# Diesel in a 2017 Toyota RAV4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** rav4, toyota\ **Created:** [October 20, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148 "2019-10-20T23:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AKALUHBISOWUR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@AKALUHBISOWUR](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AKALUHBISOWUR)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/1 "2019-10-20T23:23:15Z")
gas car filled diesel ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/2 "2019-10-20T23:24:29Z")
Someone needs to be keeping count of these diesel in gas vehicle posts. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/3 "2019-10-20T23:41:56Z")
Drain tank of diesel ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/4 "2019-10-21T00:17:05Z")
I would like to see at least one person tell us how they got the diesel in to the gas tank. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/5 "2019-10-21T00:22:31Z")
And not one has ever posted back as to how they accomplished this! ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/6 "2019-10-21T00:30:53Z")
We may get lucky one day as in we one day we might win the lottery. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/7 "2019-10-21T13:15:58Z")
> [@Renegade](#): > > I would like to see at least one person tell us how they got the diesel in to the gas tank. I think that this falls into the same category as, “The harder that I pressed on the brake pedal, the faster the car went”. In other words, start with a major error, and then just keep it up until things get really dire. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/8 "2019-10-21T13:33:41Z")
> [@Renegade](#): > > I would like to see at least one person tell us how they got the diesel in to the gas tank. They are too embarrassed to admit the how, but not embarrassed enough to anonymously ask for help. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/9 "2019-10-21T13:36:53Z")
We got one who has come back and told us how they did that… > [@2015 Toyota RAV4 - Diesel](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-toyota-rav4-diesel/150353/9): > > Yeah, I GET that! She said she hadn’t had enough coffee and grabbed the wrong nozzle. AND it didn’t fit but she put some in anyway ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/10 "2019-10-21T16:03:01Z")
Forgot about that one. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/11 "2019-10-21T16:08:47Z")
She said it just shot out , there had to be diesel fuel on the vehicle sides and ground. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/12 "2019-10-21T18:17:31Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > She said she hadn’t had enough coffee and grabbed the wrong nozzle. AND it didn’t fit but she put some in anyway Not buying the no coffee defense. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/13 "2019-10-21T19:44:15Z")
> [@Renegade](#): > > how they got the diesel in to the gas tank Based on the name and poor command of English, I’d guess the OP is not from the USA. If that is true, then they might use the same size nozzles where he lives for gasoline and diesel fuels. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/14 "2019-10-21T19:54:22Z")
There was a 2010 Lexus here in the shop with diesel fuel in the tank on Thursday,. This happens all the time, when the fuel nozzles get worn it is possible to force them into a gasoline fuel inlet pipe. ![20190328_171321](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/8/38b9a9b480a8b5c2382a7fd12f2409cbf037d200.jpeg) ![20190328_171245](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/5/75c9858c333564a893c915b655540140f1bae985.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/15 "2019-10-21T20:04:25Z")
I think you may be right. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/16 "2019-10-21T20:07:57Z")
In other word’s if it don’t fit force it. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/17 "2019-10-21T20:12:14Z")
What the hell difference does it make how they’re able to put diesel fuel in a gas tank? They’re doing it! Tester ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/18 "2019-10-21T20:21:24Z")
Tempting me to try putting diesel in my tank, not that I would pump any but just to see if it is possible. It will probably be a few weeks until I need gas again, I will post results then. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/19 "2019-10-21T20:31:01Z")
Maybe because people want to understand how it is even possible. Understanding how leads to preventive measures to ensure it doesn’t happen to you. I suspect only someone that makes a profit off of people doing it wouldn’t care how it happens. I’ve never seen a gas nozzle end that malformed. How does one get that beat up? Oops, I guess we’re not supposed to try and figure that out and just accept that it happens. Around here, the diesel pumps are separate and have green handle covers. Very hard to mix them up. I thought the prior discussion regarding non-standard handle colors and pumps with both diesel & gas dispensing was enlightening and something I would pay more attention to when traveling. In other words understanding how it happens helps people to avoid getting into the same situation… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148/20 "2019-10-21T20:36:02Z")
Remember the one person that when it didn’t fit, she held the nozzle over the tube and dribbled it in. No one has used a funnel yet but I’m sure it’s out there. If there’s a will there is a way. Better than the other way around, putting gas in a diesel-that’ll do some real damage. Back in the early 80’s when diesel cars were just coming out, the Caddy/Olds dealer reported this happened a number of times to the shagrin of the owners. Get a new diesel Caddy and fill it with gas for a $2000 repair bill. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-a-2017-toyota-rav4/151148.md?page=2)