You can actually run these on gas with a certain mix of motor oil in the gas. Old Mercedes engines had it in the manual that you could mix gas and oil and get by if you absolutely couldn’t find diesel
Seeing that you're safety conscious & that you took the time to properly install the nitrous bottle securely in a seat belt, Makes everything A-OKAY! I got a laugh from seeing that!!!
The mullet he's rocking is too funny ,now all he needs is the " Habib " name patch on his gas station uniform shirt like Al Bundy had to wear when he was forced to cover a shift for Habib pumping gas .
@Marty Gray no it does not, unless it isn’t stock. And Is the rare 4-bolt main block with high performance parts to even handle the power. 454s only made 200 horsepower.
YES!!!! hahaha I'm a recovering diesel mechanic and when I saw the title I went "well I've seen trucks come in with fucked up injection systems from gas, but I've never ACTUALLY seen one run on gas, lets change that"
Modern diesels have antiknock sensors, so most of the damage from this will be around the fuel injection mechanism: pump, injectors, these get damaged pretty quick without the lubrication diesel provides. Gas is a very powerful solvent so you injectors will start leaking pretty quick from metal-on-metal wear.
@peek5548 exactly why it will eventually destroy a diesel engine. Gasoline is highly flamable and the heat from the compression causes violent explosions and shock to the pistons, rings and connecting rods !
That is a mechanical diesel no knock sensor. A knock sensor can not control the violent explosions of gasoline in a diesel engine! The engine will be severely damaged and eventually destroyed! Do not do this unless you want too buy a new engine! Diesel has a very high ignition point ,gasoline has a low ignition point and violently explodes on contact with the highly compressed air and high temperatures in a diesel engine causing damage to piston ,rings and rods!
@@seamac7564 It's weird seeing the north higher prices than So-Cal. And all because of a little storm over a week ago. You can thank whoever owns the refinery in benicia for deciding not to reopen the damn thing.
it used to be common in ireland to get the a vehicle with worn injectors through state inspections, it would thin out the smoke. Great video keep them coming.
@@motoxrider4life745 hands down the best engine out there, yea the new ones make crazy hp but ill take my 7.3 over those trucks any day. Had the 6.0 "GARBAGE" and dam it had power till 63k. 2000 F250 FX4, cold air, 5inch magnaflow and down pipe, stage 3 Suncoast trans, Hydra tuner 445 hp 780 trq
I think this guy is a time traveler from the 60s or 70s. He definitely had to be there building all kinds of muscle cars back in the day. Maybe I even knew him.
Hats off to you sir!!! Not everyone can drive anything with a standard transmission and clutch. A family member of mine cannot drive a car with a standard transmission. Live well and keep smiling
Sheesh,You new breed folks just daaaaaam pitiful, It's so simple.I learned to drive a tractor before I did a car at 7 years old.I think everyone whom knows how to drive needs to learn this, It's very important in this life that you do, And not this wimpy ass peddle shift shit...We had them in Indy cars from back in the day,Drag cars and motorcycle, It's nothing new...And the reasons why this truck didn't blow up?, It's a FORD. BUILT FORD TOUGH.... Well, Almost, They had international diesel motors in them, 😆
So frustrating, id love to have a idi truck that nice. Hell ive been lookin for a cluster with a tach for my 86 for so long. Im sure the tree huggers are happy to see one more gone. Shows how tough the old ones are.
That looks fun. Reminds me of a 84 mustang I had, 4 banger and a 4 speed. It ran it for a substantial amount of time AFTER we pulled a connecting rod out of a hole in the side of the pan.
I may be into old school import cars but I won’t deny that I like domestic cars too and i swear old fords are very rereliable whether diesel or gas. My dad inherited his red long bed 1964 Ford F100 four speed manual with a 292 Y block and it’s been on many dump runs and wood hauling runs and that thing still goes strong. It’s been through a couple owners but they have all been relatives and it was boughten new by a relative.
@@Dabbin916 they have their purpose but in my opinion domestics are superior nowadays at least. I have a 2013 Silverado LTZ with a 5.3 vortec and it has over 250,000 miles on the original drive train. My dad's 2015 toyota tundra started to burn oil at only 70,000 miles, along with some electrical problems.
@@jonjovi5705 if you add some lubricty! ATF or some light grade oil. Not the best practice, but, it will get you to a diesel pump. Kerosene( coal oil) can be mixed as well
Old timers know always listen to them you will learn alot of knowledge from them, iam 50 years young and i wish i would have paid attention a little more from them they have been there and done it. When i was young sometimes i thought they were crazy but nope they do know
Sounds like mixing oil for a 2-stroke. Man, I miss my old 2 stroke engines! They screamed compared to 4stroke engine's, unless running a stroker kit, custom length rods, good pistons, boring .030, .040, .060 over, so, unkess built properly, most 4 strokes are bla
I recommend automatic transmission fluid to restore the viscosity of the fuel, so the pump can develop enough pressure to overcome the pop pressure of the injector nozzles. If there's room, adding some diesel fuel will help lower the ignition temperature of the gasoline enough, to auto ignite by the compression of the engine. I recommend running out that fuel, as low as you dare, then, fill up with diesel fuel. That will hopefully protect the injection pump, and the engine will run perfectly normal. You will find, that the engine will run exceptionally clean, have a lot of power, but the fuel consumption will be higher, because the BTU content of gasoline is lower than diesel fuel.
@@vincentrobinette1507 could be wrong, trying to maybe learn. How could diesel lower the ignition temp? Isnt diesel ignited by high heat? (Via high compression, why no ignition needed)
@@johnpowers1275 Diesel has Cetane. It has an autoignition temperature of~360°F. Gasoline has Octane, which has a much higher autoignition temperature, closer to~490°F, or even higher. Premium gasoline can be above 650°F. The compression in a diesel engine may not be high enough, to touch off gasoline, which is formulated to resist pre-ignition due to compression, or hot spots in the combustion chamber. A small amount of diesel, just to touch off the gasoline should allow it to run, and allow combustion using glow plugs in a cold engine. The transmission fluid is only to increase viscosity, to prevent blow-back in the plungers in the injection pump, and, to lubricate the pump to avoid damage.
Dude! You are AMAZING! You have the huevos to put your engine on the line and show what REALLY happens when you run gasoline through a diesel engine. I'm a sailor and work on marine diesels. I've heard any number of urban legend stories about marine diesel engines "exploding" when an owner mistakenly put gasoline in the diesel tank. Yep, as I thought, prolly didn't really happen. Greetings from your southernmost viewer, here in Key West. Let me buy you a beer if you ever drive down here to the end of the road. Capt. Blackheart Charlie
Here's a little hack for you, in a 2015 International semi if you're capped at 65 mph, wait til you're going 65, have your foot all the way down on the gas pedal, completely let off, and slam it all the way back down again repeatedly (at least 5-7 times) your mph gauge should drop to 0 and slowly climb back up. During this time you can get up to 70-75 mph. As soon as it catches back up it'll slow you back down to 65. It's a great trick if you need to get past someone quicker, or a car is just chilling beside you.
Lmao 🤣 I have never seen a diesel beat so hard and continue to run! ... Kinda reminds of the inline 300 6 cylinder that's next to impossible to blow up! 👍
We have had idiots put unleaded in our diesel ambulances. Always a fun phone call. I want to add 'efficiency in operating a vehicle with manual transmission and clutch' to my resume. I feel that is more unique than anything else these days.
So, I run mine on oil. If you mix the oil about 30%, it is pretty easy to run in the winter. In the summer, you can run it at 100% oil, but if its lower than 60* outside, it doesnt want to start.
How about doing an ammonia conversion on a gas or diesel truck? Reading about it , it's like a propane conversion. Ammonia is used in jet and rocket fuel. And land speed record was achieved in a straight ammonia rocket car. Ammonia is cheap and more stable , safer as a green fuel than hydrogen, and viable unlike electric cars.
Ammonia is neat, although as any farmer who applied Anhydrous (or just anyone with a bottle of Aqueous in their Laundry Room) knows, that shit can mess you up! If done safely it’s okay though. Look into Dimethyl Ether (DME) though! It *physically cannot make soot*, and has a higher Cetane value than diesel! Volvo and some others made some big rigs that ran off of it. It had some issues with Seals if i remember correctly but if they can make rotary and methanol race cars work, i bet with enough dev work one could get it working reliably. Stores like propane too, unlike CNG.
Unless you go to a BP. They stick with their European ways and gas is green diesel is black, I've know people to not pay attention and end up with a repair bill because of that
New guy at my work put gas in a diesel. Made it through a half a day. Truck died on the side of the road. Had to drop the tank and re do the fuel system among other things. The guy swore he put diesel in well we checked the footage from gas station and he indeed did NOT put diesel in. Never showed up again after that.
Could recognize the area from the first scene. Made me laugh this is why everyone is busting us for emissions these last few years. Good video, very entertaining.
A direct injection compression ignition engine can theoretically burn anything combustible as long as its warmed up enough or has enough compression. Btu per gallon difference will determine max power without turning the screw. But lack of lubrication will quickly destroy the fuel pump. 2 stroke oil and low octane gas should be perfectly fine in a mechanical diesel. A computer controlled may have issues do to amount of fuel injected vs expected engine output.
@@RJ1999x ok. Well even most indirect injection would be very similar as far as burning about anything combustible. But precup design would probably make less efficient burn for other fuel types due to burn speed.
You have to legit try to destory those old idi Ford diesels! They were gutless as sin and cold blooded as hell but man what a bullet proof engine and transmission! The synchros in that old trans were known for going out after a few hundred thousand miles but if you know how to double clutch worth a damn they'd keep going forever too. My buddy's grandpa had one he bought new in 1983 that he ran for almost 500k miles on more or less OEM equipment before giving to my buddy as his first rig. Granted his grandpa was the king of maintenance. Then it survived my buddy's teenage driving years as well as college. To this day it still lives on as a snow plow/sanding truck and his big homemade dumpster/garbage trailer he hauls to the dump about once a month. To my knowledge all that my buddy has ever done to it mechanically is brakes, the clutch, a couple glow plugs, a starter, a water pump, an alternator and rebuilt the front hubs. It won't cold start if it's much under 40 degrees without a shot if starting fluid but that's almost normal for those old idi's. It won't stay in fifth gear anymore but it rarely sees speeds needing fifth gear. If it does need fifth he holds it in gear with a bungee cord and a couple eyelets he screwed into the dash. When it's cold it smokes like crazy but hey, with God only knows how many miles what can you expect. Once it warms up it runs pretty clean unless you hammer on it. The speedometer and odometer quit working a long time ago but the tach still works, most of the time. When it quits working a good snack on the dash always brings it back. My buddy had surgery a couple years ago and was pretty much off his feet for a couple months. I was one of three who would go out, plow and sand his property during the winter. One of the other guys just used his own plow and refused to drive ol' Rusty. I was the only one he trusted to take the truck off of his property to haul his dumpster. I gotta say, that old truck is quite a handful to operate but it's a lot of fun. Its name is Rusty and for good reason. He's been talking about retiring Rusty for years but just can't bring himself to do it. Its use is so limited he just can't justify it as Rusty never lets him down. It's a true beater with a (killer) heater. The end lol.
Starting on gasoline was always going to be tough since it has a poor cetane rating. Gasoline is refined for a high octane rating, or resistance to destination, which is the opposite of what you want in a diesel. I ran the 4bt Cummins in my truck on 50/50 gas/oil once to get me 5 miles down the road in a pinch. It ran great with plenty of lube for the injection system. Motor oil has a good cetane rating, so starting wasn't an issue either. If he would have added like 10-15% oil, it probably would have started on the mostly gas mix.
@@ronniejohnson317 The IH tractors that I'm aware of that operated like that had spark plugs so it ran just like a gas engine when cold, so the gas never relied on self detonation to start combustion.
Only time ive seen a diesel react to gas was in logging woods. Crew was trying to start a loader. Didnt have starting fluid so they was gas soaking a rag and putting it over the breather. The gas soaked the filter and when that thing did crank it ran away had to shove a t shirt into the breather pipe to choke it down bc it woukdnt shut off and was several rpm over red line. Needless to say boss man had a engine to rebuild bc it was knocking like hell.
If you had to rebuild it you must have been a hair slow smothering the thing. I had a V-8 Detroit in a '73 Freightliner and it had a shut-off right beside the seat you could pull if it started to run away. Never had it happen, but it did start and run backwards twice. That's why you had to have caps on the exhaust pipes.
injection system needs lube lol. it usually gets it from diesel. if you put about a quart of atf in about 5 gallons of gas youll get your lubricity you need
I live in slc, Utah too and I have a lot of respect for hunter! When they were pulling those cars out of the canyon hunter was the one climbing up and down the mountains to get them out!
You're an amazing worker and all around ace. You're my favorite on Sparks channel and I just now found out you have a RU-vid. Thanks for giving me something to binge watch now.
you are an animal!!! welldone keep it up,and your escapade surfing your bus in the middle of a dry lakebed notorious for things sinking ten foot and getting run over by it,well you couldnt make it up realy. Heavy D must've employed you for entertainment value and you need a payrise cos its priceless! keep it up from Nick in England.
I had an 86 6.9l , had over 500k on it, the only reason i replaced it was because the truck was falling apart around the engine? i replaced it with a 7.3l and now have over 450k on that truck! Those old series engines will take abuse and keep running!
Kind of makes one wonder why Ford went to International to get an engine instead of keeping the old engine. Seems like that old diesel performed very well under harsh conditions.
@@jamessimmons4770 I think you are correct, I heard in 1984 that the 6.9 was a Ford engine. I drove a Ford with the 6.9 and other than being noisy, wasn't impressed. The 7.3 is diffantly an International engine. I could be wrong and both were International. One thing I don't like about the Ford power stroke is it uses high oil pressure to operate the fuel injectors. If you don't keep the oil changed it can stop the engine, seen that a few times
I accidently filled my diesel truck with gas one time and drove it 20 miles before it started sputtering. I realized what I did because my other truck I drive daily is gas so I thot wth I will just drive it on home 20 more miles. It sputtered occasionally and I drained the tank and refilled with diesel and it has ran fine ever since. I was told which I am not sure I believe that it actually cleans the motor up. It was mixed because the tank was about 1/4 full btw.
I once saw a Mercedes 300SD leave a 50' skid mark on the road when it's engine locked up after a tank of regular. It only went about 1 block & seized. Luckily, the tank drain fixed it without any lasting damage.
@@ripperlipper1016 yes you can. We had a raptor that got diesel put in it , drain the tank and whatever bit of diesel yoj can . Let it sit for a day or so fill with gas after changing the filter and should be good
@@joshredden3510 I’ll probably just drain all the fuel then clean the tank and change the oil and all the filters and then do some other things like a new battery
@@mikerose4250 I’m not a dumbass ik just slapping a new battery isn’t just gonna fix it but all I have to do is drain the tank clean it if it needs to be and put new filters on it and change the oil now that I’m thinking probably gonna need a new alternator and spark plugs
My uncle had someone put gasoline in his 1.9tdi Jetta so he immediately called my grandfather, who was a 50 year veteran trucker. He told him to fill the rest of the tank with motor oil. It ran awful but it ran. My uncle said afterwards the Jetta ran the best it ever had
As long as it’s old style MECHANICAL injection you will be ok… i used to have an 89 f250 that literally ran on anything it loved used engine oil and new fry oil.. never ran used fry oil because the water content in it would kill the expensive injection pump..
But people still talk bad about ford and international but they both have good engines and none all of them at tough engines except the 6.4 powerstroke
I accidentally put 10 gallons of gas in a 2012 ford 350 6.7 powerstroke….. company truck. One Monday morning……… it had around 1/4 tank of diesel prior to that……… my options were report it and get fired…. And then pay for the labor to drain the tank etc etc….. or run it and see what happens……… I ran that truck the 300 miles a had to drive that day. Then another 600 miles the next day….. zero issues besides a few hard starts…. When it got to 3/4 of a tank I’d too it off with diesel did that for 3 days. And the truck was perfectly fine. Never had another hard start or issue. …….. I’ve since left that company. They’ve another guy driving that truck for over a year……. So far not a damn thing has happened….. and no one ever knew. Im not a ford guy. But the internet swore that that 6.7 was pretty much toast as soon as a put gas in the tank………. I just fucking sent it and it was fine.👍🏻👍🏻
Probably 1/2 the reason it ran so good on straight gas is b/c its an idi. Unlike a normal direct injected engine where the combustion takes place in the cylinder on top of the piston. Where pre detination can occur kinda like a normal gas engine. In the idi, all the combustion happens in the pre cup then a kinda flame thrower goes through the hole into the cylinder pushing the piston down with the expanding games. So it was safer to do so since it never would pre detonate on valuable moving parts. And it also helped that he used 93 octane instead of 87. I kinda want to see him do it again but with 87 octane. I also want to know how much nitrous he was injecting, it would help in my case to get on the interstate faster with my 6.9idi😅