Major oops today

brain55 · May 5, 2013

Red Horse said:
450-but what motor? 7.3? 6.0? 6.4 ? 6.7? In any case sounds like you got a free bite out of the apple

It has the 6.4L

varmint · May 6, 2013

I didn't notice, but you did change the engine oil, too? Chances are it was diluted with the gas. Good luck in getting by all this.

brain55 · May 6, 2013

varmint said:
I didn't notice, but you did change the engine oil, too? Chances are it was diluted with the gas. Good luck in getting by all this.

Yeah, I changed the engine oil too, it was due for service anyway.

YesDeere · May 6, 2013

Had someone do that to my 04 duramax. Been about 4 years now. They ran it until it stopped. I drained the tank and filled it back with diesel. Ran it home and back to shop. 32 miles round trip. Changed oil and never looked back.

I was worried about the lubricity and the Injection pump. Never had a glitch. 40,000 miles

DT86 · May 6, 2013

There is/was a salesman at the local Chevy dealer the mechanics all called Diesel. He had taken a customers BRAND NEW Duramax to the gas station to fill it up after they had signed the paper work. Yeah, you guessed it, he filled it up with gas! Never did hear how the story ended.

ptgdigger · May 6, 2013

schmism said:
I wish everyone would put red/green sleeves on the pump handles. for gas and diesel

brain55 said:
Oh don't worry, the pumps at the station I went to are very clearly marked, the diesel nozzles are very green. I was just distracted or something and grabbed the wrong one.

Now there's something that I truly respect about a man , it's an internet post with a bunch of guys you don't know you could have blamed it on all kinds of things .... but you didn't

I'd let you work on my stuff anytime.

Ray

dex3361 · May 6, 2013

My brother loaned his MF 35 diesel tractor to his neighbor and they kindly filled the fuel tank with gas. My brother took off brush cutting with a rotary cutter till it quit. Afeter trouble shooting we determined it wasnt getting fuel and found the tank full of gas. It trashed the injector pump but didnt hurt the motor. He had it for another 10 years and it ran fine. May be different for a mechanical injection system though.

DT86 · May 6, 2013

dex3361 said:
My brother took off brush cutting with a rotary cutter till it quit.

Did the engine not knock like crazy before it just quit?

timswi · May 6, 2013

ptgdigger said:
Now there's something that I truly respect about a man , it's an internet post with a bunch of guys you don't know you could have blamed it on all kinds of things .... but you didn't

I'd let you work on my stuff anytime.

Ray

I second that..In today's world everyone looks for someone else to blame...I've done plenty of things like that and I just look in the mirror at the guilty party.

brain55 · May 6, 2013

ptgdigger said:
Now there's something that I truly respect about a man , it's an internet post with a bunch of guys you don't know you could have blamed it on all kinds of things .... but you didn't

I'd let you work on my stuff anytime.

Ray

Thank you

dex3361 · May 7, 2013

DT86 said:
Did the engine not knock like crazy before it just quit?

My brother probably didnt notice the knocking above the cutter noise.

HHR · May 7, 2013

Rented a KX35 mini excavator last year and it started and ran on the trailer fine but started smoking and had no power to dig. Barely got it back on the trailer and found out the last person who rented it had filled the tank with gas. The rental yard drained out all the gas and she ran fine the next day.
The lubricity issue would be the main thing to worry about. Our M35A2 6x6 army truck has a multi-fuel engine that will run on gas or diesel but when running gas you need to premix with motor oil.

AKfish · May 7, 2013

Well.. if the HPFP goes... seems like that's the biggest problem right now with ALL the major manufacturer's engines anyway! Shop foreman on Alaska's north slope (Prudhoe Bay, Kuparik) tells me that's the most common problem right now for them.

The pump blows up and pollutes the entire fuel delivery system with metal fragments. Have to replace everything backwards from the injectors (including the injectors)!

So, if you have to replace JUST the pump - you're still better off than you'd be with a new truck!

AKfish

npalen · May 7, 2013

I'm a little surprised, with all the sensors on today's vehicles, that their is not a fuel type sensor.

YesDeere · May 8, 2013

How is it running? Hope it's fine

brain55 · May 8, 2013

YesDeere said:
How is it running? Hope it's fine

So far so good

jimainiac · May 9, 2013

npalen said:
I'm a little surprised, with all the sensors on today's vehicles, that their is not a fuel type sensor.

I agree. I'm no engineer, but I can envision a sensor at the filler neck that would detect gasoline vapors and shriek like a smoke detector.
It would be great if they could make the filler neck not accept a gasoline nozzle, but that's not going to happen.

timswi · May 9, 2013

jimainiac said:
I agree. I'm no engineer, but I can envision a sensor at the filler neck that would detect gasoline vapors and shriek like a smoke detector.
It would be great if they could make the filler neck not accept a gasoline nozzle, but that's not going to happen.

Works the other way around...Pretty tough to put diesel in a gas vehicle around here nowadays...The converse is possible all day long.

Ryan03 · May 12, 2013

In the winter monthes we hire part time plow drivers. I have seen this done at least twice a winter for the past 15 years, all on Navistar engines. We drop the oil and filter, change the fuel filters and drain the tank and refill with fresh diesel. I have yet to see one damaged by this. It should be fine.

robbridgland · May 30, 2013

Hi Brian

My wife did this. Luckily it was Gasoline with 2 stroke oil added so there was some lubrication. Drained it down and cleaned the filters and away it went with no problem.

Did point out a few things to the wife

Rob