Accidentally Put Kerosene in Motorcycle (Damage?) - Page 2

 

For a short while, little or no damage.

For a longer while, especially if used hard, the risk is of damaging the
valves/seats, with serious loss of compression.



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 wrote:

She might consider emptying the tank again
as well as the float bowls if it's carbureted.

When I've got iffy gas, I'll usually transfer
it from the bike to the car and then top off
the car tank with good gas.

 wrote:


Reminds me of the "Then Came Bronson" episode when Jim Bronson got
some diesel fuel in his Sportster's tank.

Or was that Neil Peart who stopped at a station on the Trans-Canada
highway and had some kid fill his BMW up with diesel?

No matter...

Since kerosene is a lot less volatile than gasoline, some of the
kerosene has settled out in the intake tract and in the exhaust
system, coating all the internal surfaces.

The engine might have spat some of the kerosene back into the air
filter too.

There is probably some kerosene still contaminating the fresh gas in
the tank, too.

Kerosene will cause the engine to ping and even detonate, so she
shouldn't run the engine under heavy load while she burns out the
kerosene by riding the motorcycle.

I've heard that's what motorcycles are *for*, yannow, riding, like ya
go out and chase the horizon until the sun sets.

But the high temperature is supposed to be around 105 degrees here for
the next week.