[AT] I'll bet somebody here knows,,,,,,,,,,,

[Dean VP]

I put 25 gallons of gas in my 35 gallon diesel tank in my truck.  I saved
about 20 gallons of the mix that was pumped out of the diesel tank.  That
odd mix was put into antique tractors and garden tractors mixed with regular
gas over the next two months. Tractors didn't even notice it and the garden
tractors pumped out a little smoke occasionally.  But it all disappeared.
And....  I saved a 7.3 L diesel engine in a Ford Truck.  You cannot believe
how beside myself I was when I realized what I had done. My Ford Dealer told
me that the 7.3L engine will take it but not the 6.0L or 6.4L of the 6.7L.
I was very lucky.


Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. 

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Subject: [AT] I'll bet somebody here knows,,,,,,,,,,,

I've got a little bit of a problem.

I had a couple gallons of gasoline left in a can after fueling up the Ford
4000 tractor ( antique tractor reference) at my shooting club.  

New guy did some mowing with out Kubota Zero-turn mower.  Being a
conscientious sort he fueled the mower after he was done with.  With the
gasoline!  

I started some mowing yesterday afternoon and within a few minutes the mower
was running ragged and losing power.  Checked and both tanks were full.  One
should have been down a couple gallons so I got a real bad feeling.  Checked
the can that had had gas in it.  Empty.

I called the mower operator and he had only put gas in one tank.  I siphoned
out all I could, then disconnected the fuel line at the injector pump and
then ran the primary pump (electric) until all I got was air.  Then I
swapped tanks and ran it again, long enough to flush the lines.  Hooked the
line back up and fired up the engine, it stumbled for a few seconds then
smoothed out and ran fine for a half hour or so while I finished what mowing
I needed to do.

Maybe dodged a bullet on that one.

The problem I want opinions on now is that I have 6 gallons of 4
diesel/2gasoline mix that I need to dispose of.  I'm not about to dump it on
the ground.  It's way too much to think of using to light up a brushpile,
the resulting black smoke would be seen for miles.  Thought seriously of
just adding it to the 275 gallon fuel tank for the clubhouse furnace.

I find it hard to believe but one of the clubs' experts-on-everything
insists that the diesel/gas combination will not mix but will separate out
and end up causing serious trouble with the furnace.  I find it hard to
believe it might be true.

Does anyone here have any knowledge of, or educated opinion on, the subject?

Al Nadeau
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