Diesel exhausts do cause cancer, says WHO

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Originally Posted by baronWastelan

I have to admit that does sound like a lot of fun. In theory at least. I would also consider adding something to the fuel to give the smoke a rotten egg smell. Is that technically feasible?

Oh it is. You can paint someone's interior black in a matter of seconds.

As far as for the smell I image you could put some sort of additive to give the exhaust a nasty smell as long as it still had lubricity.

The earliest one I had was a 7.3 (the original powerstroke DI). The injectors fired off of 110 DC Volts, so you could imagine the size of the injector / nozzle compared to the newer Huey setups firing with 20-50 DC volts.

My old 7.3 ran 100% off of used transmission fluid, used oil, power steering fluid, gas, you name it. If I drained it I threw it in the tank. Just imagine changing your oil and putting it in the fuel tank of your truck when you're done!

I had three 55 gallon drums at home filled up at all times as I would just take the used oil away from some of my dealership buddies holding tanks. I didn't use a drop of diesel fuel for almost 3 years with that truck. No drivability issues, unusual smoking, etc. But you could definitely smell it. More fuel filter changes, but that's about it.

Another buddy of mine owns a restaurant and ran his old 7.3 on straight fryer grease. It was hilarious as every where he went, his truck smelled like a fast food joint.

Sadly, the newer models have a much smaller nozzle, not to mention 5000 - 6000 lbs of fuel pressure at idle, in the heads, as they aren't fired off of oil pressure anymore. So lobbing some old 15w40 in there can cause some headaches. It's not worth it anymore.