Contaminated Diesel
Posted: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:19 +0000
Hi all. Great forum.
Hoping someone can please help with some advice or suggestions.
My Mrs. went to fill my 2005 SR5 3Lt. Turbo Diesel yesterday and accidentally put approximately a litre of (ADBLUE)
into the tank before realising, followed by approximately 65Lts of Diesel.
On the 40Km trip home from town, she told me on arrival what she’d done and it was running a little rough,
actually stalling once but restarted.
I firstly drained the tank by disconnecting the outlet and flowback hoses from the tank and pressurising the flowback hose until nothing was coming out of the outlet hose.
Removed fuel filter and housing. Full off crap naturally.
I have a replacement fuel filter but was also thinking of installing a extra filter as well to collect any crap prior.
After googling, I seen some suggesting to wash tank out with warm water which I presume would involve removing the tank,
which I’m trying to avoid.
I would take to a mechanic, but I’m on a Disability with a stuffed back and a tight budget.
I consider myself quite knowledgeable when it comes to mechanics.
Any help, advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
PS: I also need my Hilux back on the road ASAP as I’m also a full time carer for my Dad who has Parkinson’s.
Bloody hell. Lol.
Cheers
Hoping someone can please help with some advice or suggestions.
My Mrs. went to fill my 2005 SR5 3Lt. Turbo Diesel yesterday and accidentally put approximately a litre of (ADBLUE)
into the tank before realising, followed by approximately 65Lts of Diesel.
On the 40Km trip home from town, she told me on arrival what she’d done and it was running a little rough,
actually stalling once but restarted.
I firstly drained the tank by disconnecting the outlet and flowback hoses from the tank and pressurising the flowback hose until nothing was coming out of the outlet hose.
Removed fuel filter and housing. Full off crap naturally.
I have a replacement fuel filter but was also thinking of installing a extra filter as well to collect any crap prior.
After googling, I seen some suggesting to wash tank out with warm water which I presume would involve removing the tank,
which I’m trying to avoid.
I would take to a mechanic, but I’m on a Disability with a stuffed back and a tight budget.
I consider myself quite knowledgeable when it comes to mechanics.
Any help, advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
PS: I also need my Hilux back on the road ASAP as I’m also a full time carer for my Dad who has Parkinson’s.
Bloody hell. Lol.
Cheers