Diesel in Petrol in a aircooled engine

I know putting diesel in a modern petrol engine is a no no and can damage the injectors and seals but what damage would a small amount do to our aircooled engines, say 40 ltrs of petrol and 5ltrs of diesel, I've not done this by the way

 

it'll smoke a bit but not a lot i wouldn't think - it's only the same as burning a bit of oil i'd run it and just keep diluting.

 

Whats it gonna hurt mark, we've got carbs

 

thats what i was thinking

 

ive put petrol in my mk4 diesel golf twice now and luckily its still going!

 

petrol in a diesel as long as it ain't a great deal isn't that bad - i've done that too.

 

so what about about say a litre bottle of Ribeana....and would the Tooth kind Ribeana be better ....just a thought....

 

my mate mechanic mate who's just drained it out of some numptys tank says he don't reckon it would hurt our engines if diluted some more, maybe smoke a touch but nowt else

 

if you don't want it i'll use it and i'm fuel injected

 

Ha ha no not yet but i've just got two barrels of this petrol off him for nowt, just thinking dilute it down again and bobs yer uncle

 

Got to dispose of it somehow. It'll be fine - the chaps on our industrial estate do it all the time.
Some peeps, I believe I've read somewhere, deliberately add a bit of diesel to their petrol now and again for some obscure (possibly old wives tale) reason.

 

But what damage can it do if it's got too much diesel in it

 

years ago when diesel had no anti waxing agents in it we used to add either 5 litres of parrafin or 5 litres of petrol to it in the winter - could be connected to this idea?

 

none,it will just smoke.

 

Petrol in a diesel is bad as the high pressure fuel pump uses the fuel as a lubricant so your can really damage the pump,
Diesel in a modern petrol can cause some issues, the extra viscosity of the fuel mix.

Diesel in an old vw that can pretty much run on mashed corn cobs...
Should be OK... If not a little smoky