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A family member was over in eastern ID over the weekend for a fishing trip. Fueled at the Maverick in St. Anthony, drove up to Last Chance in Island Park, and stopped for dinner. Went out and my 2008 F250 diesel wouldn't start. Towed it to a mechanic, and they found gasoline in the fuel tank. Motor is toast. Receipt clearly shows that diesel was sold. Confirmed with Maverick corporate.
Has anyone else heard reports of this out of eastern ID?
Is this something that an insurance company should cover? I have comprehensive coverage with State Farm.
I'm seriously thinking about paying that mechanic to put a re-manufactured 5.9 Cummins in it. Hopefully with Maverick paying for it.
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This is something that Maverick should cover and I'd raise a shidt storm if they didn't.
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Your insurance company should be able to assist you in getting Maverick to pay for this, contact them right away and file a claim anyway.
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Just curious how much "diesel" you put in it? I'm kind of suprised you made it up to Last Chance (40 miles?)
I had a friend that "accidently" filled his Dad's work truck (gas) with diesel and as I remember, he did not get down the road very far before he started having problems. It did not ruin the engine as I remember in that case but his old man was not very happy with the inconvenience and cost!
I've fueled a few times at that Maverick but I usually trust my truck to the Chevron diesel in Ashton. Hearing this I see no need to change! Sorry for the mistake and problems. Keep us posted. There are so many Mavericks in the area now that is is sometimes hard to find the competition.
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I'm an independent mechanical inspector for a company that investigates warranty and mechanical damage claims. They flew me from Tennessee to Spokane Washington to confirm a claim that a truck stop in Wyoming had mis-fueled a brand new Freightliner that was being ferried back to the dealership from a custom body builder that had just installed a beverage body on it. They put about 25 gallons of gasoline into a Diesel tank, and the truck made it less than 10 miles before the engine went toes-up. That was a $35,000.00 mistake and the truck stop bit the bullet for a new engine.
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Maverik runs their own trucks and drivers. They obviously screwed up. I wonder how many other drivers got caught on it. It could get really expensive.
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I know people can make mistakes but it would be hard for me to not notice the gasoline smell while filling up my diesel truck.
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I know people can make mistakes but it would be hard for me to not notice the gasoline smell while filling up my diesel truck. That was what I used to think, right up 'til I woke up at the 30 litre mark. Apparently I am really good at profanity.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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Just curious how much "diesel" you put in it? I'm kind of suprised you made it up to Last Chance (40 miles?)
I had a friend that "accidently" filled his Dad's work truck (gas) with diesel and as I remember, he did not get down the road very far before he started having problems. It did not ruin the engine as I remember in that case but his old man was not very happy with the inconvenience and cost!
I've fueled a few times at that Maverick but I usually trust my truck to the Chevron diesel in Ashton. Hearing this I see no need to change! Sorry for the mistake and problems. Keep us posted. There are so many Mavericks in the area now that is is sometimes hard to find the competition. how do you get a horse dick diesel size nozzle into a gasoline filler neck?
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when i worked at oilstates we had a guy pour def into the fuel tank.......
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Just curious how much "diesel" you put in it? I'm kind of suprised you made it up to Last Chance (40 miles?)
I had a friend that "accidently" filled his Dad's work truck (gas) with diesel and as I remember, he did not get down the road very far before he started having problems. It did not ruin the engine as I remember in that case but his old man was not very happy with the inconvenience and cost!
I've fueled a few times at that Maverick but I usually trust my truck to the Chevron diesel in Ashton. Hearing this I see no need to change! Sorry for the mistake and problems. Keep us posted. There are so many Mavericks in the area now that is is sometimes hard to find the competition. how do you get a horse dick diesel size nozzle into a gasoline filler neck? He didn't. He put a gas mini-nozzle in a large diesel hole.
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Just curious how much "diesel" you put in it? I'm kind of suprised you made it up to Last Chance (40 miles?)
I had a friend that "accidently" filled his Dad's work truck (gas) with diesel and as I remember, he did not get down the road very far before he started having problems. It did not ruin the engine as I remember in that case but his old man was not very happy with the inconvenience and cost!
I've fueled a few times at that Maverick but I usually trust my truck to the Chevron diesel in Ashton. Hearing this I see no need to change! Sorry for the mistake and problems. Keep us posted. There are so many Mavericks in the area now that is is sometimes hard to find the competition. how do you get a horse dick diesel size nozzle into a gasoline filler neck? He didn't. He put a gas mini-nozzle in a large diesel hole. Nope.....from lundtroller..... ”friend that "accidently" filled his Dad's work truck (gas) with diesel” Says in the quote, he put diesel in a (gas) truck
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Oops. Didn't back up far enough in the string of quotes.
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A family member was over in eastern ID over the weekend for a fishing trip. Fueled at the Maverick in St. Anthony, drove up to Last Chance in Island Park, and stopped for dinner. Went out and my 2008 F250 diesel wouldn't start. Towed it to a mechanic, and they found gasoline in the fuel tank. Motor is toast. Receipt clearly shows that diesel was sold. Confirmed with Maverick corporate.
Has anyone else heard reports of this out of eastern ID?
Is this something that an insurance company should cover? I have comprehensive coverage with State Farm.
I'm seriously thinking about paying that mechanic to put a re-manufactured 5.9 Cummins in it. Hopefully with Maverick paying for it. Get a nasty good attorney and sue Maverick. They have the money and it was their fault. Do it fast before the 100s of others do the same.
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We had an issue here in Teton County Idaho this winter. The distribution company put gas into the diesel tank at a station. A few folks got a mix when fueling up. According to local paper they made good on the issue with folks. And No, it was not a Maverick station.
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many stations have a small gasoline sized nozzle for cars. that is a diesel nozzle that is small enough to fit in a diesel car fill tube.
other wise them meeercedes would not go far.
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Why is the engine ruined?
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A family member was over in eastern ID over the weekend for a fishing trip. Fueled at the Maverick in St. Anthony, drove up to Last Chance in Island Park, and stopped for dinner. Went out and my 2008 F250 diesel wouldn't start. Towed it to a mechanic, and they found gasoline in the fuel tank. Motor is toast. Receipt clearly shows that diesel was sold. Confirmed with Maverick corporate.
Has anyone else heard reports of this out of eastern ID?
Is this something that an insurance company should cover? I have comprehensive coverage with State Farm.
I'm seriously thinking about paying that mechanic to put a re-manufactured 5.9 Cummins in it. Hopefully with Maverick paying for it. A few years ago the Maverick in Caldwell got diesel into the gas tank. A friend filled his Chrysler 300 and it promptly went into limp mode. Code reader said excessively heavy fuel IIRC. The mechanic knew immediately what the problem was. Anyway, the answer for his car was a complete flush of the fuel system and reset of the computer. Maverick picked up the tab on his car and a whole mess of other cars so afflicted. I sincerely hope the computer recognized the problem on your truck and shut it down before any serious damage was done.
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Injecting gasoline into a combustion chamber that's 1000+ degrees F. from compression pressure creates a bomb. The usual result is bent connecting rods and/or holes blown in the tops of pistons, broken piston rings, etc. Diesel in a gas engine just makes it run lousy, smoke, knock, and be very low on power if it runs at all. Gas in a Diesel is a total cluster fook!
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