# DIesel in gas tank **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788 "2019-01-01T18:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788/1 "2019-01-01T18:29:46Z")
A while back there was a number of post’s about people putting diesel fuel in the gas tank but no one would come back & say how they did it. Yesterday I found one way it could be done. I was in a area I had not been in for a long time & pulled into a station for gas.The pump I pulled up to had a green nozzle so I moved to the next pump it also had a green nozzle I then saw that all the pump’s were the same. They all had one nozzle For two grade;s of gas + diesel on each pump.Needles to say the nozzle would fit in any tank gas or diesel & for people not paying attention it would be easy to make a mistake. By the way it was a BP station. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788/2 "2019-01-01T18:31:55Z")
Good to know ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788/3 "2019-01-01T18:40:15Z")
I thought it would be nice to let people know so they could watch out for it & stay out of trouble. I can;t remember the last time I stopped at a BP so will checking other BP"s in the area to see if they are the same or not. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788/4 "2019-01-01T18:58:21Z")
I have long since quit buying gas at BP. I still have a BP card but avoid them after hearing too many issues with their gas. Maybe unfair but if you are 400 miles from home, why take a chance? I have also expressed concerns with the Kwik Trip stations recently where they have E15 and maybe E85 on the same pump with just a little yellow warning sticker that it is only for flex fuel vehicles. I’ve almost been fooled myself so I can’t imagine that there aren’t going to be a whole lot of folks putting the wrong stuff in their cars and paying the price. They used to be my go to stations when traveling but now I prefer truck stops. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788/5 "2019-01-02T01:44:23Z")
I have always trusted truck stops when away from home @bing but I got a tank full of bad gas at a large truck stop a year or so ago and my best guess is that a tanker had dumped E-85 into the UL-Regular tank. I pumped some of the fuel out and it tested positive for water but there was no settling of water in a glass. These days you just can’t be too careful about avoiding a ‘pig in a poke’ regardless what you are buying. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788/6 "2019-01-02T03:23:43Z")
> [@Rod\_Knox](#): > > I have always trusted truck stops when away from home Yeah, me too. About 1982 I had my diesel and we were coming back from KC. I stopped at the busy truck stop in DesMoines and filled up. I should have known something was wrong when it took forever to fill up. Didn’t get 50 miles out of town and I was down to about 20 mph with a plugged up filter. Hobbled the rest of the 150 miles home at low speed and dropped it at the dealer. I think I only had 20,000 on it. At any rate, after a bunch of filter changes, I ended up dropping the tank and cleaning it out. All full of God knows what. After that I liked to look for final filters on the diesel pumps. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788/7 "2019-01-02T17:41:49Z")
Murphy’s law says “what can go wrong will go wrong at the worst possible time” @bing. And apparently there are some Murphy’s in my family tree. Possibly yours, also. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/diesel-in-gas-tank/131788/8 "2019-01-03T02:55:39Z")
Does this law mean you shouldn’t get your gas at Murphy USA?