Post #270,105
10/12/06 11:38:57 AM
10/12/06 11:42:30 AM
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Re: Gas in a diesel engine, what is the damage?
You'll need to drain the tank, lines, pumps, injectors, manifold, and regulators; and change all filters - could be a big job. Hopefully, the engine suffered no damage - did it make any unusual noise when it stalled, or did it simply quit running? I doubt any major damage.
[link|http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-12004.html|This thread] shows a guy who had a similar problem with a VW golf - cost him about $200 for the work.
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Edited by Steve Lowe
Oct. 12, 2006, 11:42:30 AM EDT
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Post #270,109
10/12/06 12:01:04 PM
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Re: Gas in a diesel engine, what is the damage?
It simply quit. It was running fine and then suddenly it just lost power and stalled.
I can't believe that I did this.
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Post #270,111
10/12/06 12:06:55 PM
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good
cool, I bet it's fine - just needs a good cleaning. I bet you *could* drain the tank and fill it with fresh diesel and then crank on the starter til it goes - but I think I'd spend the time and/or money to clean it out good.
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Post #270,124
10/12/06 12:46:23 PM
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That is what I am going to do
I just hope it doesn't cost me a fortune.
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Post #270,125
10/12/06 12:52:21 PM
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As long as it turns over...
and no rattling/banging sounds (well besides the typical diesel sound), you should be good.
I did a similar thing with the old GM 350 Diesel (the converted gasoline block) and it lived out a happy life.
In fact, it ran better after the episode, but that was old ring and piston technology.
Dunno how these new high silicon pistons and high chrom-moly rings will do. Should be fine.
Cringers Fossed.
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Post #270,127
10/12/06 1:14:22 PM
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I will find out tomorrow
It died in the evening after all the garages closed. Tomorrow morning I will have it towed to the garage and they will asess the situation.
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Post #270,132
10/12/06 2:29:00 PM
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Re: As long as it turns over...
>GM 350 Diesel (the converted gasoline block) and it lived out a happy life.
What was that, about 6 months? That motor was a lemon.
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Post #270,137
10/12/06 2:46:41 PM
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You see...
That GM350 Diesel couldn't be driven like a "regular" gasoline car. Which most where.
It had zero tolerance for gradual acceleration... err well minimal pushing of the pedal.
Push it to the MAT and then let up when you get to your speed. I got quite a bit more than 35K most grandpas got out of it. Infact add 100K to that. I got one of the early "D" blocks. a 1981 Olds Cutlass Supreme.
Diesel motors need hard work to live long lives. Other wise they build up crap all the time and basically cake themselves to death.
The only reason it stopped working @ 130K was I forgot to plug it in one cold winter night (I worked long swing) I used ether on it to get it started... Bent the crank a tiny bit. Eventually and it shook itself to death by bending a rod and cracking it off... oops. But that only took seven months.
Those blocks are highly sought by racers, because of the extra nickel and beefy webs. They can be converted back to gasoline... High compression and a big lumpy cam.
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Post #270,147
10/12/06 5:04:41 PM
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My dad had one
It was in the shop so much he had to buy a backup car.
As for driving it like a car - how could you? It had no balls and was routinely floored. It would lose a drag race with heavily loaded VW Microbus.
At about 30k miles the undersized hoses came apart, it vented all its steam, boiled itself dry, and melted down. My uncle (GMI grad - worked on the vette as auto engineer through the 60's-80's) told me that motor was a total kludge based on taking a regular 350 and trying to beef it up a bit.
Yeah, no shit.
I'm very pro-diesel (got a VW Pathfinder driving my boat) but not that one.
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Post #270,240
10/13/06 1:44:58 PM
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ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #270239 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=270239|ICLRPD]
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Post #270,151
10/12/06 7:00:35 PM
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best thing about an older GM diesel? The title
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