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| Technically Adaptive |
Add to that that diesel is not measured in octane. | |||
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| Ammoholic |
I don’t know if this is related the the incidents you mention, but several years ago Chevron paid for a *lot* of engine overhauls. They had some confusion in their pumping and contaminated some 100LL in the lines with diesel. Two things happened very quickly: 1) They paid for a lot of engines, and 2) Self-serve pumps were modified to require input of the aircraft’s N-number prior to dispensing fuel. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
I accidently filled my Harley up with diesel one afternoon. I've been driving a diesel truck for decades, it was just force of habit pulling up to the green pump. I made it about 1/2 a block from the station and it died. Once I figured out what I'd done, I drained most of it from the tank and filled it up with regular and it ran fine. No harm done...except to my ego.  ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| drop and give me 20 pushups |
Recently a fuel delivery truck delivered diesel fuel into the gasoline storage tanks and also gasoline into the diesel storage tanks at a station along I-10 west of Baton Rouge, La..... Many vehicles have reported contamination but the station was being very tight lipped about taking responsibility .... Not something any driver would want too have to go thru..... Bad enough when the individual driver makes this mistake but when a fuel station screws up and then tries to not take responsibility is not a good thing.. But no fear the lawyers will be the ones that benifit the most. ................. drill sgt. | |||
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Putting gas in a diesel engine starts at about 2:56 --------------- Gary Will Fly for Food... and more Ammo Mosquito Lubrication Video If Guns Cause Crime, Mine Are Defective.... Ted Nugent | |||
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Exactly. Diesel is rated in Cetane. Its rating is kind of the opposite of Octane. Whereas a higher Octane number indicates a higher resistance to ignition, a higher Cetane number indicates a lower ignition delay, or faster burn. Octane ratings would have no meaning for diesel engines. Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
About 12 years ago I had a GM Duramax diesel truck where the owner filled it with E85 (85% ethanol) at the station across the street. He drove it over, and I drove it just long enough to get it into the bay, but for that brief distance it sounded normal and was running smoothly. I siphoned as much as possible and filled it back up with proper fuel. It ran fine when it left. | |||
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Alright look. You guys are completely missing the point. Yes, diesel is not measured in Octane precisely because it would be so low. Octane is a completely arbitrary number made up for gasoline engines. But if you mix diesel with gasoline, which is the whole point of this thread, it will absolutely cause the octane rating of the gasoline to go down which in turn can cause severe knocking in high compression gasoline engines. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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| Technically Adaptive |
Quote: Alright look. You guys are completely missing the point. Yes, diesel is not measured in Octane precisely because it would be so low. Octane is a completely arbitrary number made up for gasoline engines. But if you mix diesel with gasoline, which is the whole point of this thread, it will absolutely cause the octane rating of the gasoline to go down which in turn can cause severe knocking in high compression gasoline engines.[/QUOTE] If you add diesel to gasoline, you are increasing the octane of that gas, to the point it will not run. Higher octane means less flammable, not more. That is why high compression gas engines use it. To prevent pre ignition (knock) in cylinder. | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
~sigh~ smh. None of that is accurate. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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