Pine Sol In Diesel fuel

[Bills Oak]

The posting made me think of something that happened to me last year. Guy down the street got tired og his wife complaining of the smell of diesel smoke when they were travelling in their F350 Ford. He pulls a 40 foot 5th wheel trailer all over the country. well he got the bright idea of putting a quart of Pine Sol in his 50 gallon tank when he fuels up. He did this & invited me down to check out his truck last month & I'll be ????ed--exhaust smells like a pine tree!--Said he has put over 50,000 miles on it this past year or so & still runs fine & his dealer says it probably won't hurt anything!--Anybody ever hear of this?

 

[bwalker]

What a moron.

 

[Oregon_Rob]

I have to agree with Ben here, assuming your not pulling our leg altogether.

 

[bwalker]

Ever priced a injection pump for a diesel? The pump on my Cummins cost 3,000+ for the pump only.

 

[hokiebob1]

Moron is right. However, there are additives out there that tremendously reduce smoke and smell. I work for an additive company (my current company bought a division of Texaco and I can vouch for Sedanman-I know his buddy) and these additives exist. There's an event in Australia where they race class 8 diesels and they have to shut them down every 25 laps or so to let the smoke clear-we sold them some stuff and low and behold, smoke is gone (read this as also lower emmissions). Some of these additives exist in some premium diesel fuels, but I'm not sure about over the counter-I'll find out.

I brought home some stuff from work for my torpedo/bullet heater in the garage-added several pipets to the kerosene, and no joke, smell is much more tolerable and the smoke plumes at startup/shutdown are gone.

 

[lucky]

Ben,
Did you have to replace your pump? VP44?

 

[Lawn Masters]

I wont believe that a diesel will smell like pine till I smell it myself in person, I dont think its likely to be too good for the fuel system though. If anything it would most likely ruin the pump first then the rest of the engine. Unless youre trying to make the engine look and smell pine fresh

 

[Jacob J.]

A quart of pine sol in a 50 gallon tank at fill up isn't really that much pine sol. Today's highway taxed diesel has a lot of detergents in it, probably equivalent to what a quart of pine sol in a 50-gallon tank would measure out to, or more so. Besides, what's going to burn up his injection pump? Is pine sol that acidic or have acidic qualities? Will it cause build-up in the pump impeller chamber? Will a chemical reaction with diesel cause etching of rubber, plastic, and soft metal parts in the fuel system?

The chemical structure of pine sol can't be very unstable, otherwise it wouldn't be sold to the general public. I've seen guys drain diesel out of their tractors that have been sitting for two years and put in their pickups and drive off like they just filled up at the station. The trucks didn't have any problem with it.

 

[BlackSmith]

I like the smell of my Cummins just the way it is...

 

[topnotchtree]

Why did this get posted in the chainsaw forum?

I seen lettering on the back of a Dodge diesel pickup the other day that made me laugh out loud....I'd rather be cumming than power-stroking!

 

[Crofter]

I'm not saying Pinesol definetely is bad for any of the components, but this kind of apparent endorsement has the same ring as a lot of urban legends. Two cautions come to mind, 1. what is the water content of it, 2. what will happen to it in the heat of the injector tips. The detergents of motor oil may have very little in common with the deterent in pinesol. One is made to keep things in suspension in a mineral oil environment an the other in a water based environment. My diesels won't ever know the joy of having Pinesol breath!

Frank

 

[jokers]

Hey, I don`t care about the smell and you`re running lean if your not leaving a trail, LOL, but what neutralizes the dye in fuel oil or off road diesel? That`s what I really want to find! Ya think Pine Sol might work?

Russ

 

[BlackSmith]

Originally posted by jokers
but what neutralizes the dye in fuel oil or off road diesel?

Russ

the road tax does Joker....heh

 

[jokers]

Originally posted by BlackSmith
the road tax does Joker....heh

Whew, wish it didn`t cost fifty cents a gallon to take the red out. Wonder if Visine would work?