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not adviseable,as it depends on how much the dilution rate is,"ie" how much you have in tank-and how much fuel you are adding, petrol in too great an amount will damage your rubber seals in the diesel pump,very expensive to sort. so NO is the safest bet. buy proper additive, its cheaper in the long run.!
A2. In a part of the country where temperatures go low, your fuel supplier should change grades with the season, and don't be left with too much summer grade in the winter.
The fuel grades go to arbitrarily low temperatures - consider the wing tank temperature of a jet plane.
The fuel doesn't 'freeze' it gels. The problem is in pumping the stuff, not in burning it.
In the Antarctic at Scott Base, we used jet fuel the year round.
[btw. we used kerosene in the coolant system in the old Fergusson petrol tractors. Much cheaper that anti freeze and quite effective.]
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What do you add to diesel to stop it freezing?
Anti gel at a truck stop...
How long will diesel car run on petrol?
It won't, even a mixture of gasoline and diesel will not work. May I add that running petrol in a diesel will destroy that diesel engine.
Can you clean your diesel engine with petrol?
yes fill tank almost to top then add i gallon of petrol
What happens when you add a little petrol in diesel engine tank?
not much, it just makes it harder to start when the engine is warm. but diesel in a petrol car...do not start or it wil destroy it
Differences between petrol and diesel engines?
sic difference between Petrol and Diesel engines that the difference of fuel and their mixture..in diesel we only compresses the Air and sprays Diesel but in Petrol Engines we compresses both the air and Petrol together and gets burnt with the the help of spark given by the Spark plug. I must add this, also the thermodynamic cycle is so different in diesel engines rather than petroleum engines. You can fined more in Reed's series volume 12
How do you stop water from freezing?
heat it up, add energy to it
What kind of oil should be used on a 2001automatic Honda civic?
a special mix of diesel and petrol. Exactly 200 ml of petrol and 700ml of diesel every 900mls. Then you should add some nitroglycerine to it and give it a nice shake so provided you survive the blast, you can pour that into the car.
What will happens when you add kerosene to diesel or petrol engine?
kerosene is thick fuel. when it will pass through fuel injection left it sticky and there will be a very adverse effect on the piston.
Can you put diesel oil in a petrol car?
NO!!! It's not the same kind of engine. A diesel engine has glow plugs, a gasoline engine has spark plugs. A diesel engine ignite the fuel by compression, the gasoline engine ignite it with spark plugs.Some people add a SMALL amount of gasoline to their diesel fuel in the winter when the temperature falls below -20 deg celsius (5 deg below zero F), to prevent the diesel from turning waxy.
Why diesel car works better in snow than petrol car?
The only reasons I can think of regarding this is: A diesel car would/could possibly be better in snow is the fact that they are mostly a bit heavier than similar petrol cars. Heavier car mean better grip on the road/snow. Another aspect is the slower acceleration. This is preferable on a semi-slippery road. There are on the other hand other issues with diesel that makes it a worse choice with increasing cold. Diesel can actually go stiff when being exposed to low temperatures. This is a problem already at -20 degrees Celsius. The diesel providers (Shell/Statoil/Q8/BP and a lot of others) add stuff to the diesel so that it does not freeze but this is not done all year round. It is also a common problem to actually start up a freezing cold diezel car.
How will diesel effect a petrol engine?
It won't really hurt the engine.... unless you run it long term... Unfortunately you can't burn diesel well in a petrol engine.... It will smoke alot and miss and have weak power... best thing to do if it was accidental is to top it off with petrol... and when it is half tank... top it off again.... then change the fuel filter. Another idea is to add a double dose of octane booster.... it should help with the smoking and missing
What damage could be done to a diesel engine if four liters of unleaded petrol was accidentally added to 40 liters of diesel?
Shouldn't cause any damage! Adding 10% of petrol to diesel fuel was standard practice in sub-zero winters in the days before "winter-grade" diesel. It helps prevent "waxing" where the diesel fuel will turn into something like a soft candle wax at low temperatures. You may notice a slight loss of power until the petrol is out of the system. 4 litres in 40 litres of diesel should not damage your engine, the one thing it will do is give you MORE power as it works a little like a bottle of injector cleaner that you may add to a tank of diesel from time to time. It will cause higher temperature explosions in your combustion chambers and a little more power.
