OTish: Diesel in the tank., Tuesday puzzler. Options

[mbseto]

So a local grocery with gas pumps accidentally put diesel in one of the regular pumps. The news said it was about an hour before they figured out the error and several people had filled up. I'm guessing the error was discovered due to disabled cars stacking up outside the filling area.

How far would you get with diesel in a regular engine??

[RickS]

A good friend of mine filled up his 73 911 with a 3.2 with diesel. I was following him when he hit the interstate doing about 70. The smokescreen was impressive and I thought he might have blown his engine, but there was no oil on the tarmac. Pulling along side as he was hitting 75 I signaled him to pull over. He then saw the smoke and said the engine was running rather lumpy. After purchasing 6 5 gal gas cans (3 filled with premium gas) we used the fuel pump, while sitting on the side of the interstate, to pump out all the diesel. We then filled it with gas and off he went, no harm, no foul. The car ran great and never had an issue to this day. I bought him a ' Diesel Only' sticker for the inside of his filler lid which he still sports. Of course he suffers endless ribbing.