what happens when you put gasoline in a diesel car and vice versa

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My sister put gasoline in her diesel car and now she might have to get a new car. I don’t even have a driver’s license and have a rudimentary understanding of how simple combustion engines work. Why is the car maybe dead, can it be fixed?

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Usually nothing will happen, if the tank was empty it will damage the engine quickly if you mixed them then you shouldn’t drive because you might hurt the engine but it will run on a mix. Refill with diesel at the next station and you will dilute it even more.

Eventually it will be fine, if you started with a mixture that is high in diesel.

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