What is the difference between Diesel and Gasoline?

Question

And what would happen if you attempted to run a gasoline engine using diesel?

Answer 1

Diesel Is for big vehicles. That'swhy 18-wheelers, school buses, and boats MOSTLY run on diesel.

Answer 2

The chemical makeup is different,and diesel costs more

But there still both bad for the environment

Answer 3

diesel engines don't have spark plugs, they are compression ignition rather than spark ignition, ie they have a much higher compression ratio which causes a lot of heat which ignites the fuel.  if you put diesel into a petrol engine you'd probably just stuff up your fuel system and need to do some serious flushing after.  i doubt the engine would run-  the spark wouldn't be hot enough and the compression wouldn't be high enough for ignition.

Answer 4

gasoline is a more refined petroleum product than diesel and the two are not interchangeble   they have different flash points and compression tolerances