Ran a bike on diesel. How buggered is it?

[crazyjoyce]

Turns out the smoking problem on my dads Z1000 is from filling and running with diesel

So besides the fouled plugs, what else is likely to be buggered? Cat, injectors?

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Drain it all down and fill it with lovely fresh petrol. He might be lucky.

TBH, it's unlikely to have broken anything, though it might puff a bit of smoke for a short while after start up.
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[crazyjoyce]

seems to be running better already. will throw in a full tank of petrol and take it for a blast.

reckon its worth getting new plugs?

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I wouldn't bother unless I was sure they needed replacing. I might be tempted to give them a clean but the truth is, I'd give it a good chance to sort itself out before I started buggering about like that
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[lozza59]

should be fine i used to race cars around the field a few times with a diesel/petrol mix in a petrol car, apart from taking a lot to start the thing it would run ok once warmed up, though mk3 escorts dont have catylic converters.....

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Wouldn't worry about the cat. There's no emissions test on the bike MOT. If you're really worried about it, chuck it in the bin and buy a decat pipe.

As they others have said really, drain and refill. Should be fine after a good thrash.
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[Frost]

It's doing things the other way around that you want to be worried about.

[jimspeed]

Yea as above just fill it up and see how it runs, as long as it runs ok after a tank of decent fuel thru it don't worry, It may have fouled the plugs a bit but they should self clean with some decent load on the engine
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[crazyjoyce]

excellent! makes my life easier, getting to the plugs is a bastard!

2nd gear everywhere for a while it is

[Kickstart]

Hi

Would be a bit tempted to put new plugs in. Maybe a new fuel filter. Although both I wouldn't worry too much about.

However I would be a bit concerned about a lambda sensor in the exhaust (assuming the Z1000 has one).

All the best

Keith
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[Kickstart]

[crazyjoyce]

no FI warning lights, and only the one lambda sensor. will keep an eye on things, will check the plugs after a few tank fulls have been run through

[herulach]

I did it on mine about 2 months ago, drained the tank and it took about 10 minutes running before it felt 'normal' not a problem since.
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[Triumph1300]

Change the oil, diesel is a lot more detergent, and penetrative.

Run it on petrol first.
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