Hell ya! Thank you! I did almost the same process but then didn't realize the prime button until your video! Once I pushed that button a bunch... fired up! Thank you!
Ashamed to say I did the same thing but with E85 (flex fuel) I'd never seem it and it was a new station to me. Drove 5 miles and it stated to run rough and in pulled over and figured it out. Towed it home and drained tank, all lines and new filters. It was about a 50-50 mix with diesel and I always use Lucas Tues treatment. Got lucky...
Drain the tank and refill with diesel. Cycle the key a few times to get the pump to purge the lines, done. I've 'fixed' several vehicles people put the wrong fuel into and have never taken anything apart. Drain, fill, purge, start. Some diesels will handle a pretty high percentage of gas, many times one can just top off with diesel and go.
Purging means removing the line on the left side of the engine fuel filter, slipping a tight hose over the exposed filter nipple, sticking the other end of that hose into a bucket and then switching on the ignition, cycling every time the pump shuts off until you get diesel fuel - green - only.
I did this too to my 2015 Silverado 3500HD. I’ve been stressed and busy and didn’t pay attention to what nozzle I grabbed. I put $60.00 in an almost empty tank. Drove it maybe a 1/2 mile and she died. Had her towed. The shop drained the fuel, replaced the fuel filter and out about $50.00 of diesel in her. I got the call that the truck started, they drove it and it was good to go. Got to the shop,the engine cranked like what’s in the video. Finally got it started and started the drive home. Maybe a block away from the repair shop it felt like I put on the brake, the truck bucked and then got power back. Then about a mile down the road did the same thing. This time Engine Power Reduced came up on the display, then Furl Filter Requires Replacing. I so heartbroken that I killed my truck. So after spending $650.00 I have to get it towed to another shop to get checked out. I just hope I haven’t done serious damage to my big beautiful truck. 😭
@@Duramaxdaddy the second shop actually dropped the tank to get all of the unleaded out of the tank. They also purged the fuel system, replaced the fuel filter again, forced a regen of the system. It’s been good after all of that. Thankfully I didn’t have to replace any parts like injectors. It’s been running like normal for the past year.
@@lisabrattoli4283 I’m ashamed to say I just did it for the second time. I did it last summer and again this last Friday. I caught it last time before it made it to the engine. This time not so lucky. I’m in the middle of working on it now.
@@jasoncampbell8797 it’s the worse feeling when you realize what you just did. I didn’t realize it until the tow truck driver smelled the tank. I instantly knew. Thankfully two years later and my truck is still doing good. So glad I didn’t kill the injectors or pump. It could’ve been way worse. Hopefully yours will be good and you won’t have to replace anything. Now when I go to pump fuel I’ll say “green, green, green, green” matching the pump handle to the fuel cap. Lol. People look at me weird but hey it’s saving me from possibly spending thousands on repairs.
Thanks for video. Loaned my tractor to neighbor (first mistake). He was being a nice guy and filled tank....with gas.....tank was half full of diesel so half and half. Replaced fuel filter and purged fuel lines and tank. Refilled with diesel. Still works fine. Perkins Elmer makes good engines!!!
@@geckoproductions4128 Absolutely amazing! In Turkey! Hardly the country that comes to mind when I think of mining, smelting, and pouring iron, and casting engine blocks and heads and machining and tempering them, etc., Is there really such a thing as a third world? I see blue jeans in videos from around the world too.
Disconnect the feed line to the fuel filter.. put funnal with hose, turn electric on.. cycle electric till pump priming sequence emptys tank. Remove filter, empty it, reinstall. Add 2 gallons desile cycle to flush gas. Reconnect fuel feed line to filter. Add 5 gallon desile. Crank motor a few times, should turn over on 3ed or 4th try. (Should be good to drive to fuel station) Cycle as much diesel through system as you can. Replace fuel filter and fuel water separator filter within the next couple days. Congratulations you just cleaned your desil (oil) system with gasoline (solvent)
Had the same problem just 3 days ago 1 Put 15 ltrs of Petrol in my mercedes as soon as I realised I topped the tank with Diesel . Ran the car 12 mles it ran perfect . But I was really worried If I continue running the car I may damage seals or Parts. The car has done 250, 000 miles and I would hate to lose it I prayed for help. I rang a company on line they said their specialised Truck is just 5 minutes from your home .I said "go ahead " he arrived about 15 minutes later the Truck had all the right gear to flush out the contaminated fuel the whole job took about 40 minutes total. cost including Tip and VAT cost. £ 300 including 3 Gallons of Diesel The peace of mind was worth every penny The operator was also a fully Trained Mercedes Mechanic I can only say that was Divine intervention.
I had a friend fill completely up my truck by accident with regular gas on my 2003 international T444E(basically same as powerstroke 7.3) and nothing happens after 1 mile the truck will not be driveable in fact it barely runs so as soon as the gas came to the injectors the truck will not have any power at all you will go 5 mph max pedal to the metal, then i had to pump out the whole tank and put that fuel in my car and refill with fresh diesel i didnt even change the fuel filter before schedule, this was 5 years ago still have this truck its over 500 000 miles today and runs like a champ. I think what is more dangerous is if you put a smaller amount of gas, the engine will run almost full power and therefore have a chance of damage in this case there is no need to drain everything just buy a pint of 10w30 and pour in the tank to compensate for lubrication loss. The guys that read too many dealer books might disagree but this is verified and not theory.
I could not get a 1/2" hose into the tank! How on earth did you get past the anti-siphon block? Answer: cut the end of the hose on a slant and cut a point on the slanted end. It worked, but a clear plastic more stiff hose in my case.
Unfortunately for me, I joined in on the fun and accidentally put 2.6 gallons of regular gas in the truck (F250 - 6.7 powerstroke). I immediately stopped as soon as I realized what I had done. I don't usually turn off the truck when filling it up since diesel isn't flammable as regular gas. Took it to the dealer, they unfortunately will be dropping the tank, draining the tank, changing fuel filers (no biggy on that), flushing the fuel lines and cleaning/replacing if need be the fuel injectors and filling it back up with diesel. First time I've ever done this. I've had the truck for a 1yr and a half. Unfortunately this is going to cost around 800 for what they are doing. I only hope that the engine isn't F'd. By the looks of this video, I think I should be fine. I wish I had seen this video before though, I would have tried to do exactly what this video shows and would have avoided the dealership dropping the tank. Supposedly it's a 4 hour job but we'll see.
Same thing here: over 1Million mile OTR with 18 wheeler truck and today 08-28-20 10:20 pm i put gas into my 2019 ram 3500 cummins engine after i send my 8 years old son to ER room. What the fucking day.
I mixed half a tank of gas into my diesel. I wonder if just adding some 20W50 to the tank will help. It's been running fine and it's a 40 year old diesel toyota.
Transmission fluid evaporates in a day. Oil doesn’t and lasts much longer. On the ground a residual of diesel/gasoline evaporates even faster than transmission fluid
Maybe this has be mentioned but. Those that have and those that will. I have a 2014 Mercedes Diesel SUV. And I am the only one that fills the tank I check and recheck before pulling the trigger. I have decided to go to a station that has a dedicated DIESEL PUMP.
Wondering, with gas being a solvent fuel and diesel an oil fuel; knowing 2 cycle engines use oil added to the gas solvent fuel to make it lubricate: so would per chance adding oil immediately to the fuel if you added gas by accident make it ok enough to run well enough until you can add more diesel a few gal at a time? (of course if a way could be found to mix it in the tank perhaps and aerator tube to cause the whole to mix with the 2 cycle oil so that it "approximates" the diesel fuel as a whole, that would be nice ) . You said it ran about 1 mile as it was : so with the 2 cycle oil inside perhaps going perhaps 10mph then hit the brakes, repeat 10 x , would mix it in the tank well "enough". save alot of effort "IF" it did work. The oil mix: is on the 2cycle oil can .
It worked for my 99 super duty 7.3. Older engines are beast no bells wjistles makes more forgiving. Sat cried 2 hrs until decided go in store get quart oild fill tank up with disel. I keep topping off every 1/4 tank
the mixture would only dirty the injectors but he has senors and stuff like that it would shut off but older ones if you have more diesel than gas your ok but swap as soon as you can
Taylor Culley I added 3 gallons of gas realize my mistake and added 16 gallons of diesel to an already 10 gallons of diese. so 26 gallons of diesel and 3 gallons of gas. will it be ok to continue driving?
Hey wanted to check in to see if this vehicle is still running? Had this issue with my VW Passat recently and I really appreciate this car. I know its replaceable but.... so it was done the same as your video so far but when the car starts the engine doesn't catch usually till the second time. I am aware that might be a fuel injector issue. Any thoughts or ideas are immensely appreciated! Grace on us! Laurie🙏😊
This can happen to anyone specially on the phone, that should not be used in the forecourt in front of fuel pumps... Sorry had to pick on that particular issue. Haven't seen yet but I'm pretty sure there's specific regulations in US that forbid the use of the phone in those conditions. Either case to save some headaches always keep in mind that gas and diesel don't mix. When left to rest (15-30 minutes) they clearly separate. With the gas keeping on top due to lower density. As such you could have saved yourself a lot of jerrycans to get it out. Most vehicles also have an electric lift pump. That can also save the trouble of getting an external pump to take the fuel out. Hope it helps someone. Be well.
8 gallons won't hurt it, For every 5 gallons of gas you put in a diesel tank you put a quart of tranty fluid and continue to fill it up with diesel until the tank is full. Plus the only diesel that will be hut by gas 6.4 PowerStroke because it will kill the fuel pump.
Well like I said "for every 5 gallons of gas in a diesel, you put a quart of tranty fluid," is true the newer diesel like the 6.4 Powerstrokes, 6.7 Cummins and PowerStrokes, later 5.9 Cummins, and 6.6 Duramax's the LBZ will usually have a few issues, but after the gas gets fully out of the system as time goes by it will just go back to normal. Plus gas in a diesel the gas will clean your pistons and injectors.
Hey guys just had this happen to me the station had a bad holding tank and unleaded was getting in to the diesel tanks so I siphoned off all the diesel/unleaded fuel my question is there an application for this mix that I can use lawnmower weed Wacker etc etc? It was about 15 gallons of diesel then 32 gallons of the contaminated stuff
Is the truck still running fine? I did the same thing to my Duramax over the weekend. It's at the shop now. Waiting to hear if they can fix it. Praying I didn't kill my engine.
@@ElevatedChillz the shop did the same thing this guy did. Emptied the tank, purged the lines and replaced the fuel filter. Truck fired right up. It's running fine, however cost me $500. Stupid mistake.
This happened to me a week ago and a shop was able to drop the tank and take the unleaded out and replcaed fuel filter. The shop says the truck ran fine but smokes, could this be a bad sign?
i've never had the pleasure of being so stupid nor will I ever why because I can read and I'm not colorblind most of all it cant happen to me because my servants do this great to be rich hay!
Hell ya! Thank you! I did almost the same process but then didn't realize the prime button until your video! Once I pushed that button a bunch... fired up! Thank you!
Ashamed to say I did the same thing but with E85 (flex fuel) I'd never seem it and it was a new station to me. Drove 5 miles and it stated to run rough and in pulled over and figured it out. Towed it home and drained tank, all lines and new filters. It was about a 50-50 mix with diesel and I always use Lucas Tues treatment.
Got lucky...
Drain the tank and refill with diesel. Cycle the key a few times to get the pump to purge the lines, done. I've 'fixed' several vehicles people put the wrong fuel into and have never taken anything apart. Drain, fill, purge, start. Some diesels will handle a pretty high percentage of gas, many times one can just top off with diesel and go.
DonziGT230 will 3 gallons of gas and about 26 gallons of diesel be I'm to run?
Purging means removing the line on the left side of the engine fuel filter, slipping a tight hose over the exposed filter nipple, sticking the other end of that hose into a bucket and then switching on the ignition, cycling every time the pump shuts off until you get diesel fuel - green - only.
Thanks for the video!!
My wife just pumped 16 gallons of unleaded fuel last night in to my 2015 duramax
Wish me luck im hoping for the best
I did this too to my 2015 Silverado 3500HD. I’ve been stressed and busy and didn’t pay attention to what nozzle I grabbed. I put $60.00 in an almost empty tank. Drove it maybe a 1/2 mile and she died. Had her towed. The shop drained the fuel, replaced the fuel filter and out about $50.00 of diesel in her. I got the call that the truck started, they drove it and it was good to go. Got to the shop,the engine cranked like what’s in the video. Finally got it started and started the drive home. Maybe a block away from the repair shop it felt like I put on the brake, the truck bucked and then got power back. Then about a mile down the road did the same thing. This time Engine Power Reduced came up on the display, then Furl Filter Requires Replacing. I so heartbroken that I killed my truck. So after spending $650.00 I have to get it towed to another shop to get checked out. I just hope I haven’t done serious damage to my big beautiful truck. 😭
What else happened.? Did you pump and injectors give out mine did the same but I had water in my fuel not gasoline.
@@Duramaxdaddy the second shop actually dropped the tank to get all of the unleaded out of the tank. They also purged the fuel system, replaced the fuel filter again, forced a regen of the system. It’s been good after all of that. Thankfully I didn’t have to replace any parts like injectors. It’s been running like normal for the past year.
@@lisabrattoli4283 I’m ashamed to say I just did it for the second time. I did it last summer and again this last Friday. I caught it last time before it made it to the engine. This time not so lucky. I’m in the middle of working on it now.
@@jasoncampbell8797 it’s the worse feeling when you realize what you just did. I didn’t realize it until the tow truck driver smelled the tank. I instantly knew. Thankfully two years later and my truck is still doing good. So glad I didn’t kill the injectors or pump. It could’ve been way worse. Hopefully yours will be good and you won’t have to replace anything. Now when I go to pump fuel I’ll say “green, green, green, green” matching the pump handle to the fuel cap. Lol. People look at me weird but hey it’s saving me from possibly spending thousands on repairs.
@@lisabrattoli4283 , BP has green handles for the gasoline!
Thanks for video. Loaned my tractor to neighbor (first mistake). He was being a nice guy and filled tank....with gas.....tank was half full of diesel so half and half. Replaced fuel filter and purged fuel lines and tank. Refilled with diesel. Still works fine. Perkins Elmer makes good engines!!!
What tractor has a Perkins-Elmer? I thought they were history 40 years ago.
@@johnbrooks7144 mine was a Massey Ferguson about 20yrs old, made in turkey
@@geckoproductions4128 Absolutely amazing! In Turkey! Hardly the country that comes to mind when I think of mining, smelting, and pouring iron, and casting engine blocks and heads and machining and tempering them, etc., Is there really such a thing as a third world? I see blue jeans in videos from around the world too.
i would of never started the truck. just tow it home, pump the fuel out, add new fuel and your good to go. Nothing gets contaminated :)
Disconnect the feed line to the fuel filter.. put funnal with hose, turn electric on.. cycle electric till pump priming sequence emptys tank. Remove filter, empty it, reinstall. Add 2 gallons desile cycle to flush gas. Reconnect fuel feed line to filter. Add 5 gallon desile. Crank motor a few times, should turn over on 3ed or 4th try. (Should be good to drive to fuel station) Cycle as much diesel through system as you can. Replace fuel filter and fuel water separator filter within the next couple days. Congratulations you just cleaned your desil (oil) system with gasoline (solvent)
Best I've heard! Right On to Commonsense fix-
Had the same problem just 3 days ago
1 Put 15 ltrs of Petrol in my mercedes as soon as I realised I topped the tank with Diesel .
Ran the car 12 mles it ran perfect .
But I was really worried If I continue running the car I may damage seals or Parts. The car has done 250, 000 miles and I would hate to lose it
I prayed for help.
I rang a company on line they said their specialised Truck is just 5 minutes from your home .I said "go ahead " he arrived about 15 minutes later the Truck had all the right gear to flush out the contaminated fuel the whole job took about 40 minutes total. cost including Tip and VAT cost.
£ 300 including 3 Gallons of Diesel
The peace of mind was worth every penny
The operator was also a fully Trained Mercedes Mechanic I can only say that was Divine intervention.
Thanks for the video!! Saved us $250!!!
I had a friend fill completely up my truck by accident with regular gas on my 2003 international T444E(basically same as powerstroke 7.3) and nothing happens after 1 mile the truck will not be driveable in fact it barely runs so as soon as the gas came to the injectors the truck will not have any power at all you will go 5 mph max pedal to the metal, then i had to pump out the whole tank and put that fuel in my car and refill with fresh diesel i didnt even change the fuel filter before schedule, this was 5 years ago still have this truck its over 500 000 miles today and runs like a champ. I think what is more dangerous is if you put a smaller amount of gas, the engine will run almost full power and therefore have a chance of damage in this case there is no need to drain everything just buy a pint of 10w30 and pour in the tank to compensate for lubrication loss. The guys that read too many dealer books might disagree but this is verified and not theory.
Hello while the truck was doing 5mph did it puff blue smoke. Mine did
I could not get a 1/2" hose into the tank! How on earth did you get past the anti-siphon block?
Answer: cut the end of the hose on a slant and cut a point on the slanted end. It worked, but a clear plastic more stiff hose in my case.
That engine is clean af
You saved yourself a lot of money
Unfortunately for me, I joined in on the fun and accidentally put 2.6 gallons of regular gas in the truck (F250 - 6.7 powerstroke). I immediately stopped as soon as I realized what I had done. I don't usually turn off the truck when filling it up since diesel isn't flammable as regular gas. Took it to the dealer, they unfortunately will be dropping the tank, draining the tank, changing fuel filers (no biggy on that), flushing the fuel lines and cleaning/replacing if need be the fuel injectors and filling it back up with diesel. First time I've ever done this. I've had the truck for a 1yr and a half. Unfortunately this is going to cost around 800 for what they are doing. I only hope that the engine isn't F'd. By the looks of this video, I think I should be fine. I wish I had seen this video before though, I would have tried to do exactly what this video shows and would have avoided the dealership dropping the tank. Supposedly it's a 4 hour job but we'll see.
Guy at gas station put 40 liters of gas in my truck when gas light on waiting to see what it needs
Same thing here: over 1Million mile OTR with 18 wheeler truck and today 08-28-20 10:20 pm i put gas into my 2019 ram 3500 cummins engine after i send my 8 years old son to ER room. What the fucking day.
I mixed half a tank of gas into my diesel. I wonder if just adding some 20W50 to the tank will help. It's been running fine and it's a 40 year old diesel toyota.
Transmission fluid evaporates in a day. Oil doesn’t and lasts much longer. On the ground a residual of diesel/gasoline evaporates even faster than transmission fluid
Maybe this has be mentioned but. Those that have and those that will. I have a 2014 Mercedes Diesel SUV. And I am the only one that fills the tank I check and recheck before pulling the trigger. I have decided to go to a station that has a dedicated DIESEL PUMP.
Thanks dude my wife just filled my truck after using it a couple of days. And guess what she put in it ?
Wow, can't beleive how much less room the V8 has than a I6. What a total PIA, just getting to the filter.
Wondering, with gas being a solvent fuel and diesel an oil fuel; knowing 2 cycle engines use oil added to the gas solvent fuel to make it lubricate: so would per chance adding oil immediately to the fuel if you added gas by accident make it ok enough to run well enough until you can add more diesel a few gal at a time? (of course if a way could be found to mix it in the tank perhaps and aerator tube to cause the whole to mix with the 2 cycle oil so that it "approximates" the diesel fuel as a whole, that would be nice ) . You said it ran about 1 mile as it was : so with the 2 cycle oil inside perhaps going perhaps 10mph then hit the brakes, repeat 10 x , would mix it in the tank well "enough". save alot of effort "IF" it did work. The oil mix: is on the 2cycle oil can .
It worked for my 99 super duty 7.3. Older engines are beast no bells wjistles makes more forgiving. Sat cried 2 hrs until decided go in store get quart oild fill tank up with disel. I keep topping off every 1/4 tank
We put a little gas in diesel in Canada , because it keeps it from gelling. My 2011 HD ran like a champion.
the mixture would only dirty the injectors but he has senors and stuff like that it would shut off but older ones if you have more diesel than gas your ok but swap as soon as you can
or add oil to help cause gas is thiner than doesel
That's what I would have done.
Taylor Culley I added 3 gallons of gas realize my mistake and added 16 gallons of diesel to an already 10 gallons of diese. so 26 gallons of diesel and 3 gallons of gas. will it be ok to continue driving?
My wife just pumped 16 gallons of fuel in to my truck last night lol
Wish me luck i.hope nothing else got damaged
Thanks brother that was helpful! Thanks for sharing!
I just put reg in my Jetta TDI yesterday. It's now at the mechanic's. Going to cost $500 :(
Hey wanted to check in to see if this vehicle is still running? Had this issue with my VW Passat recently and I really appreciate this car. I know its replaceable but.... so it was done the same as your video so far but when the car starts the engine doesn't catch usually till the second time. I am aware that might be a fuel injector issue. Any thoughts or ideas are immensely appreciated! Grace on us! Laurie🙏😊
This can happen to anyone specially on the phone, that should not be used in the forecourt in front of fuel pumps... Sorry had to pick on that particular issue. Haven't seen yet but I'm pretty sure there's specific regulations in US that forbid the use of the phone in those conditions.
Either case to save some headaches always keep in mind that gas and diesel don't mix. When left to rest (15-30 minutes) they clearly separate. With the gas keeping on top due to lower density. As such you could have saved yourself a lot of jerrycans to get it out.
Most vehicles also have an electric lift pump. That can also save the trouble of getting an external pump to take the fuel out. Hope it helps someone. Be well.
Not happen to anyone, just r tards
Awesome video! Thanks so much
Thanks so much for the procedures
Thanks for video.
How much gas will do damage?
why dont they use a can filter like detroit or cat engines? i guess its a money grab for gm to have a special filter
They used to call that garden hose a Mexican Credit card.
Fuck you... conehead...
8 gallons won't hurt it, For every 5 gallons of gas you put in a diesel tank you put a quart of tranty fluid and continue to fill it up with diesel until the tank is full. Plus the only diesel that will be hut by gas 6.4 PowerStroke because it will kill the fuel pump.
Well like I said "for every 5 gallons of gas in a diesel, you put a quart of tranty fluid," is true the newer diesel like the 6.4 Powerstrokes, 6.7 Cummins and PowerStrokes, later 5.9 Cummins, and 6.6 Duramax's the LBZ will usually have a few issues, but after the gas gets fully out of the system as time goes by it will just go back to normal. Plus gas in a diesel the gas will clean your pistons and injectors.
SGT.Ryans Channel will my diesel van be ok with 3.5 gallons of gas to 25 or so gallons of diesel I added later when I realized my mistake?
Hey guys just had this happen to me the station had a bad holding tank and unleaded was getting in to the diesel tanks so I siphoned off all the diesel/unleaded fuel my question is there an application for this mix that I can use lawnmower weed Wacker etc etc? It was about 15 gallons of diesel then 32 gallons of the contaminated stuff
did you drain the fuel filter or buy a new one?
I love the excuses people use, uhh well I was on the phone that’s why I put the wrong fuel in.
😂
20 years driving diesel truck and today Friday 13 I filled out my tank with gasoline ...wtf
Oscar Moran what happened?
Ditto here. Feeling like a complete idiot. 🙄
Usually you just drain it out and your fine
How is it running now? Did you get all 23 gallons out?
Jessica R it is called flushing the toilet.
flush what
Is the truck still running fine? I did the same thing to my Duramax over the weekend. It's at the shop now. Waiting to hear if they can fix it. Praying I didn't kill my engine.
Yes my truck ran fine
What’s the update on your vehicle??
@@ElevatedChillz the shop did the same thing this guy did. Emptied the tank, purged the lines and replaced the fuel filter. Truck fired right up. It's running fine, however cost me $500. Stupid mistake.
This happened to me a week ago and a shop was able to drop the tank and take the unleaded out and replcaed fuel filter. The shop says the truck ran fine but smokes, could this be a bad sign?
Oh No! Could you have taken your good looking truck to the dealer?
Can this be done on a bob tail truck ?
Yes
Did it have any issues after it did this?
Your electric fuel pump when you turn the key on will help you get fuel in your fuel filter.
Chevtard! Lol
Unfortunately, if you drove it until it died, the entire fuel system will be shot, most expensive will be the injectors, pump, filters etc
total bollock bullshit
That Isuzu was a piece of shit before putting gas in it
Drain and run Lucas through it that's what I did
yeah do u own a diesel or a gas truck
i've never had the pleasure of being so stupid nor will I ever why because I can read and I'm not colorblind most of all it cant happen to me because my servants do this great to be rich hay!
Beverley in your speech of how smart and great you are you didn't use a single period
lol you've obviously never smoked weed you do good lame ass lol
this guy isnt the brightest