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Your car will very soon stop running. Then you will have to go to a mechanic/garage to empty the gas tank and put the right fuel in it. The same thing will happen if you put petrol in diesel engine. My co-workers did BOTH of these things on our company cars at different times by accident. Both cars worked after they emptied tanks and put the right fuel in them.
the engine wont work coz the property of diesel fuel is that,it ignites only at a high compression ratio (around 17-19:1),whereas a petrol engine has a compression ratio of 9:1(+/- 2).so less compression results in less pressure and lesser temperature.

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