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Wife's vehicle conked out in a parkade. Diagnosis: diesel in the gas.

5 months ago by ikidd to c/dull_mens_club

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She called me because she couldn't get her car started after work. We had to get it towed out of the underground parking which is quite a pain in the ass apparently.

I spent a couple hours troubleshooting the issue (smoky exhaust, barely started, ran like shit) and I burned out the starter in the process and had to put a new one in. Starters in these little 3.7L engines are pretty pathetic.

At some point in all this she mentioned she had filled up before driving to work, so I figured out how to jumper the fuel pump and pumped out this piss-colored junk. Feels oily like diesel, doesn't burn explosively like you'd expect with straight gas.

Fresh fuel and some Seafoam snake oil to maybe clean injectors. Since I didn't drop the tank to clean it perfectly, she's going to put small amounts in for a few fills and burn it off completely between fills because the solution to pollution is dilution.

Her receipt showed she uses the gas pump, not the diesel, so I'm wondering how many people got to deal with this bullshit since I'm guessing the station got an entire compartment contaminated. Haven't bothered to talk to the company, since I did the work myself and they certainly aren't going to reimburse me for my time.

Ah well, it's an excuse to do a pile of other maintenance I'd planned anyway and had parts for.

Wife is happy she isn't buying a new car. Happy wife, happy life.

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HeerlijkeDrop 128 points 5 months ago

these little 3.7L engines

Are 3.7L engines really called little in America or are you being sarcastic? 😳

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ikidd 54 points 5 months ago

Well, in that model, 2006 Grand Cherokee, that was the small engine. There was also a 4.7 and 5.7 Hemi. Engines have come a long way in 20 years.

And maybe America if you mean North America.

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omxxi 2 points 5 months ago

North America? are also common in Canada the small penis cars?

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Botzo 21 points 5 months ago

I'd guess this is a mustang and that would make it the "small" engine (~305hp) for that car, the other option being a 5.0L.

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virku 17 points 5 months ago

Still quite a big engine.

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vext01 19 points 5 months ago

He lost me at "parkade"

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some_kind_of_guy 2 points 5 months ago

Idk what tf that is. And I'm also American. Sounds like some made-up flatlander thing I don't need

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homesweethomeMrL 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah I twigged on that too, and I’ve owned a 7.0L at one point. It seems like 4.2 is “big” these days but idk since leaving the ICE world.

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rumba 3 points 5 months ago

They're not little, but they're super commonplace. It's kind of standard for V6 Trucks and SUV's.

Our more powerfull stuff is V8 closer to 5.5L or 6.2L

Until recently fuel was very very cheap.

Laws were put in place to make passenger cars get at least 38mpg (16.15 km/L) All of a sudden Sport Utility Vehicles and Light Trucks became a thing to get around the limits.

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Scirocco 2 points 5 months ago

It's certainly not "large" here

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imetators 3 points 5 months ago

Many new ICE gas cars in EU are sold with 1.2L or 1.5L engines. Less people buy 2.0L ones. I know some modern diesel cars are also around 1.4L.

~3.7L here is pretty much 350Hp Autobahn speeding car.

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monkeyman76 -24 points 5 months ago

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ikidd 34 points 5 months ago

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