Can you? Sure you can. Should you? NO! A gasoline engine will not run on diesel. You will end up having to drain the tank, flush the fuel lines, replace the filter, and possibly the injectors.
Put diesel fuel in a gasoline vehicle and it will not run at all.
Yes, petrol/gasoline will severely damage a diesel engine.
Don't know how much gasoline was put in or how much diesel was in the tank before gasoline was added but if you didn't run the engine after the gasoline was put in and you drained it, you should be okay.
Gasoline in a Diesel vehicle will do some serious damage to the engine.
Yes, never put oil formulated for a diesel in a gasoline engine.
If it is a car that has a diesel engine, it won't break down...But if the car has a gasoline engine, you risk causing a lot of damage if you put diesel fuel into the tank instead of gasoline (aka gas or petrol) fuel... If that is what you were asking about, please see the answers to the Related Questions shown below.
If you're asking what will happen if you put gasoline in a diesel engine, the engine will be destroyed if you run it on gasoline.
Diesel.
Diesel engines have a much higher compression ratio than gasoline engines. Therefore, you need to drain all the fuel you can out of your tank and fill it with diesel. Gas in a diesel engine will go boom, and destroy your engine.
8 gallons of diesel fuel is to much to try to dilute in with the remaining gasoline. It would be best to drain as much as possible out of the tank and refill with fresh gasoline.
they can both start a car
If it is a car which has an engine that runs on regular gasoline (gas or petrol), and as long as its engine doesn't need the "high octane" type of gasoline - such as certain sports cars - then it should run just fine!But if the car has a diesel engine, you risk causing a lot of damage if you put gasoline fuel into the tank instead of diesel fuel... If that is what you were asking about, please see the answers to the Related Questions shown below.