noticeably affect the performance of the gasoline engine but to the contrary will enhance the performance. Diesel has more energy than gasoline per volume.
Disposing of 5 or 6 gallons of perfectly good fuel is a waste and also not to good for the environment. By disconnecting the fuel lines you will have fuel running all over the tractor frame, spilling onto the ground AND a total waste of time to unhook and return the fuel line possibly getting air into the system and requiring bleeding of the fuel system with more fuel onto the ground.
Some folks work smart and others, Well they just work.

Well I guess everyone's entitled to their opinion, as we both are. The OP can take whatever he wants from either one. No need to say I'm not reading the posts, or attack me...My opinion is as stated, and as for my info being 'inappropriate'...I hardly think so...You may do as you please with your equipment and vehicles.

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[buickanddeere]

5 or even 10% diesel isn't going to damage anything.