I Put 7-8 Gal of diesel in my V6 taco

and now i find out it has no drain plug what can i do i left the gas station and 1/4 down the road it stalled and shut off on me i cranked it twice maybe three times then i realized my mistake but since i tried cranking it it probably means theres now diesel in the combustion chamber i had it towed to my home and now i go to drain the gas tank and im not finding any drain plug please help?!?!


UPDATE: ok first and foremost FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO JUST CAME IN TO FLAME YET HAD NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE TO SAY...on that note yes it was 3 in the morning and I was high as a kite but it was a BP gas station where all the pumps are next to each other and are the same color that being said my truck is completely ok and yes I did all the work myself I removed the bed which was pretty damn easy and was able to reach the entrance of the gas tank at which point I syphoned all the diesel out I purchased a can of seafoam and put it in the fuel tank with 5 gallons of UNLEADED PLUS after 5 or 6 cranking attempts i got it to start it was stalling so I held it at 4000 rpms for a couple of minutes then left it idle for about half an hour after all is said and done all it cost me was $162 for towing and my Sunday afternoon it is now Tuesday nd is running perfect no smoking so take note if this ever happens to you removing the bed is your best bet don't fuck with the fuel lines or the fuel pump just remove the bed thank you all who left some constructive criticism truth be told this is how I best learn about the technical aspect of every vehicle I've ever owned having a major fuck up then fixing it myself with the help of the interwebs ofcourse

 

youre either going to have to syphon it all out or drop the tank

 

i tried putting a small plastic tube through to syphon it and it wont completely go down into the tank

 

I think there is a screen there to prevent syphon tubes from going in. FWIW, I read somewhere that its fairly thin and can be persuaded to get out of the way fairly easy...

 

does anyone know of any video or how to manual on removing the fuel tank?

 

you will have to have the entire fuel system flushed. check your spark plugs also, they may be fouled. The Tacoma's have something in the fuel fill neck to prevent syphoning (could be mistaken but pretty sure they do). Good luck.

 

You will have to drain the tank. I'd take it off. After that fill it up and keep cranking until it starts it may take a while to get the diesel out of the fuel lines and injectors.

 

yep. OP this is probably not a diy.

 

Not even sure how this could have happened... A diesel nozzle is larger than a regular gasoline nozzle. For this reason, the diesel nozzle will not fit into the gasoline tank.

 

anyway to purge the lines?

 

agreed.

 

HELLO EXACTLY

 

Not always. Some of the old school pumps have the same size nozzle but the handle is green to let you know it's diesel. The small town I grew up in is like that. The gas pumps are on the ends and the diesel pump is in the middle with a green handle but the nozzles were the same size.

 

There may have been some adult beverages involved.

Seems like a tough one to pull off. No offense OP

 

Ah ok.

 

Dude didn't you smell the diesel as it was coming out? It has a very distinct smell, and you should have noticed unless you were sleeping. The big mistake was driving it ...

 

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My sister did this with her jeep. Had it towed to a shop and like 400 bucks later it was fine. Needless to say, she always double checks when getting gas now.