Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

[walpurgis]

The engine must be knackered. You can get away with running a diesel on petrol but not the other way around.

Neither are good.

A petrol car will work if a fuel tank is partly topped up with diesel. It will run, but smoke like mad. Damage is unlikely. If the concentration of diesel is high the engine won't run as the fuel won't ignite.

Trying to run a diesel on petrol will almost certainly cause damage. The fuel will detonate as opposed to burn properly and the solvent effect of petrol will strip lubricating film from the bores and damage seals.

[spendorman]

I'm surprised it got you home Alex . This certainly wouldn't have worked in a new car . Years ago I borrowed ny brothers car and did the same thing . I put a couple of gallons of diesel into the tank and then had to fill the tank with petrol to dilute the diesel . Worked , but cost me a little bit more than I expected

Drained out the diesel using a small cheap fuel pump bought on ebay, gave the diesel to a friend with an old diesel Merc.

Cost was just the pump and the diesel that I gave away. I was pretty lucky.

[spendorman]

Neither are good.

A petrol car will work if a fuel tank is partly topped up with diesel. It will run, but smoke like mad. Damage is unlikely. If the concentration of diesel is high the engine won't run as the fuel won't ignite.

Trying to run a diesel on petrol will almost certainly cause damage. The fuel will detonate as opposed to burn properly and the solvent effect of petrol will strip lubricating film from the bores and damage seals.

My tank was pretty low on petrol when I filled near full with diesel. Once I had realised what I had done, I guessed that if I stopped the engine, it might not re-start. Obviously it was not running smoothly, so I pulled out the choke (remember them!) slightly to give an increased idle speed.

Yes, smoking a lot getting it home, luckily it was at night, not so obvious and I did not have very far to travel,

[brian2957]

When I was a mechanic on the lorries ( many years ago ) we added a gallon of petrol to the diesel tank to stop the fuel from ' freezing '.
I discovered later that the fuel didn't actually freeze , the wax which in previous years had been removed to make candles , separated from the diesel when it reached a certain temperature and blocked the fuel lines.

[brian2957]

My tank was pretty low on petrol when I filled near full with diesel. Once I had realised what I had done, I guessed that if I stopped the engine, it might not re-start. Obviously it was not running smoothly, so I pulled out the choke (remember them!) slightly to give an increased idle speed.

Yes, smoking a lot getting it home, luckily it was at night, not so obvious and I did not have very far to travel,

The stand pipe in the fuel tank lifts up fuel from the lowest point of the tank first . Chances are you were using the pure petrol at the bottom of the tank first Alex . As you travelled there would then be a mixture of petrol and Diesel and lastly pure diesel as it moved nearer the bottom . Chances are there was some petrol being burnt for a while .

[walpurgis]

I remember many years ago, you could buy lorry fuel tank warmers. Many were imported from Russia where they were regularly used because of the low temperatures. They were just small paraffin burners really. Bet they caused a fire or two!

[spendorman]

The stand pipe in the fuel tank lifts up fuel from the lowest point of the tank first . Chances are you were using the pure petrol at the bottom of the tank first Alex . As you travelled there would then be a mixture of petrol and Diesel and lastly pure diesel as it moved nearer the bottom . Chances are there was some petrol being burnt for a while .

Yes, this is what happened, after a while I reckon it was running on near pure diesel.

[Audio Al]

Oh MY GOD

Have a look at this listing
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collection-o...UAAOSwZ8ZW7M4V

[walpurgis]

Don't get too excited Al. It'd cost you as much again to get that lot shipped over.

[Firebottle]

Anyone looking for a bargain CDP in the Derbyshire area:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Philips-CD...UAAOSwyjBW5c7k

Just bought a CD713 (no remote version) and they are a steal at his price.