today has been my day???? I had about one to two gallons of fuel left on my tank I pull to the pump and start pumping the wrong liquid((DIESEL)))) Thanks the lord i only pump 2 gallons onlyI stopped imediately call aaa and got my car towed to my house. My car is a 2007 CVR honda. Its late now but I hope somebody lthat knows will be able to advice me today what to do? I do not want to take it to the dealerIf I can helped. even if I have to get a mechanic. Does anybody knows if this type of car Gas tank can be empty by the bottom or tank must be take down? Help!!!!!!!! Jim Osorio
--------------------------------- _If_ there is no drain bolt, you can always siphon it out with a plastic hose. If you want to know whether there's a drain plug, www.slhondaparts.com has your parts diagrams, or get down on your knees and look. How much does your tank hold, anyway? After you drain the contamination, you should probably fill it FULL with your usual fuel and all will be OK. I don't know much about diesel. 'Curly'
wrote in : Relax. There will be no damage. If you only put two gallons of diesel in, then there's no harm done. Just fill up the rest of the way with regular gas and you're fine. Your gas tank holds 15.3 US gallons. That means the diesel content of your tank will be only 13% with the tank otherwise completely filled with regular gas. It helps a lot in this case that your tank was as low as it was, as the action of filling with regular gas will thoroughly mix in the diesel.
Aren't diesel nozzles usually larger in diameter than gas nozzles, so as to prevent just such a thing from happening?
Backing up what Curly ("Motsco") said, see http://www.carinsurance.com/kb/content24541.aspx , among other sites. Google with words like {diesel gasoline mistake siphon}. In summary, drain tank as much as possible, refill with unleaded gasoline, and be prepared for a bit of rough running. Do as soon as possible, or there is some risk of damage. Trying to run a diesel engine on gasoline is a far bigger mistake.
If you run your diesel engine on a mixture of gas and diesel then it's a big problem. But in this case, no need to worry. Just fill her up with gasoline and she'll be OK. Aslo, i would recommend adding 0.5 oz of acetone per gallon of fuel to your gas tank as a quick and effective fix. Acetone will help eliminate the soot and smoke, boots the evaporation characteristics of the mixture, and prevents detonation.
wrote in : That would be stupid. Acetone is a solvent that destroys plastics. You have lots of plastic in your fuel system. Do not use any amount of acetone in your fuel system.
plastic parts in the fuel sytem of a 2007 honda CR-V? what kind of horse shit is it? name one! i dare ya..
wrote in @e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com: Perhaps I should have said "polymeric" rather than "plastic". That would have covered those plastics that feel "rubbery" as well as those that feel "plasticky". You have copious amounts of polymers in your fuel system. A great many gaskets, diaphragms and O-rings, for a start. Plus much of the EVAP system is plastic. Your fuel filler neck is surely at least partially plastic, as is the seal on the gas cap. Those polymers are also the reason most cars can't use gasolines with more than 10% ethanol in them. Excessive ethanol will have a similar effect to acetone.
And you don't have to take my word for it, either. See here: http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/2006/January/08.html
gasoline is a solvent itself!!! the bad thing about ethanol and acetone in gas is the low viscosities which will cause damage to the fuel pumps. i've heard about boosting gas mileage with acetone, but hate the inconvenience of stocking acetone all the time. i add acetone to my gas tank once a year, however, 8 oz per a full tank, before bringing it to a smog check, my Accord runs on a gutted catalytic converter.
wrote in Gasoline is a solvent, yes. A solvent which the fuel system is /specifically designed for/. The fuel system is /not/ designed for acetone. And have you ever noticed how gas can go in plastic containers, but acetone is stored in /metal/ containers? Ever wondered why? Holy mackerel. Where on earth did you get that one from? Ethanol has over TWICE the viscosity of gasoline. Look it up. You are grossly misleading readers of this group with your astonishing ignorance. Acetone is damaging to your car's fuel system's polymers. Do not use acetone in your car's fuel system. Period. You're passing smog with a gutted cat? Yeah, right. Either you're making this stuff up out of whole cloth or your jurisdiction has /exceedingly/ lax emissions regulations. You're probably outputting 3% to 4% CO at idle, which nobody in North America allows, to my knowledge.
The typical nail polish remover is acetone. It's sold in some kind of plastic bottle. Definitely not metal. Maybe the guy just made an honest mistake. I realize you never make honest mistakes, but... ;-)
That's true. The typical nail-polish remover appears to be between 60% and 70% acetone according to various MSDS's I just looked at. And I have in front of me right now a jar of my wife's Wal-Mart "Equate" remover, the kind that is impregnated in a sponge. The container is HDPE, which acetone doesn't harm. Now that I'm digging deeper, it appears the primary reason pure acetone is usually in metal containers is acetone's volatility. Plastic containers are not 100% gas-tight, so there would be a greater rate of evaporation of the acetone over time compared to metal containers. Still, the sort of containers nail polish removers are packed in are /meant/ to be used with acetone. Car fuel systems and their polymers are /not/ meant to be used with acetone. Car fuel systems and their polymers are chosen for use with gasoline, ethanol and the various additives. Nah, I just make dishonest mistakes. I'd let up, but this guy has been back several times peddling his misinformation. You'd think that, this deep into it, he would have made sure he wasn't making more mistakes and outlandish claims, but he hasn't.
If somebody comes on one this board and claim he's a defender of truth, then i'd say i am God! Have you ever noticed that pure acetone comes in a 16 oz plastic bottle at CVS?
