LS1Bird: You can't even pump your gas in Jersey. I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that one of the professional gas attendants did this!

You're shocked that an attendant pumped what was in the storage tank into cars? Or did you not RTFA and realize it's not a problem anyone at the station caused?

This would be more of an issue if gas was introduced into a diesel system.

one is more processed
one is less processed and more like oil

oil does not burn as well as gas.

think a wood fire... does WET wood burn okay?

kvinesknows:

yeah.. but how much could it be? a few hundred gallon to a few 1000? it should be fine.

Depends really, the article said the tanker still had diesel when it was filled with gasoline...that could mean half/half or 1/4 to half, or since the tanker company probably doesn't know, any of the above.

I think the ECU's in newer cars probably caused a lot of the issues, but the fuel filter may get gummed up, injectors too depending on the mix. An older vehicle may have barely sputtered.

eKonk: I wouldn't expect this to be too big a deal for most cars. A bit more smoke/smell from the exhaust, sure. On the other hand, with all these new-fangled emissions controls and sensors, who knows what might happen to the cars down the road?

It's big enough deal that most cars will knock and stall. Depending on how much was mixed and it doesn't take much to alter gasoline.

Diesel is part of the kerosene world, like jet fuel (not AVgas), so it's flashpoint is much higher than gasoline.