“I had a Prius come in. The front guy said it would not start.
OK, typical.
The owner showed up and said his wife was driving it and it just stopped running. Being half electric and half gas-powered, it is normal for the engine to shut off at a stop light and the electric motor to would kick in. This was not the case.
We cranked it for five minutes on and off with no luck. It had fuel pressure, spark, and injector pulse. There were only 10,000 miles on it as well.
What the heck could be wrong?
The next thing I know, I smelled diesel fuel. The tow truck had been gone for an hour and we only had gas cars in the shop. They put diesel fuel in a Prius. She said the nozzle wouldn’t fit so she jammed it in there enough to not spill the ‘gas.’ I dropped the tank, cleaned the lines, and off they went.”
