Thread: Exhaust smells like paint

Originally Posted by BigJon

Did you put unleaded in by mistake?

LOL, definately not by the pump, but who knows with these servos.

Sounds like dodgy fuel Craig'e,good to see no harm done!We also treated mates disco with bio-cide for fuel bug but red stuff was not affected,forgot to mention that. Bad fuel (including biodiesel) can be found any where,including big flash servos!

Originally Posted by CraigE

LOL, definately not by the pump, but who knows with these servos.

When I was living an Alice driving tow trucks for a living I went to a diesel campervan that was running poorly. There was a very strange and strong smell to the exhaust.

I asked the bloke who owned it if he had refueled recently, the answer was yes. I then asked if he might have put ULP in by mistake. He was certain he hadn't, even to the point of walking to the service station and looking at the pump he had used.

It was at this point that I asked if he had a receipt for the fuel..... He was most embarrassed when he saw he had refueled with ULP, even though he swore he hadn't.

Hence my original question.

Originally Posted by BigJon

When I was living an Alice driving tow trucks for a living I went to a diesel campervan that was running poorly. There was a very strange and strong smell to the exhaust.

I asked the bloke who owned it if he had refueled recently, the answer was yes. I then asked if he might have put ULP in by mistake. He was certain he hadn't, even to the point of walking to the service station and looking at the pump he had used.

It was at this point that I asked if he had a receipt for the fuel..... He was most embarrassed when he saw he had refueled with ULP, even though he swore he hadn't.

Hence my original question.

All good John, receipt says diesel and I had used this servo pump plenty of times when working up there for trucks and my own vehicle and the only diesel pump out front is at the end (and only diesel not multi purpose pump) apart from the high flow pumps out the side for trucks. Also the car in front of me was diesel and the one on the opposite side of the pump was diesel. Would be interesting to know if they had a similar experience. Car never ran rough at all, but today seems to be running a touch hotter than normal, possibly not related.
I remember when my brother put diesel into his Torana, was pretty embarrassed with all the white smoke.

He Craig
Just make sure the kidz havent picked up any habits from the locals.The smell of paint thinners isnt coming from inside the cab is it?????
Andrew