You would think that, but it's actually pretty hard to get a gas
engine to start on diesel, especially carbureted ones. Diesel doesn't
vaporise as readily as gasoline, so you'd be running super-lean for
your starting condition.

I tried to start the beetle with some diesel once, when I was young
and stupid. :D

Now I'm "old" and slightly less stupid.
-Kurt

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:46 AM, MrViggy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Typically diesel is a differnt nozzle (usually a different size, too, so you
> can't accidentally put it into your car's tank).  If you filled with diesel,
> you'd know!  I'm pretty sure you'd have the opposite problem, the engine
> won't shut off....  :)
>

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