Put diesel in the tank...what a goon!

[ice.shark]

Hi,
I've never done this before but I worked too much today, was thinking about work stuff at the petrol station and I went to a petrol station that has regular diesel, vpower diesel and just a single type of petrol plus I normally go to BP which has 2 types of petrol and 1 diesel. I saw the regular diesel and just poured from the one that said VPower. I only put 2-3 litres of the stuff but the whole thing needs syphoning.

Anyways, In west london is there a mechanic at this time that will do it for a normal price? I got quoted close to £200. If not I'll do it myself of course but I'd prefer a mechanic take a look.

[Tungtvann]

How big is your tank? Couldn't you just brim it with petrol and not notice any difference?

[pdg]

[Fisty]

£200

Did he offer a go on his missus and a beer with that?

Brim it
Ride it
Derp
Repeat.
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[ice.shark]

[pdg]

Alternatively.

Bring the bike to me, I will drain it professionally for £50.

And then I won't at all just bung the fuel in my car, no, of course I won't.
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[Northern Monkey]

You must know how much you put in. It's written on the receipt
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[ice.shark]

[pdg]

[ice.shark]

[ice.shark]

[Northern Monkey]

Perhaps even more confusing is why you normally buy Vpower super unleaded for a 125
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[pdg]

Usually up to about 10% the engine won't notice at all. Up to about 25-30% is usually 'safe', but it'll smoke like a bitch and be down on power somewhat.

Apparently the r125 has a 13.8 litre tank (according to google) so 2-3 litres would have been fine in my opinion. 7 is too many.

Just get out what you can with a bit of pipe and a couple of cans - then give the mixed fuel to someone for their car (or, your car if it's diesel or a slightly older petrol). Then brim your bike tank with petrol and try not to do it again.
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[ice.shark]

[Northern Monkey]

[ice.shark]

[1198]

You could either - a, remove the tank, drain it, refit, refill, or
b, find a piece of clean smallish bore hose, siphon it out into a container then refill. One would take 30 minutes, one would take three. Even if you had to hire a van to recover said bike to your house it'd cost less than £200!
We're all assuming you've not started it?

[ice.shark]

[ice.shark]

[ice.shark]

On my previous bike (and I'll assume this is the same) the tank was connected to the engine feed via a small hose with a clip. I might be able to undo this and drain it without removing anything. I also thought about removing the tank but I think syphoning is simpler.

By the way, the bike has a catalytic converter. Would that be OK with diesel soot?

[WD Forte]

If its Fi then why not get the existing pump to do the job?
Whip off the supply pipe to the injector
turn on ignition ( with can ready of course ) and wait
till it runs dry
Fill up with petrol and enjoy the fumes for a bit until it clears
you may need to clean the plug a couple of times until the deisel gets
diluted enough not to be snokey/noticeable
200 feckin quid to clear a few litres of derv from a 125?
I knew it was dear up there in theivincockneybastardland but that's steep!
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[stinkwheel]

Quick question to all those recommending diluting a small amount of diesel with petrol.

Reckon the lambda sensor on an FI bike will cope with this?

Just because I've buggered lambda sensors on cars simply by bump starting them.
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[WD Forte]

Hmm, good point but I don't think the R125 has a closed loop injection
system that uses a lambda sensor.
My sauce
https://www.yamahar125.com/threads/o2-sensor-and-ecu-mapping.389/

I stand to be corrupted though
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[ice.shark]

I syphoned a bucket and 2 1 litre bottles out of it so that's about 12l. There was a bit left but who cares. I brimmed it with petrol and it is running sweet. I must say, it seems to be running a bit better with a bit of diesel in it.

Since diesel is heavier than petrol I guess whatever was left was mostly pure diesel. This also implies that each morning the bottom of the tank will be mostly diesel so for the next few weeks I will need to shake it a bit before starting.

[Scootaloo]