Diesel in gasser Gator 825i

[D60]

I didn't do it but this Gator was filled with diesel and I believe they tried to start it.

Looks like the tank is under driver seat and I think it'll be easy to remove and drain.

Other thoughts? Should I pull plugs and maybe crank it a bit to blow out cylinders?

 

[cptbarkey]

Its funny, I did this today trying to troubleshoot a fuel pump issue.
12v pump with a battery, drain into a 5 gallon bucket.
I think your plan of removing the plugs, crank it awhile to blow the rest out.
Change fuel filters.
I bet it will run fine, smoking a bit of course for a short while.

 

[Hirev]

Should I pull plugs and maybe crank it a bit to blow out cylinders?

Seems like a very good idea to me.

 

[D60]

Ok well I dunno how other guys would do it, but I pulled the tank (PITA) and poured out every bit I could. I was then able to tip it, see in the fill hole and mop out any remainder with long pliers and a shop towels.

Then I sloshed some gas in there and repeated. I reinstalled the tank and disconnected the fuel filter before the fuel rail and let the pump prime, flushing gas through the supply line and filter. Red diesel was used which was nice because I could see the flow go red to clear.

Then I pulled the plugs and cranked, but nothing visible came out.

Then I put it back together and had to crank forever but it finally fired and now runs fine.

 

[BrianF]

We had this same thing a few years back on the Wolverine x2. An inexperienced employee used the yellow jerry instead of the red. Filled her right up. Also filled up the swisher brush mower.

Sucked but I rather have diesel in a gasser than gas in a diesel....

Both were run until they completely stalled out. Didn't take long to figure out the problem. I siphoned both tanks, refilled with gas and cycled the fuel pump on the side by side until I got it to fire and just ran it until she cleaned up. The mower just got a carb drain and pulled over until she ran.

 

[D60]

We had this same thing a few years back on the Wolverine x2. An inexperienced employee used the yellow jerry instead of the red. Filled her right up. Also filled up the swisher brush mower.

Sucked but I rather have diesel in a gasser than gas in a diesel....

Both were run until they completely stalled out. Didn't take long to figure out the problem. I siphoned both tanks, refilled with gas and cycled the fuel pump on the side by side until I got it to fire and just ran it until she cleaned up. The mower just got a carb drain and pulled over until she ran.

Yeah I was a little concerned that pulling the tank was overkill -- I probably could have just siphoned but I really wanted to get every bit of diesel out.

Also it wasn't my vehicle so unsure of the line between a professional, thorough job and just padding the bill....?

I wound up charging $400 all told, which I still feel like is reasonable in the face of new replacement cost. This was a 3 cylinder which I thought was cool. Looks like something comparable new is $25 to $40k -- having difficulty with apples to apples so WIDE range

edit: play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Don't put diesel in there again and there won't be repair costs....

 

[BrianF]

Good call on that. My line between backyard trash and professional has been somewhat blurred....