Diesel contamination

Asked by GuruX8QBF Nov 09, 2018 at 07:55 AM about the 1996 Toyota RAV4 4 Door

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

7 liters diesel went into rav from empty
realizing mistake filled 10 liters of fresh gas
in  drove home panicked I syphoned gas
bleed lines no start is it injectors or
sparkplugs

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Mike answered 5 years ago

Did you get the contaminated fuel and then air out of the fuel rail? How old are the plugs? You might be due anyway.

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