From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sun Jul 25 2004 - 19:43:12 PDT
Diesel can also acquire a particular species of bacteria or algae, I forget
exactly which. The little critters eat the part of the oil that tastes good,
and leave the rest, along with, well, products of digestion, shall we say.
This residue probably smells a bit different, and may not burn correctly.
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vernon Tuck" <vtuck@tucklings.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Fw: The smell of old Diesel
> I'll be interested in hearing other responses.
>
> But in my experience, since diesel is an oil, old diesel smells like -
> diesel.
>
> Unlike gasoline there is nothing volatile in it to evaporate off, leaving
a
> residue.
>
> I wonder if somebody put the wrong fuel in your generator.
>
> Vernon
>
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