Do diesel fumes get into the TT when towing?
I'm searching for a new tow vehicle and I'm leaning very heavily towards a 3/4 ton or even a 1 ton truck if I can afford it and I am seriously considering getting a diesel engine. Unfortunately my wi...
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There will be no diesel smells in the camper. And, with today's blends of diesel fuel, it doesn't smell like it use to 40 years ago. You can stand right behind a new(er) diesel pick-up truck and never smell anything.
If you, or your wife, sees someone driving a pick-up truck (diesel) and it's belching black smoke, making a stink, it's because the owner has added motor oil to the gasoline to make the truck pump black smoke out the exhaust pipe(s) for show-off reasons. And that stuff ... yes ... does stink.
But if the (newer) trucks are used according to the way they were manufactured, you'll never smell anything, unless you stick your nose right in the exhaust pipe.
If you, or your wife, sees someone driving a pick-up truck (diesel) and it's belching black smoke, making a stink, it's because the owner has added motor oil to the gasoline to make the truck pump black smoke out the exhaust pipe(s) for show-off reasons. And that stuff ... yes ... does stink.
But if the (newer) trucks are used according to the way they were manufactured, you'll never smell anything, unless you stick your nose right in the exhaust pipe.
