Regular Gas in a Diesel Auto
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It must have been a folk tale but when I was in college people said that you could halp lubricated your engine by occasionally putting a gallon of diesel in with a fill up of gasoline. I can't remember if that story came at the beginning of the kegger or the end.
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"The solution is simply to take the cap off and sniff - the two fuels have very different odors." (Flyfish)
Why do I suddenly get a vision of hundreds of Fodorites high on the gas they've just sniffed at the station?
Seriously, I thought the nozzles in some countries were of different sizes, making it difficult to put diesel into a gas engine, because the larger diesel nozzle wouldn't fit into the smaller gasoline tank aperture. (Unfortunately this doesn't prevent mistakes of the reverse variety, i.e. gas into a diesel engine.)
Best of all we should have an electronic voice blast out "NOT THIS ONE, DUMBKOPF!"
Why do I suddenly get a vision of hundreds of Fodorites high on the gas they've just sniffed at the station?
Seriously, I thought the nozzles in some countries were of different sizes, making it difficult to put diesel into a gas engine, because the larger diesel nozzle wouldn't fit into the smaller gasoline tank aperture. (Unfortunately this doesn't prevent mistakes of the reverse variety, i.e. gas into a diesel engine.)
Best of all we should have an electronic voice blast out "NOT THIS ONE, DUMBKOPF!"
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In the US, the nozzle size of diesel pumps are larger than gas, so usually you can't get diesel into a "gas" tank. But that won't prevent the opposite from happening. And I don't know what the practice is in Europe.
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If unsure whether you're driving a diesel or a gas engine car, take a look at the rev meter!
If it ends at 7000 to 8000 rpm it's likely to be a regular gas engine.
If it ends at 5000 to 6000 rpm it's likely to be a diesel.
The diesels provide more torque at a lower rate of rotation, whereas the gas engines need some more rev.
If it ends at 7000 to 8000 rpm it's likely to be a regular gas engine.
If it ends at 5000 to 6000 rpm it's likely to be a diesel.
The diesels provide more torque at a lower rate of rotation, whereas the gas engines need some more rev.
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