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Well, I assume (guess, maybe...) that it came from my exhaust - I
checked the battery acid and gave them both a thorough check but nothing
suggested there was anything the matter. Julian remarked how clean the
tops of the batteries were - and no, I hadn't cleaned them! I was
sufficiently nonplussed to check them anyway, prior to the visit to his
pad last evening, and they were fine, so I then thought - if it was for
some reason a bad batch of diesel had found its way into my tanks, then
how would the engine (or exhaust) respond or indicate it to me? Would
there be, for example, a lowering of fuel economy, more labouring over
difficult stretches then is usual, sluggishness whilst going up steep
hills, some kind of obnoxious fumes, these kinds of things. Or some
other visible sign.
I was late arriving at Julians pad as I had been in Southampton for the
weekend so it was a question of flooring the accellerator and
maintaining a minimum speed of 95 miles an hour...whilst driving at
speed the concepts of things around me enable me to be party to an
almost altered perception of distance so I was sweep-scanning (like a
radar robot) from one side of the road to the other well in advance of
what I needed and spotted cameras at considerable distance, so I think I
avoided the flashes by being robotic....as I was well within the speed
limit by the time I reached their measured distances - which leads me on
to another thing - anybody got any idea about how to obtain some kind of
gadget that tells me where speed cameras are before I see them? not so I
can break the speed limit wantonly or irresponsibly, but just for peace
of mind, especially when I'm very late! and tending to be heavy footed
on the old gas pedal.
The sulpur smell is unrelated to short or long distances, I will add,
and the weekend was the only time I'd smelled it like that.
Renate
When I was at university (environmental science) I took a core module
on chemistry, so I'm not unduly worried about chemical reactions in my
engine, although I would like to know why I've never at any kind of
sulphur smell before from l'beast.
>>> [Email address removed] 03/14/05 03:04pm >>>
>From what I've read you get the rotten eggs smell (Hydrogen Sulphide)
from burning excess sulphur on the catalyst, typically after short
journeys.
But you don't have a catalyst! And all diesel now is meant to be low
sulphur anyway.
Was the smell really coming from the exhaust fumes? Down here I'd have
said it was probably from a farmer spraying slurry on the land now that
the weather is dry enough to do so - that can often be a pretty noxious
smell that travels a good long way.
The only other source of sulphur in a vehicle that I can think of is
the battery acid. I don't recall ever having had a smell when I spilled
some, but it might be worth a quick check.
Christopher Bell
Devon (the land of the ccooowwwssss), UK
1HD-FT
BTW I remember being taught during chemistry A level that:
(a) Hydrogen sulphide is 10x more poisonous that hydrogen cyanide
(b) It kills your sense of smell when present in any significant
concentration
(c) So if you are in an oil refinery & smell it getting stronger, then
the smell stops, run!
-----Original Message-----
From: [Email address removed]
[mailto:[Email address removed]]On Behalf Of Renate Haupt
Sent: 14 March 2005 14:30
To: [Email address removed]
Subject: [ELCO] & now for my sulphur query!
Elco
Any one got any suggestions as to the cause of the rotten egg smell
emanating from my beasts exhaust...!?
Renate
Well, I assume (guess, maybe...) that it came from my exhaust - I
checked the battery acid and gave them both a thorough check but nothing
suggested there was anything the matter. Julian remarked how clean the
tops of the batteries were - and no, I hadn't cleaned them! I was
sufficiently nonplussed to check them anyway, prior to the visit to his
pad last evening, and they were fine, so I then thought - if it was for
some reason a bad batch of diesel had found its way into my tanks, then
how would the engine (or exhaust) respond or indicate it to me? Would
there be, for example, a lowering of fuel economy, more labouring over
difficult stretches then is usual, sluggishness whilst going up steep
hills, some kind of obnoxious fumes, these kinds of things. Or some
other visible sign.
I was late arriving at Julians pad as I had been in Southampton for the
weekend so it was a question of flooring the accellerator and
maintaining a minimum speed of 95 miles an hour...whilst driving at
speed the concepts of things around me enable me to be party to an
almost altered perception of distance so I was sweep-scanning (like a
radar robot) from one side of the road to the other well in advance of
what I needed and spotted cameras at considerable distance, so I think I
avoided the flashes by being robotic....as I was well within the speed
limit by the time I reached their measured distances - which leads me on
to another thing - anybody got any idea about how to obtain some kind of
gadget that tells me where speed cameras are before I see them? not so I
can break the speed limit wantonly or irresponsibly, but just for peace
of mind, especially when I'm very late! and tending to be heavy footed
on the old gas pedal.
The sulpur smell is unrelated to short or long distances, I will add,
and the weekend was the only time I'd smelled it like that.
Renate
When I was at university (environmental science) I took a core module
on chemistry, so I'm not unduly worried about chemical reactions in my
engine, although I would like to know why I've never at any kind of
sulphur smell before from l'beast.
>>> [Email address removed] 03/14/05 03:04pm >>>
>From what I've read you get the rotten eggs smell (Hydrogen Sulphide)
from burning excess sulphur on the catalyst, typically after short
journeys.
But you don't have a catalyst! And all diesel now is meant to be low
sulphur anyway.
Was the smell really coming from the exhaust fumes? Down here I'd have
said it was probably from a farmer spraying slurry on the land now that
the weather is dry enough to do so - that can often be a pretty noxious
smell that travels a good long way.
The only other source of sulphur in a vehicle that I can think of is
the battery acid. I don't recall ever having had a smell when I spilled
some, but it might be worth a quick check.
Christopher Bell
Devon (the land of the ccooowwwssss), UK
1HD-FT
BTW I remember being taught during chemistry A level that:
(a) Hydrogen sulphide is 10x more poisonous that hydrogen cyanide
(b) It kills your sense of smell when present in any significant
concentration
(c) So if you are in an oil refinery & smell it getting stronger, then
the smell stops, run!
-----Original Message-----
From: [Email address removed]
[mailto:[Email address removed]]On Behalf Of Renate Haupt
Sent: 14 March 2005 14:30
To: [Email address removed]
Subject: [ELCO] & now for my sulphur query!
Elco
Any one got any suggestions as to the cause of the rotten egg smell
emanating from my beasts exhaust...!?
Renate