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Old 09-15-2013, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Stretch View Post
The green handle here is unleaded petrol - so watch out if you're on holiday in Europe!

On modern diesels the biggest casualty is the injector pump - diesel helps to lubricate it whilst petrol helps to clean it a bit too much...
Yeah, I don't see how gasoline could predetonate in a diesel seeing as how it hasn't been injected yet. I wouldn't assume, either, that all the gas was burned last cycle or that the injectors wouldn't prepop though with gas having a different viscosity and or gassification temp/pressure.

All in all, it's definitely NOT a good thing. I would surely be afraid for my injection pump and injectors.

Hope your engine suffers no damage.
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