[AT] synthetic oil - gas versus diesel trucks

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

Well comparing the old 6.9/7.3 in the Fords and 5.9 Cummins in Dodge to some of the more recent diesel offerings are quite different from a noise perspective. I’ve walked by a few as they were running and did a double take to see the badging. Couldn’t believe how much quieter they are.

As for the exhaust odor, that is an issue for many people. For a while when I was driving mine on a daily basis to work, during the summer months I’d go by my local cooperative and get bio fuel. I had a director where I worked that was big into renewable energy and was touting it in his VW car. I forget how he labeled it (dirty mix?) where you’d just take and top off your fuel tank in your car with bio for whatever percentage you wanted. So I’d wait until I was down to half tank and then go by and top it off for a 50/50 ration. At one point I ran it at close to a 100% for a little while in my 02 Ford with the 7.3. The only negative during that time was I plugged a fuel filter with all the cleaning that took place. On the plus side you could stand by the tailpipe and it had an almost sweet smell to it. And nothing that would make your eyes water.

Then diesel took a steep rise ($4+ a gallon) and the bio was too rich for my blood so I stopped using it in that quantity. I still take great interest in those that use old fryer oil and make their own fuel.

I don’t drive my diesel now unless I need to pull my 5th wheel camper or haul a tractor/skid loader somewhere. So it sits most of the time. I think at some point I’m going to find a rust free box from down south and have the thing repainted. With only 142K on it there are many good miles left. Besides I can get a lot of work done to it for only a few payments on a new rig. And as Steve O would say…I wouldn’t be a part of the “science fair project”.  ☺

Brad

On 11/20/16, 6:56 AM, "at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of John Hall" <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:

    The noise and smell are my 2 biggest knocks against diesel vehicles. Why 
    on earth diesel engines in vehicles have to be so %&*$ loud is beyond 
    me. We've only had 4 pcs of diesel machinery here on this farm--2 
    4020's, 4430 and a 6620 combine. None of them at full throttle make the 
    racket a diesel pickup idling does. Lets be honest, Semi-trucks are 
    quieter than pickups. And then there are the idiots that have to get 
    more HP and change the exhaust to make it louder. Whatever happened to 
    walk softly and carry a big stick? Love the durability and longevity of 
    diesels, just wish Detroit would quit marketing to the same old 
    defective gene that causes males in this country to "compensate" for 
    their inadequacies.
    
    John Hall
    
    
    On 11/19/2016 6:58 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
    >
    > For a daily driver, the gasoline is just more adaptable to start and
    > stop driving while working or running errands, and the noise of a diesel
    > is a pain in city driving while running errands, and going through
    > drive-thru facilities.
    
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