It's either me or the air is really funny this evening...
I've just been out for a 5 mile run and noticed far more than usual that vehicle exhausts, both petrol and diesel, really smell awful and not only do they smell dreadful but I could taste them too and the taste really was foul... I can still taste them now...
Diesels smelt strongly of paraffin.
It was not isolated vehicles either but all of them...
It was bad enough that I looked to run as far from the busy roads as I could...
Any explanations? I can often smell exhausts but never so bad as it was this evening... Weather was cold and clear with the sky clear enough to see the moon...
Smelly Exhausts That Taste Foul...
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Re: Smelly Exhausts That Taste Foul...
Cold weather causing all the moisture in the air to disappear, thus giving nothing to "absorb" the smell of the fumes I think. I get the same in winter. That, plus I'd imagine more vehicles are running cold and a bit rich..
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Re: Smelly Exhausts That Taste Foul...
If there is no wind, and you have cold and high pressure, then it is going to linger and the fumes may be denser. Diesels are deadly in those conditions I think. That is when my diesel smells worst under the carport if I am hanging around scraping ice.
Does the winter diesel not have a paraffin type smelly additive?
Does the winter diesel not have a paraffin type smelly additive?
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