# Accidentally put diesel in my 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** grand-cherokee, jeep\ **Created:** [June 8, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/accidentally-put-diesel-in-my-2005-jeep-grand-cherokee/141833 "2019-06-08T02:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JessicaTyler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@JessicaTyler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JessicaTyler)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/accidentally-put-diesel-in-my-2005-jeep-grand-cherokee/141833/1 "2019-06-08T02:33:48Z")
I accidentally put a full tank of Diesel Gas into my tank and won’t be able to get it fixed until like next week. What could possibly happen? Will it ever run again? I did drive it but not far from where i pumped the gas maybe like 5 miles it started to shake and had a really weird smell I turned off my car immediately and left if alone. P ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/accidentally-put-diesel-in-my-2005-jeep-grand-cherokee/141833/2 "2019-06-08T12:49:50Z")
You’re going to have to get it towed to a shop and have the fuel tank drained and the fuel system flushed. There should not be any permanent damage. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/accidentally-put-diesel-in-my-2005-jeep-grand-cherokee/141833/3 "2019-06-08T13:24:03Z")
But you can’t drive it around like this. It must sit until the diesel fuel is drained out. You are the second poster TODAY that has done this!