Ever Heard of People Putting Diesel into their matrix - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

keyboardracer · 05-29-2008, 09:51 AM

So far I had seen 2.

Corolla_reps · 05-29-2008, 11:00 AM

where did you hear this from....this is non sense why would someone buy a Matrix and put diesel to ruin their car ????? just doesn;t make sense

keyboardracer · 05-29-2008, 11:33 AM

for some strange reasons, the customer claimed that the diesel nozzle can fit into the fuel filler hole. so far 1 had seen 1 2001 rav and 2 matrix under went the fuel system dialysis .

Smar969905 · 05-31-2008, 02:52 PM

diesel in motor designed for gasoline can seriously mess it up. first off, diesel is less combustible than gas. diesel motors start with a high compression ratio (~14:1). turboed gas motors stock, like a wrs sti get up around 13.5:1 compression when the turbo is blowing as hard as it gets.

fuel is put in at a different time in diesels than it is on gas motors. for gas, the piston is down and the cylinder has air in it when the gas is sprayed in, then the piston goes up compressing the fuel/air mix, then a spark is provided to ignite the whole mess. for diesels, the cylinder is filled with air, then compressed, and it is when the piston is almost all the way up that the diesel fuel is pushed in.

i have heard of an older truck motor, (i think it was a chevy motor, but i dont recall) was good enough that if you change out the heads on it, you could convert it from gas to diesel, but otherwise, you dont want to put diesel into a gas motor.

yotatrix · 06-01-2008, 03:13 AM

what, can't beleive this

cramar · 06-02-2008, 05:13 PM

Back about almost 9 years ago when I bought a new diesel Jetta, one of the first times I was fuelling up a young attendent came running out yelling, "You're putting diesel in there!" I calmly replied, "I know," and he walked away shaking his head. Probably thought I was nuts.

The TDI forums over the next few years had a few postings of wives accidently putting gas in their hubby's tanks. So I guess it happens on both sides.

Smar969905 · 06-02-2008, 05:28 PM

if you ever put diesel into a gas tank, or gas into a vehicle designed for diesel, dont bother to start the vehicle. you are better off to have it towed away, and have the fuel tank removed and drained. if you do start it up, then the engine will have issues.

zzyzx85 · 06-09-2008, 05:09 PM

Not in the Matrix but I have heard of someone putting diesel into a '66 Mustang V8 Fastback.

My dad's customer had their Mustang flatbedded into his shop. The customer decided to go to my dad since he knew we also had a '66, albeit a Coupe. Apparently, the customer had a friend or relative driving the car and went to go fill it up. For some reason, they decided to put diesel into the tank. Don't know if they noticed the error immediately or afterwards.

Mustangs don't have the small openings for just the nozzle, just one big ol' opening so no safeguard there.

msanford · 07-01-2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by keyboardracer

for some strange reasons, the customer claimed that the diesel nozzle can fit into the fuel filler hole. so far 1 had seen 1 2001 rav and 2 matrix under went the fuel system dialysis .

This made my think that you, and the rest of the forum, are talking about two different things.

Most of the replies indicate that the readers interpreted your first post (the same way I did) as "ever heard of anyone using diesel on purpose to replace gasoline", whereas I think you meant "ever heard or someone stupid enough to fill their car with diesel by accident" ?