Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Has this ever happened to you??? You are in a part of town you don't normally buy fuel in but your fuel light has been on for the last 30 miles so seeing a marquee that say's Diesel, you swing in to buy some. You pull up to the green pump and after swiping your card, you notice a funny smell and realize you just pumped about 14 gallons of unleaded into your tank. You then realize that the "Diesel" pump is one spot over and has a Yellow handle on the pump.
Color me stupid for not paying more attention but like most people, I am a creature of habit and to me, Green means Diesel!!!
I called AAA and had my truck towed to a shop that could pump out my tank and thats when the real trouble started.
The Manager at this AAA certified shop commenced to lecture me about how they were going to have to drop my tank, change my fuel filter, and flush my injectors. I calmly and rationally explained to him that since I had not compounded my error by starting and driving my truck, I was pretty sure that a pump out followed by about 30 gallons of Diesel ought to do me just fine.
He then proceeded to tell me personal horror stories about exploding engines and run away engines and a few other worst case scenarios in an attempt to sway me into paying them the $500 that all the above mentioned services would cost. I stood my ground but was forced to sign a waiver of liability before they would drain my tank. I ended up paying $110 for the pump out, disposal fee, and 10 gallons of Diesel.
I know I had about 3 gallons of Diesel in the tank when I made my mistake. I know I pumped 14 gallons of unleaded in with the diesel. they were able to remove almost 16 gallons from my tank. I figure worst case, I had about 2 gallons of diesel/unleaded mixed in my tank prior to them adding the 10 gallons of fresh diesel. I drove the truck 200 yards to the nearest pump and topped it off with diesel and then drove home.
That was a couple days ago and I can honestly say that I have not noticed any difference in the way the truck is running.
Just in case you were wondering, the Mobile station with the green pumps is on the corner of Ray and McClintock in Chandler AZ. The AAA shop was the Greulichs on the corner of 48th st and Elliot.
I feel pretty stupid about the whole thing but figure that since the manager of the mobile assured me that I wasn't the first one to do that at his station, I probably wouldn't be the last one either as he also stated that they had no intention of standardizing their pumps.
Feel free to heap a little ridicule on me... ... ... ... .
Color me stupid for not paying more attention but like most people, I am a creature of habit and to me, Green means Diesel!!!
I called AAA and had my truck towed to a shop that could pump out my tank and thats when the real trouble started.
The Manager at this AAA certified shop commenced to lecture me about how they were going to have to drop my tank, change my fuel filter, and flush my injectors. I calmly and rationally explained to him that since I had not compounded my error by starting and driving my truck, I was pretty sure that a pump out followed by about 30 gallons of Diesel ought to do me just fine.
He then proceeded to tell me personal horror stories about exploding engines and run away engines and a few other worst case scenarios in an attempt to sway me into paying them the $500 that all the above mentioned services would cost. I stood my ground but was forced to sign a waiver of liability before they would drain my tank. I ended up paying $110 for the pump out, disposal fee, and 10 gallons of Diesel.
I know I had about 3 gallons of Diesel in the tank when I made my mistake. I know I pumped 14 gallons of unleaded in with the diesel. they were able to remove almost 16 gallons from my tank. I figure worst case, I had about 2 gallons of diesel/unleaded mixed in my tank prior to them adding the 10 gallons of fresh diesel. I drove the truck 200 yards to the nearest pump and topped it off with diesel and then drove home.
That was a couple days ago and I can honestly say that I have not noticed any difference in the way the truck is running.
Just in case you were wondering, the Mobile station with the green pumps is on the corner of Ray and McClintock in Chandler AZ. The AAA shop was the Greulichs on the corner of 48th st and Elliot.
I feel pretty stupid about the whole thing but figure that since the manager of the mobile assured me that I wasn't the first one to do that at his station, I probably wouldn't be the last one either as he also stated that they had no intention of standardizing their pumps.
Feel free to heap a little ridicule on me... ... ... ... .
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