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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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I stopped by the bulk station last night to top up my 07 Mega Cab. It was pretty busy and I wasn't paying attention. I accidentily put in about 1.5 litres of gasoline before a noticed. I relized my stupid mistake, drove to another pump and topped the tank up with 65 lites of ULSD. My tank holds a total of 125 litres. Do I need to worry about that amount ofgasoline doing any damage?
 
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 12:02 PM
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I would probably just run the tank through almost dry... I am not sure if it will affect the injectors. so I could be wrong! If you got like 98% diesel though it should just run through. What do yall think?
 
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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Throw a quart of 2-cycle oil in there to make sure the pump and injectors have good lubrication. Other than that, should be just fine. If you had gotten closer the the 4L+ mark I'd be worried.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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1.5l isnt that much and I wouldnt be too worried about it. . .you may notice a small hit in fuel mileage and performance, however you should be fine.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 02:10 PM
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Throw a quart of 2-cycle oil in there to make sure the pump and injectors have good lubrication. Other than that, should be just fine. If you had gotten closer the the 4L+ mark I'd be worried.
Now that is some good advice, I wouldn't have thought of that.
Regards, Glenn
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 07:16 PM
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Thank you for the info. I don't think I will make the same mistake twice! [sm=laughat.gif]
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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lol well isnt that weird...today at work i had to do a fuel filter on a 12 valve cummins...i go to start it up and it owuld shut right off...i finaly get it runnin and its dumpin smoke like crazy..no power what so ever either..so i get it in the shop and pop the filter off..and what do you know gasoline..i had to hand pump the whole tank out and refill it with diesel..ugh my arms are killing me....
 
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