Petrol in Diesel Tank

Submitted: Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 08:31

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Borisdog

OK so I've managed to pull off a great "no-brainer" and filled my Diesel tank with petrol ( Straight after Nightshift). I've drained tank etc etc and I'm looking to recover/separate the diesel/petrol. My question is do they actually separate cos what I got out of the tank was very much a mixture.

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Reply By: Rosco - Bris. - Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 08:47

Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 08:47

Seems to me ya got yerself a few years supply of fuel for the old Victa.

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Follow Up By: Brian - Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:24

Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:24

Its good for washing parts and killing grass, not much else

Brian

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Reply By: Member - Jiarna (SA) - Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 08:47

Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 08:47

They can be separated - in a refinery. So the short answer is no.

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Reply By: Member - Chris M (QLD) - Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:21

Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:21

DOH!

Unfortunately, we will all some day do something like that, only takes a couple of nights of no sleep, sick as a dog or just plain stuffed to make a mistake.

And you won't be able to separate, like was said above, use it in the mower, it'll smoke a bit but it'll be all good!

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Follow Up By: Peter Guy - Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 13:15

Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 13:15

Your new mix is good for painting timber fences ect which sit ouside in the weather-bit like turps and linseed oil!!!
I did the same thing last year-very embarrassing!
The good thing was you didn't drive off without noticing your mistake otherwise your motor would be pretty crook!!
I had to pump out 70 litres using the primer pump on the fuel filter - it took 3 hours and left me with huge blisters on my hands!

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Reply By: Of Mice & Men - Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 13:51

Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 13:51

Borisdog,

Working a rotating shift, I know how you feel. About six months ago I to pulled my diesel up to the bowzer(spelling), and almost gave it a belly full of unleaded, this happened after one of my night shifts as well, but fortunately I realised before I began pumping. Like the others have said, they can no longer be seperated, but I can give you a suggestion on how to dispose of it. If you have no use for it around the home why not donate it to your local bush fire brigade, they will use it for drip torch fuel. The only thing they might ask you is a rough ratio of diesel to petrol, just so that they can mix it to their requirements.

Regards, OM&M.

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Reply By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 18:15

Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 18:15

When I bought my diesel rocky about 7 years back, I went out and bought a long ranger tank, oil, oil filters and fuel filters... The idea to give it a service and get into the diesel 5000k routine right off the bat. Did the service, spent 2 days fitting the tank myself(coz I'm cheap), got 2 mates to push me accross the road to fill up and stuck 95 litres of super in the old girl. Boy was my face red. At least you can blame fatigue.

Blue

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Reply By: Borisdog - Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 18:26

Thursday, Aug 26, 2004 at 18:26

Thanks to everyone for the help, looks like the local fire brigade are onto a good freebie.

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Reply By: Mike-TS - Sunday, Aug 29, 2004 at 15:18

Sunday, Aug 29, 2004 at 15:18

You should be able to add a little bit of the fuel mixture to a full tank of diesel now and again without any ill effects.

It'll get diluted down so as not to notice.

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Reply By: rhino_oz - Tuesday, Aug 31, 2004 at 21:20

Tuesday, Aug 31, 2004 at 21:20

We used to run Diesel diluted with up to 20% petrol in Winter in Germany, I wouldn't be to worried to run some petrol in each tank full to get rid of it.

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