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Pumped Diesel In Your Car Instead of Gas? Watch This
Mechanic and host of ‘The Questionable Garage’ Jared Pink joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning car repair and maintenance questions. How do you know if you’re buying a ‘lemon’ car? What happens if you put diesel instead of gas in your car? What are some tools that every mechanic should own? Answers to these…
@thebill2001
October 6, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Don’t drive. Fly instead.
@PyroGam3s
October 6, 2026 at 5:56 pm
on the flight line we had access to jet fuel.. same procedure right? flush it out, replace the filters? asking for a friend
@rabbitholegirl1
October 6, 2026 at 4:07 pm
It dies
@Kingnothing3
October 6, 2026 at 4:10 pm
A lot of good nuance here
@agpagp2894
October 6, 2026 at 4:17 pm
Where are these fuel filters? I haven’t seen a fuel filter on a petrol car since 98..
@9The0Unknown7
October 6, 2026 at 4:18 pm
HOW did you get the diesel nozzle into the full tube?
@InsertEvilLaugh
October 6, 2026 at 4:38 pm
Some people need to be studied. Persistence and stubbornness.
@CharlesSmith512
October 6, 2026 at 5:24 pm
Someone probably used the wrong Jerry can
@matt39581
October 6, 2026 at 6:12 pm
or the fuel terminal might have loaded a bunch of delivery trucks with diesel instead of gas like happened in CO in january
@gabbythechicken
October 6, 2026 at 7:38 pm
Unfortunately some holes are bigger than others . Mine you could stuff your hand in and it’s a premium gas car 😂
@BuffordSchnortRealDirtMx
October 6, 2026 at 7:58 pm
I didn’t scroll down far enough! 😂😂😂😂
@CaptainMisery86
October 6, 2026 at 4:22 pm
what if I fill it with lighter fluid?
@JB-eo3yi
October 6, 2026 at 4:25 pm
Yeah…gas in a diesel 💣
@Tom-cn4cm
October 6, 2026 at 6:29 pm
Even if it’s just sitting in the tank? Even if you don’t start your car? lol that’s hard to believe.
@TruckFan542
October 6, 2026 at 8:05 pm
If you don’t start it it’s a drain and refill kinda thing.
If you do start a diesel on gas you’ll have 2 problems- underlubrication and engine knocking.
Gasoline ignites more readily than diesel, which will cause engine knocking and catastrophic damage to a diesel engine, in addition to the lack of lubricity chewing up the injection pump
@Joe-h1g9x
October 6, 2026 at 4:30 pm
How do I get diesel out of my Tesla trunk?
@skz5k2
October 6, 2026 at 8:06 pm
Open the trunk !
@lynnstevenson11
October 6, 2026 at 4:39 pm
I’ve put lead into my diesel car 4 times now. At this point I just want to kill myself. Sounds like a truck and has cost me a total fortune. 😅
@user-qv9nz1tu5e
October 6, 2026 at 4:47 pm
Um, no…you’re an idiot.
@Vyruhz
October 6, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Definitely not a stupid question, now explain what happens when you put DEF in your diesel tank. That’s a fun one
@AshFurAshFur
October 6, 2026 at 8:22 pm
Hey! My coworker just did that! I’m about to find out via proxy ! 😂(it’s only funny cause it’s not me)
@cookie63079
October 6, 2026 at 4:58 pm
I thought pumps have different sizes for diesel so this doesn’t happen?
@SpaceBird-Founder
October 6, 2026 at 5:07 pm
They do, but some people manage regardless
@CharlesSmith512
October 6, 2026 at 5:23 pm
Jerry cans
@fdsfds7339
October 6, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Depends where you are, sometimes it’s just a different color. But pumping gas is something people are often on autopilot while they do it or also distracted on their phone or something
@Jwilliamstech
October 6, 2026 at 5:00 pm
I was 15 years old working for my brother-in-law and he had a 89s model diesel suburban. He had me flush the block out with desiel while changing the oil. He didn’t tell me to unplug the glow plugs. It was a runaway, I turned off the engine and was standing outside of it holding the keys. It finally stopped, I put oil in it and we took it for a ride. It started running hot, and yes it had a blown head gasket. 😂 Also it fused the injectors to the head on one side. He replaced the motor and never asked me to flush another vehicle out while changing the oil.
@FloorShakerMusic
October 6, 2026 at 6:15 pm
I filled my last diesel car with 15 litres of petrol and it was fine. I just topped it up to fill with diesel. It felt like the engine was going to shake out the bonnet every time I started it, but after filling up with diesel every time I ran it, it was fine.
@mildredbangtree
October 6, 2026 at 6:26 pm
oh I know! Your car goes up in value by a factor of $7/gallon.
@michaelwoods3850
October 6, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Diesel is mostly oil
@Frogger098
October 6, 2026 at 7:22 pm
It’s a mistake until you start making excuses, then you’re an idiot 👍
@bronco1786
October 6, 2026 at 7:35 pm
This video cracks me up 😂😂😂😂
@BuffordSchnortRealDirtMx
October 6, 2026 at 7:57 pm
How in the F did you get the nozzle into the filler neck? 😂😂😂😂😂
@12thDecember
October 6, 2026 at 7:57 pm
A service station in a nearby town won’t pump diesel for their customers. The customer has to do it themselves, no exceptions. Apparently some people drove up and asked for diesel in their gas-fueled vehicles, and then blamed the service station for what happened next.
@johndavidwolf4239
October 6, 2026 at 8:02 pm
You jumped to the conclusion that my car does not have a carburetor and is fuel injected.
@scottmoore402
October 6, 2026 at 8:19 pm
Shouldn’t happen. Diesel nozzles won’t fit in a gas tank on a car
@jaeykub1184
October 6, 2026 at 8:47 pm
Boss called me and says he put gasoline in his brand new truck, I told him do not move it and tow it. He decided to hit the highway and “burn it off” .
@ReclinRR
October 6, 2026 at 8:53 pm
diesel pump don’t fit in a regular car
@garyfrancis6193
October 6, 2026 at 9:08 pm
Who would ever be this stupid?