2007-04-26 13:07:06 · 10 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Other - Car Makes
You are smelling unburned crap and sulfur. Both will kill you.
2007-04-26 15:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by mar m 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they are burning Diesel oil for fuel, ie kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, fuel oil, they are all the same. Dr, Diesel invented the compression ignition engine to run on vegetable oil, maybe peanut oil, but the oil barons found out that it ran just as good on a by-product of making gasoline out of crude oil, fuel oil, which came to be known as "diesel fuel".
Oh and by the way, new diesels do not smell nearly as bad, don't make as much noise and you probably are driving next to one and don't know it. New ones are quite nice. and American made diesels will be better next year when they have to meet standards for running on low sulfur diesel. The cheap high sulfur diesel that we have so much of in this country probably smells like sulfur too.
OMG ! ! ! You don't think it is the sulfur that makes them smell bad do you???????????????? hahahaha
2007-04-26 13:26:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be because some diesel vehicle drivers switched to diesel fuel from Chanel #5 recently?
2007-04-26 14:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is due to the sulfur in the diesel fuel the newer ULSD (low sulfur) diesel should cut down on the smell. there is also less emission control on older diesels the newer diesel cars (07 and newer Mercedes Benz, Audi's and VW) with BlueTec engines will probably not smell any more than gas engines.
2007-04-26 13:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by mbar3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because diesel is a darker, sulfery fuel oil that doesn't burn as clean as gasoline or kerosene and it's just plain stinky. I think all of it stinks, some worse than others.
2007-04-26 13:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by juniperjasmine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You smell....
diesel vehicles produce unpleasant odors-- they stink.
It's the fuel, and incomplete combustion that makes it a problem.
2007-04-26 13:16:39 · answer #6 · answered by Double O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sulphur in the fuel. Now they have to clean the fuel and reduce the sulphur content. So they don't smell so bad.
2007-04-26 13:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably the hydrogen sulfide.....here are some more things in the exhaust:
nitrous oxide
nitrogen dioxide
formaldehyde
benzene
sulfur dioxide
carbon dioxide
carbon monoxide
2007-04-26 13:14:26 · answer #8 · answered by monsterfromspace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fuel is oil based in burning.
2007-04-26 13:10:59 · answer #9 · answered by Sailon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is less refined than gasoline
2007-04-26 13:11:48 · answer #10 · answered by slickyinc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋