Long story short, I ended up running diesel through my truck and now I’ve got to fix it before I can ship it back to the States in a few months.
Below is the long story.
I filled up Sunday after noon, from about 1/4 tank, and drove home. Monday I went to work and on my way home my truck started to miss and stalled out, this was about 35-40 miles of driving after filling up. I thought it was some bad gas, I talked to a buddy of mine and he agreed that it sounded like water in the gas. I walked over to the hobby shop on base, grabbed a couple bottles of water remover fuel treatment and added it to my tank. I got it started but it kept stalling out and just ran like crap but I did get home. I decided to call a company out and have them drain my tank, still thinking it was bad fuel. When they drained it, they informed me that it was diesel. They did drain it all and put about 16l of gas in it but it still won’t stay running. I know I put gasoline in it and have the receipt proving it but it was on base so now I have to deal with the government for reimbursement. For this I have to get everything fixed, then give them the total cost, any evidence or support documents and then they’ll investigate and decide if they’re going to reimburse me. Being as it’s not guaranteed that I’ll get reimbursed, I’m looking to keep it as cheap as possible.
So, it’s been a while but some of you may remember my introduction and the fact that I’m in the U.K. and this makes everything that much more difficult. I can’t just run to the local parts store or scrap yard, I’ll be ordering anything I need online. Plus, most garages here aren’t familiar with my truck and I feel more comfortable working on it myself.
My plan now is to:
Drop and completely drain the tank
Pull the plugs and clean/replace if needed
Pull the O2 sensors and clean/replace if needed
Oil change
Hopefully this will get me running again.
If so, the next couple of tanks will be premium with the first having some fuel system cleaner added. If not, I’ll look at injectors or possibly having to tear it down further to see if there’s any internal damage. Another twist is that I’ll be doing this while preparing to move my family back to the US in a few months.
Do any of y’all have any other suggestions on what I should do to it?
Sorry for the long post but thanks in advance for any advice given.
Brett
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Below is the long story.
I filled up Sunday after noon, from about 1/4 tank, and drove home. Monday I went to work and on my way home my truck started to miss and stalled out, this was about 35-40 miles of driving after filling up. I thought it was some bad gas, I talked to a buddy of mine and he agreed that it sounded like water in the gas. I walked over to the hobby shop on base, grabbed a couple bottles of water remover fuel treatment and added it to my tank. I got it started but it kept stalling out and just ran like crap but I did get home. I decided to call a company out and have them drain my tank, still thinking it was bad fuel. When they drained it, they informed me that it was diesel. They did drain it all and put about 16l of gas in it but it still won’t stay running. I know I put gasoline in it and have the receipt proving it but it was on base so now I have to deal with the government for reimbursement. For this I have to get everything fixed, then give them the total cost, any evidence or support documents and then they’ll investigate and decide if they’re going to reimburse me. Being as it’s not guaranteed that I’ll get reimbursed, I’m looking to keep it as cheap as possible.
So, it’s been a while but some of you may remember my introduction and the fact that I’m in the U.K. and this makes everything that much more difficult. I can’t just run to the local parts store or scrap yard, I’ll be ordering anything I need online. Plus, most garages here aren’t familiar with my truck and I feel more comfortable working on it myself.
My plan now is to:
Drop and completely drain the tank
Pull the plugs and clean/replace if needed
Pull the O2 sensors and clean/replace if needed
Oil change
Hopefully this will get me running again.
If so, the next couple of tanks will be premium with the first having some fuel system cleaner added. If not, I’ll look at injectors or possibly having to tear it down further to see if there’s any internal damage. Another twist is that I’ll be doing this while preparing to move my family back to the US in a few months.
Do any of y’all have any other suggestions on what I should do to it?
Sorry for the long post but thanks in advance for any advice given.
Brett
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