Diesel Pushers, Do The New Ones Smell?
My brother's wife has asthma which is triggered by the smell of diesel exhaust. She does fine near the small Sprinter diesel based motor homes, the newer ones that have the current-day catalytic conv...
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ron.dittmer wrote:
Skip,
You did good.
I really didn't mean to get into the technical/scientific/medical aspect of it. I should have asked....
Are the newer diesel pushers equipped with the same anti-pollutant devises as current-day small diesel powered vehicles? Or do they fall into the "other" category with tractor trailer trucks where the devises are still lacking?....they are lacking on the new big rigs, right?
All the newer tractor trailer trucks have the cleaner exhaust technology. They use DEF and also have particulate filters.
About the particulate filters (DPF) - during needed cycles, additional fuel is sent into the exhaust stream to "clean" the DPF. In other words, for a few minutes/miles, the diesel soot particles are emitted into the atmosphere. You can never completely burn up a solid. Maybe break up the particles into smaller particles and burn any gases out that may be present. Solids will always remain solids.
