As some of you will have read on the Llandow thread, on the way home I did something really, really stupid!

I filled the 7 with diesel!



So, I have cleaned out the carbs, fuel lines, spark plugs, and tank over the past few days, using some serious carb cleaner, and spent days making sure everything was clean.

First point to note is that no matter how clean of diesel you think the components are, they will still be contaminated!
I had to do three separate clearing processed before the fuel system was cleaned of enough diesel for the engine to run - and even then is still smoked like CaptainPlugwash puffing heavily on his peace pipe!!!

When first run-up, the backfiring then blew the inlet manifold gasket out, so that had to be replaced!
This was before the above mega clean, so I really suggest not trying to run a 7 with diesel contamination before doing a really good clean..

With the engine running after a near week's worth of cleaning and decontaminating all was still not totally perfect (ignoring the smoke) and a quick test proved no# 4 spark plug was dead...

Replaced all 4 plugs with an old, but known good, set, and the engine finally burst into correct like - but still smoking heavily - buy, does that diesel take ages to clear!

Then went for a 20 mile run, and even after that there is still some smoke, but all is working as it should!



Will run on the 'old' plugs for a while, and then when the smoke really has cleared up will put in a new set of NGK PLTR6A-10G plugs

So, if you every make such a stupid mistake, know in advance cleaning up the diesel will take ages!!!

Oh geez, I have to say I have been lucky in never doing that in my 30 odd year motoring career, however, I did for the first time ever last year, drive away in the 7 with the fuel cap sat on the rear section, needless to say it rolled off and to make matters worse was not until I got home after a good 30 mile blat , did I realise what I had done !!! total fail..

I retraced my drive at the point of exiting the garage forecourt and was amazed to find, not only did I find it INTACT, but I had driven for about 5 miles before it fell off !!...

I feel your fail, and pray I never do the same....

Eugene
Steve, good to hear that you've got Eugene up and running again.

David

PS I'm on the slippery slope of going aero but don't tell Nicola!

I know - Chris has been keeping me in the loop!!!

Eugene
No promises for CLM though!

Mogster
You need a lot of practice before then...

Eugene
... and a lot of sunshine!

What a pain in the ***; good to read that it seems to be sorted

Ashamed to say that I did that once on the M4, fortunately I noticed before switching anything back on again and called out a specialist service to suck out the contaminated fuel and run some fresh gas through the pump and line which was disconnected at the fuel rail. An hour after putting the diesel in I was on my way with not the slightest trace of smoke.

Just noticed mention of CLM, anybody on here going? I'm booked up already.

See the CLM thread!

http://www.7-dna.com/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=6&topic=233