anyone ever put diesel in a bike ?

[WULFSTAN]

story is just been going home down the east lancs road near st helens seen some young lad at the side of the road with a speedflight thing him looking very cold and very pissed off i pulled over seeing if there was anything i could do.he said no not really he had put diesel in it an it was fucked put thanks anyway so off i go an i start thinking i never heard of anyone else ever doing it i mean with a car u can kind of understand but never with a bike just wanted to know anyone else on here ever done it?
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[HD]

Yes but I cba to find it
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[Kickstart]

Hi

I did many years ago in a hurry on an XL100. Into a petrol station, first pump was 4*, next was 3* and I filled up the next one. That turned out to be diesel.

Spent ages waiting for it to drain out of the fuel tap. Gave up and turned the bike upside down to drain it through the filler into a bucket.

Got most of it out then filled with petrol. Did a great impression of a 2 stroke, with stuff all engine braking and lots of smoke.

All the best

Keith
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Kickstart]

Hi

I noticed when it was full as it was foamy. Went in to the pay area and the guy said "I didn't know any bikes used diesel".

All the best

Keith
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[stinkwheel]

Never done it, but a mate of mine used to run all his vehicles on the fuel they'd drained out of cars where people had put the wrong fuel in.

He used the stuff that was mostly petrol in his H100 and the stuff that was mostly diesel in his Escort van.

I can't see it would do much harm to a carbed bike. Drain it out and refill with petrol and it'll probably smoke for a bit. Probably more of a problem on an injected one, can't see it doing the various engine sensors much good.
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[tvchimp]

My old man managed to fill up his Pan European with diesel (full tank, was around £40 worth of diesel at the time)... Took a lot of time, and pissing about, but managed to get it drained, and then spent about £10-15 of petrol running the engine on its stand getting the engine back to a 'happy state' where it wouldn't chuck out smoke or make garble noises. fun times
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[chris-red]

[Kickstart]

Hi

An XL100 is not a big or heavy bike

All the best

Keith
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[warped one]

I did it on my old CB250n, after filling up with a jerry can i'd found at work.

It, smoked like fook for the whole tank, but kept going, and even took me to London, running on a 50/50 mix.

Was mega hard to start though.
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[Shreddie]

I very nearly did once. Pulled up, got distracted by my girlfriend, pulled the wrong hose off the pump and stuffed it into the tank. Then a message came over the tannoy system from the observant bloke behind the counter " To the biker... Are you sure you want diesel?".

I bought the guy a choccie bar to say thanks!

[Paxovasa]

I haven't, but I did stop someone else from filling their bike with diesel. He was at the next pump along, I noticed he picked up the black nozzle. So I shouted are you sure it's diesel.

See him every now and again when I am out on my bike, and he has bought me a coffee or two at Rothbury.
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[MarJay]

Yes I have apparently done it, even though I'm sure I picked up the 'green' nozzle and filled my bike with it...
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[27cows]

No, even I've never managed to do that. At least not yet
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[woodyfjr]

Yeah once it was large 7.5 ton truck never did get it out.
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[Serendipity]

I got half a tank of diesel into my CBR600 before I realised. It was a few years ago when BP first brought out the Ultimate branding. I was actually going for the super unleaded, but the pump nozzles were all the same colour (sort of purple and green) and I just grabbed the wrong one.

I thought about draining it, but it was the middle of the night and I couldn’t be arsed, so I just topped up with petrol and went on my way. It smoked like hell and smelt like a London taxi, but I was commuting 70 miles a day at that time so it was gone in a couple of days. It was all back to normal after the next fill up.
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[pinkyfloyd]

I thought I had last fill up. I pulled up at the pump and grabbed what I thought was the regular unleaded and started filling. As I looked over to check how much I saw the reg unleaded nozzle out of the corner of my eye resting in its little cradle. I had that heart sink moment until I looked and realised I grabbed the middle one by mistake and then the relief moment when I saw it was the super unleaded ultima or what ever it was and not the diesel. Phew!
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[CaNsA]

Ive had a "nearly" moment several times in the past. But i always double check before pulling the trigger

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[Slacker24seve...]

I didn't exactly fill it but I put around a litre of the stuff in my Hornet's tank. Was out for a ride in Wales when I pulled into a BP garage, thought I should probably treat it to some nice fuel for once so picked the 'Ultimate' pump. Started filling when I noticed the very very tiny 'Diesel' written next to the word Ultimate.

Filled it with normal fuel, it coughed and spluttered and smoked but got me home just fine
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[McJamweasel]

A few years ago Staffs Police used to run an unmarked Sprint ST, they filled it with Diesel. Twice. And rode it back to base from the petrol station, because 'it started OK'. I think we've still got the pistons & liners from the 2nd time on the bench at work. Plod gave up on that bike after that because Triumph wouldn't pay for the damage under warranty!
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