so heres the story. basically i ran out of gas then i filled up about one gal of diesel. the diesel was in a red container so i didnt know it was diesel. i was pretty mad but luckily i didnt start my car. i drained my tank and filled up with some gasoline and my car still wont start. so now i don't even know what to do? it starts for about 3 seconds but runs really shitty then dies. please help me out guys! btw i have a 93 civic coupe

 

I would try filling it up about half way, then draining it again.

 

do i have to replace anything? like fuel injectors etc?

 

shouldnt have to replace fuel injectors. i'd do what bbq said except instead of draining it again....cuz the diesel is up in the fuel rail and filling it and draining it wont flush the rail... take off your return hose on the back of the FPR and run another hose to an empty container and either prime the bitch over and over or jump power to the fuel pump to run fresh gas through the lines and rail.

 

help?

 

can you explain why my car wont start wth gasoline?


Modified by blacc_ej1 at 12:11 AM 8/3/2008

 

most likely cuz you have diesel in the fuel rail like i stated about

 

Yea, you probably still have some diesel in your fuel system..

 

i would change your fuel filter for the hell of it, if you ran it out of gas you could have drawn some sediment into your fuel system. i had a s10 w/no fuel guage my wife ran it dry and killed the fuel pump. if it starts for a few secs ten dies it may be clogged up. good luck

 

easy way to drail fuel rail..
(in most cases)
turn your key to on pistion to prime pump then go to fuel rail and relief pressure by a valve that looks like the valve on your wheels that you put air into tires. hit that and it will spew fuel out check the discoloration of the fuel it spews. then repeat process till it is color of gas!

cheers mate

let me know how this goes

 

oh and changing fuel filter and plugs are a MUST

 

hondas dont have schrader vavles mistaashby12

 

i don't see why it would mess up anything. On my friends sleeved ls vtec. 13:1 compression. we used to put a quart of diesel in with the gas to keep it from pinging.

 

yeah thats what im saying. i put like a half gallon in and my car wont even start.

 

wtf do you mean you dont see how it would ruin anything?

Diesel will trash a non diesel motor. If it runs through your fuel system you need new injectors, new filters, and possibly a new pump.

 

A friend of mine filled up her 07 CRV with deisel by accident and it actually ran for awhile then died. drained it, put gas in it the thing worke fine. it was weird.

 

alright scratch the new pump and injectors as said above, you should probably replace the the filter tho. diesels run the kind of materials in their fuel systems as we do i.e. rubber, steel.... so theres no reason an components should fail.

 

****. I honestly did know.