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Can you use gasoline in diesel engine?

Updated: 11/23/2022
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We cannot use gasoline in diesel engine.

Gasoline will not detonate properly (detonates prematurely) in a Diesel engine rendering the power output at next to nothing.It will also damage the engine and cost of repairing is also very high.

True: Diesel engines work by compressing the fuel and don't have spark plugs, they use compression to detonation diesel in the cylinders. However, in colder climates some people add maybe 1/2 gallon of E87 gas to a tank of diesel fuel to help keep the diesel from thickening and moving slower in the fuel lines. Added to a say a f250 or a Silverado fuel tank of 20gln the mix shouldn't effect the engine too much. Replacing glow plugs and fuel filters when the weather becomes more clement as part of a regu;ar service reduces risks of damage

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