Major oops today

brain55 · May 4, 2013

I wonder how much damage I did. I filled my F450 up this morning with about half a tank of gasoline. It seemed to be acting funny, I drove it about 50 miles pulling my 17k lb trailer. It was due for service anyway so I dropped the oil and was changing the fuel filters when I figured out what I did. Checked my fuel receipt and sure enough it was gasoline. Pumped out close to 30 gallons of fuel. Filled it back up with diesel and drove home. I don't know, it felt low on power put it could be the temp here today too. I guess we'll see.

Brian

Willl · May 4, 2013

Got my fingers crossed buddy.

I've heard of others doing the same with no ill effects afterwards.

JDL538 · May 4, 2013

Willl said:
Got my fingers crossed buddy.

I've heard of others doing the same with no ill effects afterwards.

My daughter did it on my honda but put Diesel in gas. It took about 5 changes but didn't hurt it, Don't know about the other way around good luck.

Code54 · May 4, 2013

That had to be a bad feeling. Hopefully it didn't cause any injector issues and just cleaned the system out REAL good. Best of luck and you may want to check with some of the guys on the diesel forums for some more thoughts.

MIKE R · May 4, 2013

That sure sucks. I think that as long as there was a mixture of gas and diesel going through the injectors not straight gas it should be ok.
I always worry about putting the wrong one in the truck. I tripple check before I start pumping.

Willl · May 4, 2013

JDL538 said:
My daughter did it on my honda but put Diesel in gas. It took about 5 changes but didn't hurt it, Don't know about the other way around good luck.

My brother did this, made it all the way the the boat launch.

Well,, he made it in.....

dstig1 · May 4, 2013

I started reading that and said "Gas? Doesn't he have a diesel?" Then I kept reading... Bummer But then maybe you won't need it much longer if you get the job at the dealer you were talking about the other day.

ultrarunner · May 5, 2013

We would cut diesel with gas in real cold weather if it was not winter blend.

I think it will depend on how much... 50/50 is quite a bit and it has been hot here too.

The kubota dealer had a new tractor torn down... guy let his brother use it and they filled it with gas... the damage was significant because the motor seized...

I know plenty of folks that put diesel instead of gas and none had lasting problems...

Keeping my fingers crossed.

brain55 · May 5, 2013

ultrarunner said:
We would cut diesel with gas in real cold weather if it was not winter blend.

I think it will depend on how much... 50/50 is quite a bit and it has been hot here too.

The kubota dealer had a new tractor torn down... guy let his brother use it and they filled it with gas... the damage was significant because the motor seized...

I know plenty of folks that put diesel instead of gas and none had lasting problems...

Keeping my fingers crossed.

Yeah I'm hoping the computer controls cut back the timing and power enough to keep it from hurting itself, but I think I'm being very optimistic.

AKfish · May 5, 2013

If you didn't notice that the truck was running significantly hotter... 'cause that's what happens - loss of lubrication and air/fuel ratio messed up - leads to hot tamales for pistons! But, if you've got a EGT meter and the temps weren't unusual or the H20 was good -- you might be just fine.

AKfish

brain55 · May 5, 2013

AKfish said:
If you didn't notice that the truck was running significantly hotter... 'cause that's what happens - loss of lubrication and air/fuel ratio messed up - leads to hot tamales for pistons! But, if you've got a EGT meter and the temps weren't unusual or the H20 was good -- you might be just fine.

AKfish

No EGT gauge but the coolant didn't get hot.

Diamondpilot · May 5, 2013

Man, that's not good. I know two guys who did this. One no issues. The other spent $20,000 fixing his mistake.

Good luck.

Chris

schmism · May 5, 2013

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

brain55 · May 5, 2013

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

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.

kebo · May 5, 2013

This is why I will probably never have a diesel truck!! I KNOW I would pump in the wrong fuel at some point, so I will just stay with gas engines.

Gook luck to the OP! I hope your truck is just fine and won't need any repairs.

brin · May 5, 2013

I have to be upbeat here an say I believe your truck will be fine...otherwise if the engine was starved for lubricants it would have seized or at least been so hot you would have had to know it....I say you caught it in time and had enough diesel in there to maintain enough of the proper mix and you did not drive that far....I think you are in good shape....:thumbsup:

Peacock · May 5, 2013

I'd be most worried about the HPFP. The tolerances are very tight and they have a hard enough time with the ULSD for lubrication.

Renze · May 5, 2013

Peacock said:
I'd be most worried about the HPFP. The tolerances are very tight and they have a hard enough time with the ULSD for lubrication.

Yes thats whats the biggest issue... I'd maybe drop in a bit of 2 stroke oil to lubricate the fuel pump while burning the remaining gas in the system..

brain55 · May 5, 2013

Renze said:
Yes thats whats the biggest issue... I'd maybe drop in a bit of 2 stroke oil to lubricate the fuel pump while burning the remaining gas in the system..

If there is any gasoline left it is only a trace amount. I pumped as much fuel out of the tank as I could, put 5 gallons of diesel in, drove about 15 miles and topped it off with another 33 gallons.

Brian