What was it running on?

dantastic · 21-02-2014 4:49pm #1

Was just sitting in traffic behind a 2011 reg Vauxhal insignia CDTi taxi. The smell of it!

I don't know what it was running on but it wasn't diesel anyway. Like nothing I've smelled before, and real strong.

As he drove off there was a lot of (for the age of the car) white smoke. No hint of black or blue.

What could it have been running on?

SEPT 23 1989 · 21-02-2014 4:51pm

did it smell like chips?

dantastic · 21-02-2014 4:53pm

Nope, not like chips. Didn't smell like any oil I've smelt before.

Henry Ford III · 21-02-2014 5:35pm

Kryptonite or possibly U235?

dougie-lampkin · 21-02-2014 5:44pm

Possibly a DPF regen, the smell out of a regen is criminal.

Xpro · 21-02-2014 6:28pm

Typical dirty DPF smell.

saabsaab · 21-02-2014 6:45pm

White 'smoke' might be head gasket going and letting antifreeze coolant into the combustion chambers?

Other possibility is that a large dose of injector cleaner put into fuel to clear out system?

ltdslipdiff · 21-02-2014 7:25pm

I'd be saying DPF regen too. Makes the eyes water....

ltdslipdiff · 21-02-2014 7:29pm

Or somebody put petrol in by accident...

dgt · 21-02-2014 7:59pm

Did it smell like dehydrated piss?

The smell from those DPF's is feckin awful, I hate the smell of them :mad:

SleeperService · 21-02-2014 8:35pm

dgt wrote: »

Did it smell like dehydrated piss?

The smell from those DPF's is feckin awful, I hate the smell of them :mad:

Very healthy and environmental though. Far preferable to loads of CO2 ;-)

dantastic · 22-02-2014 7:16pm

Probably dpf doing its thing. Just never come across it before.

What was it running on?

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