Petrol in my diesel

[JimL]

Would 2 gallons of petrol into a quarter tank of diesel (on a surf 2 gallons or just over) be too much?

I tried one gallon and it did get my smoke down but not enough. Any commentations?

[marky]

DRAIN it. I blew a TRANSIT VAN up doing this, all 4 pistons had to be replaced

[JimL]

2 gallons it is so

[kitesurf_phil]

Whack a couple of gallons of vegoil in to compensate for the petrol
Just re-read your original post. I would top the tank right up with diesel now. I don't think a couple of gallons in a full tank would do too much harm. If you are trying to give everything a good clean, my mate swears by a litre of kerosene in a tankful.

[Guest]

DRAIN it. I blew a TRANSIT VAN up doing this, all 4 pistons had to be replaced

When I worked in a garage lots of years ago we had a Petrol V6 Transit in that someone had put Diesel in and then tried to start. The resulting bang launched the top of the Carburettor straight through the bonnet leaving a hole about 5 inches round.

Cheers

[kitesurf_phil]

When we were teenagers, my mate and me found that we could make our air rifles a bit more powerful and sound like real guns, by putting a drop of diesel in the dimple at the back of the pellet. We now know why and wonder how we remained in one piece!!

[ChasesDragons]

We used to shave match heads into the hollow points of our air rifle pellets and shoot aerosol cans.... Good fun an all.

[exmee46]

I should imagine 2 gallons of petrol will be enough to solve all your problems .. permanently.

Cheers

Kev

[kitesurf_phil]

I think we have gone a bit off thread with this one. Have you thought of new injectors or getting the pump timeing checked, Jim?