VW valve fail

[Mick D]

ok whats a DPF for the veiwers not in the car game?

ok whats a DPF for the veiwers not in the car game?

Its a filter that goes on the exhaust of Diesels to removes Particle matter, Diesel particulate filter.

I think scrubber tanks filled with water do this best for confined spaces etc.
The diesel emissions are run through a tank of water true

They have to be serviced every day though. That is; cleaned out and refilled. this where neglect on a daily basis leads to instant dangerous levels of high pollution though.

You would be horribly amazed at what gets drained out from a 24 hour operation of just a tiny 2 liter diesel engine. I have always thought a case of matter cohesiveness.
The water stays as water. The black particulate matter groups together in balls ranging from the beginnings of balls, then up to sizes of an inch and a half. It is a real way to collect and see what comes out of a diesel exhaust and wake up to what is being breathed otherwise, it blew me away Any one who has ever seen it cannot but help to be totally gob-smacked.

[TT5 Matt]

ok now i know what DPF's are so do all these modern wizz bang diesel cars/utes have them or just high end cars like audi's?

i remember usa wagner brand loaders had water scrubbers on them but they soon got bypassed and fitted with cat converters instead which did nothing to catch the micro carbon particles, being only 19yo at the time i had no idea about what the micro carbon particles would be doing to my lungs and over all live span but i sure know now yet 37 yrs have gone by and the companies in aussie are still using diesels underground though the motors are now running modern common rail injection systems now and they have filters on the sealed airconditioned cabins so the drivers arnt coping as much shite as before with open cabins

[80-85 husky]

not much good for us geos wandering around underground breathing crap!

[skypig]

My "work ride" burns 780 L of "kero" (JetA1) an hour.
I'm glad the particulate is behind me - makes the tail boom pretty black after a while.

The van actually loses a little power if it accidentally gets filled with Jet. (And a dash of oil)
I wouldn't run it in a turbo/common rail diesel.

[Mick D]

If Envy is a sin, then I am a sinner

Now back to the cancer,,,worked in the fuel industry for about 5.5years,
I get a questionnaire every subsequent year, so see if I am still alive

Yes Kero is just JetA1 with a blue dye added. Latter proven that it is the dye that is/was the main cancer causing component.

I don't know if  the same dye is still used??

But the use of gloves around your parts washer makes sense.

Long fuel and chemical proof gauntlets = $4.75

[TT5 Matt]

wow this just gets worse so the kero with the blue dye in it did it cause the cancer by contact or by burning it? and why did they need to use the dye as the smell of it tells you what it is. my old boss liked using kero in the parts cleaner which i never liked coz of the smell and it dried out my skin badly but my home parts cleaner ive always used diesel in it as never worn gloves as cant feel though them when cleaning those little bits inside chainsaw carbies

[Mick D]

Everyone hates wearing a glove

Not everyone has a sense of smell and add to that the fact that they actually make an odorless(or low odor kero)
Safest approach is to believe that everything gives you  cancer, especially if it is from the chemical or oil industry.

Probably too late to glove up now, by the sound of things you should be half dead already

[TT5 Matt]

"by the sounds of things you proberly should be half dead already" yeah some days i feel like that but the human body is an amazing thing that keeps on keeping on as long as you dont adbuse it too often for too long and sure glad i got out of the mines when i did and now i spend most of my time living on a farm though thats only half a kay from hiway number 1 but rarely do i hear or smell the traffic on it but great for jumping on the bike anytime i want to do abit of circle work

[80-85 husky]

we owned a service station from the 70's to the late 80's. I lived in a pit of fuel. I would carry over to the pumps a tub of muddaboik bits and turn on the super pump and fill er up for a big scrubbing...finish it off with a wash with a mix of kero and comprox and hose er all off into the gutter ...those were the days!

[skypig]

we owned a service station from the 70's to the late 80's. I lived in a pit of fuel. I would carry over to the pumps a tub of muddaboik bits and turn on the super pump and fill er up for a big scrubbing...finish it off with a wash with a mix of kero and comprox and hose er all off into the gutter ...those were the days!

Don't worry: "Super" was organic wholemeal. (A bit like the asbestos I was exposed to during my trade)

[shelpi]

Back a few years ago went for the standard 50 year olds medical and they handed me a form asking what have I been exposed to
dust  yes
asbestos yes
other man made fibre's yes
radiation yes
petro chemicals yes
sun exposure yes
other chemicals and or carcinogenics yes
are you or have you smoked yes
do you consume alcohol   Der of course yes
so from what I can see Ive had a pretty full life 

[Mick D]

Sort of reminds me about the older bloke starting to panic and goes to the doctor;

"I want to live to a hundred Doc! I have started exercising and given up smoking"
     >"What about drinking and loose women? have you given them up too?"

"yes Doc! no more of that for me!"
     >"So, why, do you want to live to a hundred ?"

[shelpi]

Ah good one Mick,
the other day I went to the doctors, took my wife cos me hearing aint to good
anywho long story short, doc says hmm gunna nead some samples!
we want a urine sample
a pheasy sample
a blood sample
and while we are at it a sperm sample
I said hey what did he say! the wife said HE WANTS YOUR UNDER PANTS 

[Nathan S]

Back a few years ago went for the standard 50 year olds medical and they handed me a form asking what have I been exposed to
dust  yes
asbestos yes
other man made fibre's yes
radiation yes
petro chemicals yes
sun exposure yes
other chemicals and or carcinogenics yes
are you or have you smoked yes
do you consume alcohol   Der of course yes
so from what I can see Ive had a pretty full life 

So you got 100% in the test! Well done!

[shelpi]

Back a few years ago went for the standard 50 year olds medical and they handed me a form asking what have I been exposed to
dust  yes
asbestos yes
other man made fibre's yes
radiation yes
petro chemicals yes
sun exposure yes
other chemicals and or carcinogenics yes
are you or have you smoked yes
do you consume alcohol   Der of course yes
so from what I can see Ive had a pretty full life 

So you got 100% in the test! Well done!

hey yer finally passed a test, thanks Nathan