unleaded in diesel

[billybigspud]

hi all,
just tanked my diesel transit with unleaded absolutely gutted as it was £80. am hoping there is an upside to this which is do you reckon i could get away with putting it in the camper. the transhite was almost on the red so it is well diluted and i dont want to waste it and the camper is almost empty as well.

regards,
a very embarrased and upset billybigspud

[72BUG]

I have absolutely no technical explination as to what a small amount of diesel would do in 80 litres of petrol, but I would bloody well use it.

[billybigspud]

this is exactly what i am thinking. might give the pump a good lubricating on the way through. i am so gutted it is untrue. i wouldnt even entertain using it in my fragile piece of wotsit clio but the camper is built from dark magic from the oldern days i reckon.

[fodtommo]

I wouldnt bother.

almost on the red will mean there was still a fair bit of diesel, if youve ever run a vehcle clean out youll know most will go well past the red before they conk out. Most vehicles have still got a few gallons left when you hit the red.

Diesel is thick and oily and you will and up with :

A lot of smoke
Rough running
Poor starting
Oiled up plugs
Nasty gummy diesel deposits in the carb jets etc
etc etc

Its not worth the hassle for £80!

Worst I ever did was in my late teens was 'borrow' a tin of fuel from the old mans garage (used to do that quite often when I was a bit skint) that he kept for the lawnmower. Cept this one was premixed 2 stroke for the chainsaw.... You never saw so much smoke, it ran like a baga nails and refused to start once id stopped it!!

[billybigspud]

i have got a self propelled petrol lawn mower, any one want their lawn cut, will travel.........on it.........

i am going to suck it down the line pre filter and i am sure derv is heavier so i reckon pull 2 or 3 gallon through then salvage the rest

[72BUG]

May have to be a lifwtime supply of lawnmower fuel then.

[fodtommo]

i am going to suck it down the line pre filter and i am sure derv is heavier so i reckon pull 2 or 3 ,gallon through then salvage the rest

Mmm... dont think this will work - Petrol and diesel are completely soluable within each other, they will not seperate through any means other than distillation.

I guess you could use it by adding say a gallon or 2 to every tankfull you put in the camper which would dilute it even further.

Or the lawnmower being as breaking down on the lawn is less of an issue than on a major highway!

[Plasticman]

yep, as said I would stick 2-3 gallons in with a tank up and if that is ok with no lez smoke then next time double it up , If you lived nearer I would take this contaminated mix off you for 30p/ltr
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[California Dreamin]

I wouldn't waste it but as others have said, if you just fill the camper up with this 12:1 mix? it will smoke like billyoo but if you add say 2-3 gallons every petrol fill the Diesel/Petrol ratio will be further diluted 100:1 and any effects will be hardly noticable.

Martin

[Ian Hulley]

Don't do it if your mot's due anytime soon.

Ian

[kit]

A mate filled his diesel van up with unleaded in France and just kept adding Derv every time he passed another service station with no ill effects whatever.

[leonard]

hi done it myself about 2 gallon in tank,run ok little smoke for a day,go for it

[Ian Hulley]

Mercus tried it once in the spotty van .... somewhat unsuccessfully in a petrol automatique

[paulo999]

A mate filled his diesel van up with unleaded in France and just kept adding Derv every time he passed another service station with no ill effects whatever.

Don't try that at home kids.

[billybigspud]

put 3 gallon in, 10 to go. diluted it with £25 so the ratios are really small. bit smokey but drives and starts fine.