Running a diesel/gas mix

[pete c]

It does.

11.17 gallons of regular, pump five at 9:02 AM on 4/1/14.

All of this jives with other documented facts, such as I picked the car up in Ct the previous day in Vernon, Ct with the tank 3/4 full. It is about 200 miles from Ellington to the rest stop.

I would take my chances in court with this one any day. Kind of pisses me off that Enterprise had already decided that I was at fault.

I suspect they will just eat this one. Not worth going to court over even if they had a good case. If I were them, I would look for a different garage in Wilmington. If the rest area gas station did infact fill there reg tank with diesel, there would be stranded cars all up and down the turnpike.

[pete c]

Next weekend, I am making the same trip. I was planning on filling up on the pike. Prolly just continue on to MD instead as it is well within my single tank range.

I am tempted to stop at the Stockton rest area and take a look at pump number 5 anyhoo, just to confirm there isn't a diesel pump next to it and if there is, that the nozzle is the larger size.

[Cobb]

Did you pay with a credit card? Do you know if this credit card offers rental car insurance? Are they going to just charge you for the fix to your said credit card? You could always dispute the charges with the credit card company.

When ever I rent I pay for their insurance. Many times they decline to do the walk around as one guy said you got the insurance, you can bring the car back in pieces, we dont care.

I never tried it, but I believe the nozzles are made differently so you cant do this by accident.

Never mixed diesel in a gas car, but did mix gas in a diesel. Mercedes recommends this on the 80s diesels to help it in cold weather. It also suggests mixing kerosene too if diesel isnt available.

[pete c]

A little gas in diesel is fine, but large amounts will blow it all to hell. I believe the opposite, diesel in a gas engine is not as harmful. Just makes it run like crap, if at all.

[PressEnter[]]

As has been pointed out, a diesel pump is a full 1/4" wider. It would take serious determination to misfuel a gas car with one.

If it did happen, I believe you'd be OK with draining the tank and refilling with gas, and what little is left in the lines would be diluted without much hassle.

If you put gas into a modern CR diesel like mine, it can grenade the high pressure fuel pump and send metal shards through the whole fuel system.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Cobb

Never mixed diesel in a gas car, but did mix gas in a diesel. Mercedes recommends this on the 80s diesels to help it in cold weather. It also suggests mixing kerosene too if diesel isnt available.

Mixing kerosene in diesel seems more accurate. I actually never seen anybody mixing gasoline to "winterize" diesel...

[Miller88]

Originally Posted by pete c

A little gas in diesel is fine, but large amounts will blow it all to hell. I believe the opposite, diesel in a gas engine is not as harmful. Just makes it run like crap, if at all.

Yup.

If you put diesel in a gas, just pump the tank out and change the spark plugs. There will be a bit of a smoke show, but the diesel will burn through.

Gasoline in a diesel engine will end badly. Especially in the high pressure direct injection diesels of today. The high pressure, high compression DI diesels will have a result to letting your gasoline engine ping because of super advanced timing and low grade gas ... Just all at once.

Gasoline explodes. Diesel burns.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Unit-injector systems seem to be more resilient to a larger amount of gasoline (or ethanol) blended in the regular Diesel fuel.