LC200 US with Diesel...consequences?

[MeWantLC]

Hello All!!!


First and foremost, thank you for all the information that I had the pleasure to read over here !!! What a great community !!!


Found a possible-buy LC200 2008 with ~50K miles. While checking the Toyota history, found this:

CUSTOMER REQUESTS STARTING SYSTE M CHECK --IT KEEPS CRANKING-BUT DOES NOT START- IT WAS TOWED IN ~|~IT HAD DIESEL INSTEAD OF GAS --TECH REMOVE GAS TANK AND CLEAN ALL INSIDE ~|~ALSO FLUSH ALL FUEL LINES, PE RFORM FUEL INJECTOR SERVICE AND ALSO CLEAN THROTTLE BODY PERFORM ALSO TOP ENGINE AND CARB CLEAN --REPLACE NEW TOYOTA BATTERY



The question is: What are the consequences of this mistake? What was done is enough to grant no more issues related to this "diesel" later on?

Thanks a lot !!!

MWLC

 

[crazy1323]

Putting diesel in a gas engine really isn't a big deal longevity wise. However if you put gas in a diesel that is bad news.

They just need to flush the fuel system, change the plugs, and probably change the oil.

I have put diesel in gas engines before (unmarked tanks on a farm were reversed when the tanks were refueled by tankers) and had no long term side effects..

 

[MeWantLC]

Putting diesel in a gas engine really isn't a big deal longevity wise. However if you put gas in a diesel that is bad news.

They just need to flush the fuel system, change the plugs, and probably change the oil.

I have put diesel in gas engines before (unmarked tanks on a farm were reversed when the tanks were refueled by tankers) and had no long term side effects..

Thanks a lot!!!

Any other with more feedback?

Cheers.

 

[Texas993]

No real experience personally. But Diesel cannot really do any harm - assuming that the fuel system was thoroughly cleaned out. I doubt that it would have combusted at all in the engine. If it did, then it is possible that a bunch of oil/diesel got int the exhaust/cats, etc. But that likely burned out when all was cleaned up.

Any way to call the dealer/tech who did the work? Probably not too hard to remember that repair as it is unusual!

BTW, I had a MB diesel. I always feared the opposite - someone putting gas in the tank. Now that is a very bad thing.

Good luck.

 

[crazy1323]

No real experience personally. But Diesel cannot really do any harm - assuming that the fuel system was thoroughly cleaned out. I doubt that it would have combusted at all in the engine. If it did, then it is possible that a bunch of oil/diesel got int the exhaust/cats, etc. But that likely burned out when all was cleaned up.

Any way to call the dealer/tech who did the work? Probably not too hard to remember that repair as it is unusual!

BTW, I had a MB diesel. I always feared the opposite - someone putting gas in the tank. Now that is a very bad thing.

Good luck.

I saw the engine on a 250K tractor get destroyed when it was filled with gasoline!! Bent rods galore!!

I have found that a gas engine will run on diesel, but it will not start on diesel. It is also going to smoke like crazy. This was on a gas-powered F-250. The more modern electronics in the LC might not work with it.

SO, in a worst case scenario, you can drive your gasoline powered engine on diesel, just don't turn it off until you get where you need to go.

 

[josharre2000]

I had a 1983 MB 300SDL when I was in college. One morning after a long night I stopped at a country store to get some fuel. After putting about 8 gallons in the guy at the pump said "son, I could be wrong but isnt that a diesel?". I topped and it off with some #2 and drove it like I stole it all the way back to Chapel Hill. Car ran fine and I never had a problem. That car was awesome.

 

[hkeller]

I's swap out the fuel filter just for peace of mind.