HELP!!!!! Diesel put in my tank

[Robbo1200ADV]

I did this with my T Max . I got the wrong Fuel Doctor out and he siphoned all the fuel off , filled it with Shell V and off I went . Cost me £170 though !

 

[Hatcho]

Didn't know until it coughed spluttered 5 miles down the road, then looked at receipt, pulled into next station & filled up with diesel, 100K later car was still going strong.

Wow - that's some mileage on a single tank of fuel!! You must have happened upon the magic petrol/diesel ratio that provides near infinite economy

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Wow - that's some mileage on a single tank of fuel!! You must have happened upon the magic petrol/diesel ratio that provides near infinite economy

Now if we could only put that in a small box, it would be the next dragons den idea for here, they would be lining up outside.

 

[Phaeton]

Available to all just buy a French diesel infortunately they no longer produce the 1.9td which was one of the best diesels ever produced

 

[Mr Bean]

Lake District with also took in the infamous Hardknott Pass....

Was up there on Saturday with the wife on the back... Mate on his 700 Tenere was happy as a pig in shit - lives up there and been over loads of times.

Wet ride back on Sunday...

 

[P-bravo]

On a lighter bike it would have been fantastic but in the wet conditions the GS with just too top heavy....

 

[CPJS]

Available to all just buy a French diesel infortunately they no longer produce the 1.9td which was one of the best diesels ever produced

Indeed.
Shame about the cars built around it.
Our Citroen was scrapped at 8yrs old.

 

[Phaeton]

Indeed.
Shame about the cars built around it.
Our Citroen was scrapped at 8yrs old.

Strange we had a 51 plate C5 so 2001 I think, gave it my daughter with 155K on it, she ran it for several years sold it with 180K on it & it's still running around today, although it's blue with a black drivers door now.

 

[Bails]

I just had this same experience and this post is the correct solution. I did it with my 1250 GSA. Remove injectors then remove fuel line and flush.

 

[Myke Rocks]

I just had this same experience and this post is the correct solution. I did it with my 1250 GSA. Remove injectors then remove fuel line and flush.

BOLLOCKS!
Suggest you read the entire posts here, with particular reference to posts 8 & 11.

 

[Bails]

There is no return fuel line on the 1250. So only way to flush is remove injectors and then remove fuel line.cycle ignition a few time to get diesel out the replace and start, of course after emptying and refilling tank.

 

[Warlord]

Can't you just use a jiggle hose, extract what you can, refill with petrol and ride it through?

 

[Blackal]

I think the big decider - is whether you have switched on the ignition or not.

If the fuel pump has run - I think I’d be inclined to clean out all the lines too.

When I put Diesel in my car once, was careful just to push it over the ring-bund without switching on the ignition.

 

[g.s.john]

These people in this thread have no idea what they are talking about.

Lift the bike up and take the fuel tank lid off.

Turn the bike upside down and give it a really good shake until all the nasty stuff comes out.

Then turn it back up the right way, kiss it better and you will be fine to go.

.........

 

[Bails]

Bike will not start if diesel is in fuel lines to injectors.

 

[willy eckerslike]

Ive done it to a KTM, wasn't a problem, drained tank and filled with petrol, hooked up to a larger battery and turned it over several times until it fired, stank and smoked a bit but was then fine. Ran it for many thousand miles after and all was ok.

 

[Warlord]

Ive done it to a KTM, wasn't a problem.....

Was it your KTM or do you just like going around doing that to bikes you don't like?

 

[Bails]

Can't you just use a jiggle hose, extract what you can, refill with petrol and ride it through?

This is what I did to start with but as the fuel lines to the injectors are still full of diesel the bike will not start. On the older bikes just cycling the ignition would have flushed the fuel lines but the 1250 does not have a return line.

 

[Warlord]

This is what I did to start with but as the fuel lines to the injectors are still full of diesel the bike will not start. On the older bikes just cycling the ignition would have flushed the fuel lines but the 1250 does not have a return line.

Thanks for the update. So I'm presuming then you started your engine after the cross-fuelling? which then blocked the injectors and stopped the bike.

Would this still have happened if you'd not started your engine, but jiggle hosed as much of it out the tank, then refilled immediately with petrol before starting the engine?

 

[Bails]

Thanks for the update. So I'm presuming then you started your engine after the cross-fuelling? which then blocked the injectors and stopped the bike.

Would this still have happened if you'd not started your engine, but jiggle hosed as much of it out the tank, then refilled immediately with petrol before starting the engine?

True I rode about 20 Klms before the motor started to splutter, Realized what I had done and as luck would have it I was near another petrol station. Jiggled the fuel out twice not realizing that there was no fuel return line on the new bike . Had given up and had called roadside assist , they were organizing for the bike to be carted back to dealer . Would have been a real let down as we were heading for MotoGP . My son in law ,who is a diesel tech , got busy on the phone and worked out how the fuel system worked, once we knew it was an easy fix. Cancelled Roadside assist and got underway. One thing though I now have the copper jiggler end in the fuel tank, be careful they can come off the end of the hose.