Posted by screwstick on February 26, 2012 at 12:04:51 from (174.24.8.24):
In Reply to: help posted by IH Guy on February 25, 2012 at 19:45:23:
With all the respect to DeltaRed, I agree with everything until it comes to running an engine with diesel instead of oil. You may get lucky, but more than likely you will ruin an engine. If the bearings were already wore out and the previous owner was putting thicker and thicker oil in to keep the knock down, running diesel through the system will beat the bearings out in short order.
I'd pull the pan, clean what I could with diesel/kerosene and button it back up with new fresh oil and seafoam (or your favorite oil additive). Depending on how the oil pressure is after the cleaning and new oil, the engine may need a rebuild anyway. But I'd much rather come to that decision after listening to an engine knock than one that comes to a screeching halt because it locked up.
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