What do you do if you have filled your bike with diesel and rode for under a mile and then it died?

Answer 1

Well, I see you have a little problem. What kind of bike. Is it injected, or carb. ? First, you will have to empty the fuel tank of the diesel, then flush the tank with gas, then empty it again, then put gas in when you will be ready. Remove the fuel filter and put a new one on when you are ready. You will have to flush out the fuel pump and lines, you could use air pressure, then flush with gas. Next the hard part. If you have carb's. you will have to drain the float bowls, and flush the lines to the carb's, remove the spark plugs and replace with new ones when you are ready. With all the diesel flushed out, crank the engine for a bit to load up the carbs, no spark plugs in, and when you are ready, then put in the new plugs. Might take a little bit of cranking to prime the carbs. If you have fuel injection, hopefully you will not have to remove the injectors. but the diesel is still in the end of the fuel rail, and that will have to be flushed. So you just might have to remove the injectors and flush them. To really clean the bottom of the fuel tank, you could use an electric fuel pump from a car, with a long hose on it to reach the bottom of the tank, just keep the pump a safe distance from the bike, and make sure you connect the wires to the pump securely, and run the pump from a 12 volt battery. All in all, you will be busy for the afternoon. With all the diesel cleaned out, you should have no damage. Good luck. Oh, and by the way, change the oil an filter.