about a quart of the gas oil mixture that is used in leaf blowers and weedeaters was accidently put into my car the gas tank was almost empty when she put the wrong fuel in.
2007-07-08 02:41:26 · 21 answers · asked by charles f 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
its ok. a normal engine can run on gas/oil mix, it just may smoke a little bit. it won't hurt your engine, just make sure you fill the rest of it up with regular gas. the only difference in the gas is the oil.
if she had put regular gas in something that needed a mix, then it wouldn't get any oil and would blow the engine up.
2007-07-08 02:45:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
won't hurt a thing just drive to the gas station add more fuel on top of the gas oil mixture. Next time don't run out. Hide a 20 dollar bill in the car to put gas into the car in emergencys. Running the car low on fuel might cost you much more sucking the sediment into the fuel system and clogging up fuel filters.
2007-07-08 02:48:04 · answer #2 · answered by John Paul 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A quart? That's not likely to do much damage; you've got a trivial amount of oil in the gasoline but nothing else (unless that gas had been sitting on the shelf for years). I've driven enough cars that burned oil as it is to know that won't kill an engine.
2007-07-08 03:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you fill your gas tank with the gas you normally use, all that oil in the mix will be so diluted that you probably won't suffer any ill effects at all. You may need to have the spark plugs changed, but that may not even be an issue. The amount of oil in a quart of that mix doesn't amount to much. It wouldn't be much different than putting a quart of diesel fuel in your gas. I wouldn't freak.
2007-07-08 02:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by David C 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
nothing to worry about. Just go and fill the tank with regular fresh fuel. The car may smoke a while , then will clear up.
2007-07-08 03:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by duster 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IF A SMALL AMOUNT WAS PUT INTO THE TANK THEN I WOULD FILL IT UP REGULARLY BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A 20 GALLON GAS TANK AND YOU PUT A QUART AS STATED YOU WONT DO ANY DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR, THE GASOLINE WILL DILUTE THAT SMALL AMOUNT.
I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT START THE VEHICLE UNTIL YOU HAVE FILLED IT UP.
2007-07-12 01:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wont hurt a thing you could fill the tank with the stuff and drive it 400 miles with out any problems
it will add extra lubracant to the pistons
car may have a little extra smoke out the tail pipe at startup but you wont notice it
it may even help youre car to run better
2007-07-09 02:28:51 · answer #7 · answered by mobile auto repair (mr fix it) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That relies upon on what you put in. in case you place Diesel in a non-diesel automobile then you've a intense subject. you are able to desire to get your tank drained and top off it with the awesome gasoline. (Or vise versa) in case you place low octane gasoline in a intense octane engine it is going to likely be ok as long as you do no longer make a habit of doing it. you are able to desire to word some hesitation and overall performance issues yet no longer something worse then that.
2016-10-01 03:24:03 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I rated all the correct answeres.
it will not hurt.
Top it off with regular gas. I do it all the time.
There is nothing like the smell of VP racing fuel in the morning
2007-07-08 02:55:21 · answer #9 · answered by cgriffin1972 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its OK. it wont hurt the engine. it may just smoke a little bit. and if the tank was almost empty, when you put more gas in ,it will dilute it out so much that it may not even smoke.
2007-07-08 02:51:42 · answer #10 · answered by SSGP 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋