Mom Misfueled The Picasso

[Burgess]

Run it through a mower. I'd probably dilute it a bit more first though.

[GardenKit]

i have seen plenty of mowers running on part diesel and amazingly they run quite well. Very smoky though and a bit smelly.

I personally would not do it, its just too messy and I hate the smell of diesel fuel and diesel fumes since I stopped being a diesel fitter.

But it won't do any damage to the engine.

 

Its difficult to know what to do with the stuff though otherwise. You really should not put it in the waste oil bin as it makes an explosive vapour in the tank, especially on a hot day!

Using it as weed killer is frowned upon these days for some reason. so thats out.

 

You can deposit it at the recycling centre in quantities up to 5litres. The can must be clearly labelled as petrol and must remain closed. The can has to be left.

 

7 trips should do it. If you start using Aspen you will have plenty of suitable cans.

[R Mac]

Iwould be a bit careful,my mate put it in mowers etc and knackered it all up

 

It's (the contaminated fuel) scrap, I accidently put £30 of unleaded in my Diesel CRV shortly after getting it, I'm not sure how much diesel was in the tank but the Diesel light was on. I drained the tank and filled with fresh diesel and no problems, still going strong 5 years later.

 

The drained fuel however was useless, tried to use it in my lawnmower but it was hell to get it started and smoked like mad until warmed up. Gave in eventually and set it aside for parts washing etc.

[openspaceman]

 

I have to drain the tank tomorrow morning and so on, hopefully its not banjaxed. Any ideas for using 40 odd litters of contaminated petrol? Is there anything that will run on that mix without damage? .

 

Old TVO tractor, any Military vehicle with the K60 engine in.

 

It will also be fine in a diesel engine with a conventional pump if you dilute it so as the petrol doesn’t exceed 5-10%.

 

You need to treat it as inflammable as petrol all the time as a spark will set the vapour off.

[PeteB]

I was going to say put it in an old grey fergie as TVO substitute or paraffin heater in a glass house but put diesel in it! I put a similar mix in my fergie, it smokes, is down on power but runs the saw bench okay!

[djbobbins]

Know anyone with a ZIL multifuel truck? Apparently they will run on anything provided it's 50% petrol...

[djbobbins]

Mind you, the 50 or so litres of fuel won't get you very far in a ZIL!

[Marc Lewis]

DONT do it mate. I had about 100 or so litres of petrol and diesel mix (very long story) and to get rid i ran it througb my diesel ford ranger at a mix of probably about 15:1. Truck did not miss a beat, you would not even know, no smoke, it ran fine. Then one day it went poof. The petrol being more acidic/corrosive or whatever, had perished the seals and done some other damage. They needed replacing along with injectors and some other stuff which cost me around about £2k. So i woul suggest not to risk it for the sake of saving a few quid.

 

By the way, if anyone has any bright ideas of what to do with 50 litres of petrol diesel mix??

[Haironyourchest]

So, looks like vehicular use is not going to happen. What about adding it to a central heating kero tank?

[monkeybusiness]

As already said, run it through a basic petrol engine. If it doesn't run, add more petrol until it does.

Diesel fuel pumps and injectors have extremely fine tolerances and require the lubricity of the diesel to prevent wear - any petrol in the mix strips this lubrication and you subsequently generate wear, which is why it is not good to put petrol in modern diesel engines. Petrol engines aren't going to wear out when a lubricating additive (oil, diesel etc) is included in he fuel, but they may not run as well/might run a bit smoky etc. I wouldn't personally put the mix in a modern petrol car but you won't hurt a mower/generator/stump grinder etc.