Help! Put a gallon of diesel in my Yaris!

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Originally Posted by bronsin

Seems like they ought to come up with a way to prevent this sort of thing...

The pump handles are supposed to be different sizes. Gas handles are the smallest. Diesel pumps are larger diameter, in fact they are the old leaded gas pump handles. Then there is really big diesel pump handles for trucks.

But it is just "industry standard", it's not a real law, and as a result you can find mismatched pump handles all over the place.

I used to drive a diesel car. So many stories of fellow diesel drivers filling their cars with gasoline can be found among the various diesel enthusiasts forums. This was always a topic of discussion.