Help!! Poured Kerosene Into Diesel Truck

Not until you add a gallon jug of Dran-O.

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Last Edited by Apocalypse Troll on 12/07/2009 05:21 PM

It should be okay. Kerosene is pretty thin, so it will cut the lubricating properties of the diesel some. Fill the tank the rest of the way with diesel.

never tried it but leave the top of the tank for a fwe days and the volatiles will evap off and then leave you with a closer diesel mix

or just syphon half of the fuel out and fill with more diesel then tip rest in every now and again

Not a problem, it will burn just like diesel. Just add some more diesel, it will run just fine. Really, nothing to worry about.

Thanks for the info people....I'm idling it now....it seems to be okay....dang...thought I was gonna be down for repairs....

That's what I'm doing.....trying to dilute that kero.....man, what a dumbass I was....and I had paid $5 a gallon for that kero!!

OUCH!

I suggest you find a match and check the level of the tank.

I am wondering if vegetable oil might help, depending on the temperature. I carry a bottle of 85% vegetable oil to 15% kerosene behind the front seat as emergency fuel.

Truck drivers use it all the time to keep the fuel from freezing up north,like Alaska.

same thing, just may smell a bit.

Run it. Not a problem. Just to make yourself feel better, add a sulpher replacement additive.

I got my 100 gallon tank filled with summer diesel. I asked the delivery guy, what do I do for a winter mix? He said cut the summer mix about 5 diesel to 1 kerosene and it will start and run in the winter fine.

Its done to tractors and heavy equipment to keep the fuel from gelling....Ride on.

When I was a kid I ran out of gas in a Corvair (air cooled engine like a VW). I went home and grabbed a 5 gallon can of kerosene that I thought had gas in it. I put it in the car and turned the starter. With much fan fair, sputtering, coughing and smoking it started up. I made it home, but it smoked like hell, overheated and was underpowered. After that I learned to check what was really in cans. Ah the lessons of youth.

I used an entire quart of the stuff...LOL!!!! Just got back from my errand....she ran just fine!

Hubby says you should be fine. Its a little thinner & will run in the winter time.

Buy a bottle of diesel treatment at the truck stop if you are really worried about it.

(hubby used to drive semi)

Oh, am I ever so calling the EPA!



probably no harm done. I think Evil Twin has it right . It might smoke a bit but

google it .. i would drop the tank and drain it to be certain..An engine is not cheap ..thousands to replace .. put a huge piece of duck tape on kerosene cans and list the name in bold letters.

But that wasn't a diesel, right?

I dunno, how much did you have to drink last night when the dog came to greet you at the door?
Is it walking funny this morning?

Are you reffering to the driver or the truck?

Mr. Diesel ran his first motor (at the World's Fair) on peanut oil, or so I read.

Yup.....but the deal was, I had mixed and matches...I had the yellow cans, the blue cans.....but I couldn't recall what was what in the cans....

I did smell the kerosene, and it really smells a lot like diesel...I had bought the kerosene for a stove when the ice storm of the century hit us....


I have learned a lot from my mistake...LOL!

I will certainly take your advice on labeling my fuels.....I have like 20 plastic jugs everywhere...I'm a preppy type person...and I was rotating the old fuel...

The kero/diesel will just put the match out.