In my case the gas and diesel pumps were next to each other and had the same color pumps and handles. The only difference was the smaller labels under the price windows and the price per gallon which is what I noticed before I did any damage to my truck.
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The_Josh_Bear
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Within your own tank, operator error is the most common, just spacing out and grabbing a gasser nozzle instead. Poorly marked, being tired, muscle memory if your DD is a gasser or whatever.
But for the tanks in the ground, the dude driving the tanker screwed it up. Like I said another member just had that happen to him. Would be super un-common but good commercial drivers are harder and harder to find.
Well that explains that!
Chance jeffrey
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I can't say what caused it, but it looks like compression was getting into the injector to me. Injector must have stuck open somehow?
Chance jeffrey
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What causes this?
Chance jeffrey
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Iv never seen that before but I'm somewhat new to diesels but it's alot like slag from welding it broke off with my fingers
gnathv
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Was there a copper washer on the injector or in the injector bore?
Chance jeffrey
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This truck is my DD especially now that diesel is cheaper then gas where I'm at by about 50 cents it was a pump where I had to select diesel the station was off i70. Called the oasis I believe
Chance jeffrey
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It was in the bore I cleaned the bore out as best I could with a pick and am hoping it's seated better
Oh that's all? I thought that last picture looked like it had burned through the side of the injector.
Yes that would be failure of the copper washer then most likely. I'm not sure what else would cause that.
gnathv
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When you’re saying you hope it’s seating better, did you clean the copper washer or replace the copper washer?
Old Goat
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Looks like Anti-Siez that may have burned off if the copper washer was not sealing good.
I don`t know where welding slag would have come from.
Was the old copper washer replaced, or was it left in and a new one thrown on top?
If there isn`t a good seal, then the combustion gasses will blow by.
The is or was a Reamer tool to clean the seats that use to be available. Although very pricey...
Charlie
I don`t know where welding slag would have come from.
Was the old copper washer replaced, or was it left in and a new one thrown on top?
If there isn`t a good seal, then the combustion gasses will blow by.
The is or was a Reamer tool to clean the seats that use to be available. Although very pricey...
Charlie
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Between these two answers, I'm thinking that gasoline got in your fuel tanks too. I'm not going to try to guess how it happened. It can't be undone now. The results of this usually aren't really nice to look at either.
Chance jeffrey
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I cleaned it not that it's gonna matter much it's a dead hole not even a drop of compression anymore
Chance jeffrey
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I'm not sure cylinder order on this motor so I will say them as if a Chevy small block cylinders 5 and 6 have no compression also the 2 injectors that had slag like build up
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