gasoline in diesel engine....

[BruceP]

NOT a Kubota.... this is an old Mitsubishi tractor.

I noticed a buddy had his tractor sitting in an odd location the other day and asked him WHY it was there.

He explained that it ran out of diesel a couple weeks ago right there. He did not have any diesel fuel so he thought it would be OK to just put a couple gallons of GASOLINE in it to move it. He was not clear on what happened next...

It has not moved since.... I suspect the gasoline damaged something (like a cracked head)

 

[Magicman]

Google gasoline in a diesel engine.

 

[D2Cat]

If it's for sale, buy it and then fix it. Old diesels are very forgiving. Probably just need to drain out the entire fuel system and fill with winter diesel anc clean filters

 

[Daren Todd]

Drain the gasoline from the tank, and fuel lines. Change fuel filter. Disconnect the injection lines from the injection pump. Crack lines at the injectors so the injection lines will drain.

Tighten lines at injection pump. Prime fuel system. Crank engine till fuel spurts from each injector. Tighten lines at injectors after getting good fuel spurts from them.

Start tractor and let idle for a bit to finishing purging any gasoline from fuel system.

Most likely the engine started running like crud. But unless gasoline is added repeatedly or engine was run for a long time under those conditions it should be fine.

 

[Nicfin36]

Just for scientific curiosity, approximately how old is your buddy? It reminds me of my niece's 24 year old boyfriend who straight gassed my parents weed eater and locked it up. He had no clue as he had never ran a weed eater. It is baffling to me as a male.

BTW, you're in a beautiful state. I have relatives not far from you.

 

[BAP]

Cleaning the fuel system should work unless he melted a piston from the gas.

 

[ctfjr]

Hey Triode, many years ago I found a used Mecedes 230 (?) in really nice shape for my wife. She was pregnant with our 1st and late one night was coming back from her mom's & pulled into a truck stop for gas. The attendant (remember them) filled her up and she made it about 2 miles before it quit. He put diesel in it, it wasn't

They towed it back to the truck stop and got it running - claimed they even pulled the carb and washed it out. Too bad it was fuel injected. It did run ok after that, right up to the time she totaled it.