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Old 08-28-2023, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive View Post
Won’t hurt your car (if it is a gasoline-burner).

A couple of cars ago we had a 2008 Kia. One evening my wife called me; she had pulled into a station and had gassed up with diesel fuel instead of gasoline (filled at about half a tank). She was terrified that she had ruined the car. I told her not to worry; that half a tank of diesel mixed with gas would make it run like an old tractor but she’d be able to get it home. She did. Fortunately not many hills as it had very little power. But as we gradually added gas the performance got better; inside of two weeks you couldn’t tell it had any diesel fuel in it at any time.

Neighbors did comment on the smell though.
If this was reversed(gas in a diesel) very different outcome.