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mecca
07/30/2008, 1:47PM
About: 2008 BMW 535
my car

if i mistakenly put a gallon of diesel gas in my BMW 535, will it harm the engine ?

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Chien3
07/30/2008, 3:56PM

ofcourse..You'll be looking to either get a new car a swap in a brand new engine for it..

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Pete461
07/30/2008, 4:38PM

You can take it to a dealership and see if they'll flush the system for you

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Pete461
07/30/2008, 4:39PM

Chien isn't entirely true,, unless you run it, then you would be in trouble. Get it flushed and it should be fine

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Nicholas1192
07/30/2008, 5:02PM

yes it will harm your engine.especially the 535 because it has a twin turbocharged engine it would choke it and probably cause engine failure if you were to run a whole tank. but most likely would even start. I would go buy a pump or have bmw have the diesel pumped out of your tank.

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Earl77
07/31/2008, 9:07AM

fuck yeah drain that shit

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Jrgen132
08/01/2008, 7:31AM
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Megan957
08/02/2008, 2:26PM

yeah it will either blow everything or mess up your engine

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Saharsh2
08/04/2008, 3:24PM

yeh because deisel is more viscous (thicker) and will harm a petrol engine, epecially if it uses fuel ignition. however if its cleaned out properly and correctly lubricated with an engine oil (castrol) and fuel injection an carb. cleaner (put into the fuel tank) the damage can easily be repaired with not that much cost. proper draining knowledge will be necessairy if u r 2 do it urself. oh an it also depends how long uve had it it there and how much did u put and was there any petrol it in before and if so what is the concentration. All these senarios can have different solutions but usually draining n fuel injection cleaning fixes most problems including fuel economy.

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