kellyf Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Customer put gas or something other than diesel fuel in tank.Says he drove truck a couple of miles and it died.Found low pressure pump toast.replaced that and truck would barely run.high pressure fuel pump wiped out.replaced pump and injectors,lines the whole spill.Went to test drive truck and starts smoking and missing.Have missfire on number three.Take off oil cap and puffs like a train.Mind you all this on customer.truck has 15k miles and is a 2010.He is having a bad week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Oh crap. I just had one that belonged to a large railway construction company. Driver put 130 liters of gas in and drove it untill 1/2 tank. We figure about 300km or so. I quoted the job and talked it over with thier fleet maintenance manager, He was happy with the info I gave,and ready to do it. He went to his bosses and they said no, drain it, flush it and fill it back up with new fuel and put a few botttles of 2 stroke oil in the tank. Against my will I did it for them, and to my surprise the truck runs Good, time will tell for how long. I did make them aware that by not properly repairing it they will likely have an engine failure and it will not be covered by warranty, but they thought it was worth the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I have had a couple trucks towed in with full tanks of gas which only ran for a minute or two. They too got flushed out and refilled without issue to this day. I am not sure how quickly damage is done, some say immediately, but it seems the factor here may be how long the engine was run with gas. If the tank is filled when there is still a decent amount of diesel that would allow the engine to run I think that scenario is the most detrimental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 The biggest risk in that (according to my source at IH) is that the HPFP will seize and in turn wipe out the gear-train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellyf Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Holy short block Batman!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshbuys Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 About a month ago I had a 6.7L that my dealership "courtesy" delivered for Enterprise Rent-a-Truck come in on the hook shortly after being delivered - odo read 9 miles, enterprise driver had picked it up at the dealer, drove it 1/2 mile up the road and filled it to the top with gasoline, at least he realized his stupidity before he started the truck(or so he says)....drained the tank(into mine and my co-workers tanks - free gas for a week!!) flushed the lines, changed the filters, and sent it on it's way!! been fine so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 )....drained the tank(into mine and my co-workers tanks - free gas for a week!!) I did that once. My Explorer ran like shit and there wasn't much diesel in the "fuel." It wold ping and buck under acceleration... just thought I would add that tid-bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Originally Posted By: joshbuys )....drained the tank(into mine and my co-workers tanks - free gas for a week!!) I did that once. My Explorer ran like shit and there wasn't much diesel in the "fuel." It wold ping and buck under acceleration... just thought I would add that tid-bit. Ditto, smoked like a bugger too. And adding octane booster doesn't help either. But free is free is free so you put up with for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshbuys Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 done it several times in my old car(89 corolla - carburated, only had once where it had too much diesel in it) this time it was my 98 grand cherokee - there was less than 1/8 tank when he picked it up, it was a 38 gallon tank that he filled with 36 gallons of unleaded, so i figured it was a safe bet, dumped a $5 bottle of stp octane booster in with it, didn't have any problems!! and yes like you said - free is free is free so you put up with it for a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 You guys are nuckin' futs. I have neither the time nor patience for driving around in unreliable, poor running junk. I refuse to send my wife out into traffic in some second rate death trap. And "yes"... when it comes to emissions controls, I put my money where my mouth is. I refuse to drive junk and I refuse to drive something that might appear to run poorly. This sends a powerful message to my customers.... I can't say how things run in the US but my customers are also my neighbours. I'm not about to dump anything in my tank that might make me look like I should have chosen a different career path... Your reputation is built on 25% what you do and 75% what you APPEAR to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Quote: Your reputation is built on 25% what you do and 75% what you APPEAR to do How true that is. The first thing I did when I met my oral surgeon, was to take a look at his own teeth. Never mind all the certificates on the wall and creds such as that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregH Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 The first thing I did when I met my oral surgeon, was to take a look at his own teeth. I did that with my barber.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: Brad Clayton The first thing I did when I met my oral surgeon, was to take a look at his own teeth. I did that with my barber.. I wish I knew where my barber has his hair cut.... that's where I would go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Clyde Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 My barber had no hair ... ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 My dentist had bad breath this morning... which has nothing to do with how well he re-cemented my crown back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 My dentist had bad breath this morning... which has nothing to do with how well he re-cemented my crown back in. And everything to do with how hung over and underachieving he may have felt... or how uncaring he might be on this particular day. Since my dentist is going to be "in my face" (well, not so much anymore... I can mail him my teeth) I would think that pleasant body odors would be a prime consideration... Think of it like "I don't smoke in a customers car or change his radio station and I try to return his seat to the same position I found it" kind of a consideration. The devil is in the details. On rethink.... the barber I go to doesn't talk politics, he doesn't stink and I am probably happy that I don't have to stare at my haircut - the barber I used to go to (until she moved) was cute and had big zoomers. And Meatloaf told us that "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 .........what were we talkin' 'bout on this thread again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 .........what were we talkin' 'bout on this thread again? Stinky dentists taking the mixed shit out of someone elses tank and putting it in theirs. Customer... "What did you do with the old shit?". GreaseMonkey... "Ah putted it inh muh own tank... HYUK HYUK...". Customer,,, "Well... that makes me feel better about the bill you gave me. But why is it bad for me and good for you?". Make that "stinky bald dentists with good barbers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy_M Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Reminds me earlier this winter, except it was gelled #2 Diesel in a 6.4L and a Freightliner(Dont ask me where they found the #2 at this time of year) Instructed by the customers to dump the old fuel and fill with fresh #1, and they didn't want to see the old stuff ever again, keep it and do whatever. So needless to say, a little over 200 gallons of clean #2 is sitting in sealed drums in the back of the shop waiting for warmer weather to burn in my truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolcat390 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 had a customer do that last month with a F450 pickup. Drain the tank and changed the fuel filters and it ran fine! Told the guy to go and buy a lottery ticket before his luck runs out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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