1 2 Stroke petrol accidentally put into tank? Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:24 pm
FatRakoon
active member
Ok, I have just made a bit of a cock up...
yesterday, I filled up a gallon container with petrol. Today, I poured that petrol into my K100RS Tank.
Just as I was finishing off, my son had a moan at me, because he had put his 2-stroke mixture into the container as he was going to use it for his gokart.
So, the petrol in the tank has NOT been through the carbs... well, the injection system yet, and I can take it off and empty it out blah blah and have done with it, but, will it do any harm?
There is very little fuel in the tank right now, maybe just over that one gallon, and the garage is about 1 mile away, and so, by the time I get there, it will certainly have started to go through, but, I am just as happy to go and get petrol in the container... I have 3 containers actually and so I could get 3 more gallons and pretty much fill up the tank to sort of water it down quite a bit, so it will be very little 2-stroke in there at all.
But again will it do any harm?
In all truth and honesty, in my old Guzzi, I would put all kinds of shit into that and I never gave it a moments thought cos I was a cheap git, plus a bit of an idiot, but thse days, with kids and a mortgage and this BMW having injection instead of carbs, plus an engine that is quite honestly above my skill-set to sort out if \nything goes wrong etc etc etc.
Im just very paranoid, so I have to ask before I start her up.
It is going to cause issues, or am I just going to have a bit of a rich mixture for a bit and it will be tickety-boo by the next fill-up?
Thanks all.
yesterday, I filled up a gallon container with petrol. Today, I poured that petrol into my K100RS Tank.
Just as I was finishing off, my son had a moan at me, because he had put his 2-stroke mixture into the container as he was going to use it for his gokart.
So, the petrol in the tank has NOT been through the carbs... well, the injection system yet, and I can take it off and empty it out blah blah and have done with it, but, will it do any harm?
There is very little fuel in the tank right now, maybe just over that one gallon, and the garage is about 1 mile away, and so, by the time I get there, it will certainly have started to go through, but, I am just as happy to go and get petrol in the container... I have 3 containers actually and so I could get 3 more gallons and pretty much fill up the tank to sort of water it down quite a bit, so it will be very little 2-stroke in there at all.
But again will it do any harm?
In all truth and honesty, in my old Guzzi, I would put all kinds of shit into that and I never gave it a moments thought cos I was a cheap git, plus a bit of an idiot, but thse days, with kids and a mortgage and this BMW having injection instead of carbs, plus an engine that is quite honestly above my skill-set to sort out if \nything goes wrong etc etc etc.
Im just very paranoid, so I have to ask before I start her up.
It is going to cause issues, or am I just going to have a bit of a rich mixture for a bit and it will be tickety-boo by the next fill-up?
Thanks all.