Diesel in 2010 Prius Gen 3 empty gas tank. Drove for five (5) miles. Repair recommendations?

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  1. Johnny Cakes

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    Except that I think there is a spring flapper door farther down the inlet that the fuel nozzle pushes open to accept the flow of gas. Wrong size nozzle won't get there.
     
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    Good idea on the sticker.

    Thanks for the photo. That sure adds value to this discussion. It's a Gen 3 pic, right? (To match my Gen 3 2010 Prius.)

    Perhaps I'll revisit the gas station she used and see if the diesel nozzle she used fits in my Prius. Carefully, of course. :) All we did last time was visit the station, drive in, and talk about it. Someone else was using that row of pumps at the time we visited, I think.

    I'm not that interested anymore, and I don't fill up at that gas station myself, so it might not happen. But it's interesting.
     
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    Good idea on the sticker.

    Thanks for the photo. That sure adds value to this discussion. It's a Gen 3 pic, right? (To match my Gen 3 2010 Prius.)

    Perhaps I'll revisit the gas station she used and see if the diesel nozzle she used fits in my Prius. Carefully, of course. :) All we did last time was visit the station, drive in, and talk about it. Someone else was using that row of pumps at the time we visited, I think.

    I'm not that interested anymore, and I don't fill up at that gas station myself, so it might not happen. But it's interesting.
     
    #43 eirens, Sep 25, 2022
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    Maybe stop beating the poor dead horse....
     
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    Without doing that, it wouldn’t be priuschat.
     
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    that pic was from my gen3 2010 prius, so it should be the same as all MY 2010-2015 or so. Someone else mentioned some sort of safety-flap deeper down in the inlet but I didn't see it with my pictures. I'll check that out again today, but for now, I'm sticking to my theory. :)

    Regarding nozzle sizes, I think in the 15 or so years I had been filling up with diesel, I may have encountered a green handle pump with a regular (smaller) gasoline nozzle diameter - maybe a few times at some small, middle-of-nowhere station. but mostly I recall the larger diesel pump spouts. it's probably even more standardized today.
     
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    LOL :). And there are plenty of dead or dying horses (aka old prius') around here - that we are trying to beat back to life!
     
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    I dated a flight attendant once. I lent her my Prius when she flew in to visit. She ran it out of gas. I made her pay to towing bill to bring it home to me. If she had even a lick of sense she would have had it turned to a gas station or brought gas to the car but instead she paid the towing bill And I got my car back. To this day I'm certain she still didn't learn what she did wrong
     
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    Glad she's fixed!
    I once had a troop filled up a diesel Ford pickup truck with unleaded when were were deployed to Saudi Arabia. Thankfully, he didn't drive off but notified us and asked what to do. I called motor pool and the mechanic said just put a quart of 10W-40 oil in the gas tank and it'll be find....and he was right! We drove the tank about halfway down (which didn't take long) and then refilled with diesel fuel.
     
    #49 ColoradoBoo, Sep 26, 2022
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    Update: The Prius is still running great. I consider this an excellent outcome for my diesel situation.
     
    #50 eirens, Oct 4, 2023
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