Those forgotten Automotive smells

[dirtydirtydiesel]

Castrol A747 smells nearly as good as Castrol R without all the problems of Castor oil
I grew up on that smell in the 70's hence the garage full of 2 strokes
The gp's haven't been the same since the introduction of diesels in the noughties

[PeterN]

The diesels smell a lot different now to when I had my first one in '59. They had a lovely sweet smell when you started from cold but that soon changed to a soot laden fog.

Peter

[dirtydirtydiesel]

Na Peter,
You misunderstand, two stroke heads refer to four stroke bikes as diesels

[Welly]

Does anyone else notice the smell of new modern diesels almost makes you feel sick? it's like a thick dust kinda smell.

Anyway this Castrol-R smell is that a bit like a Vespa 2-stroke smell?

[PeterN]

Modern diesels often emit a strong ozone type smell which I assume is when the DPF is regenerating, I could be wrong of course but mine don't do it and they don't have DPF's.

I had a 125 Vespa in the '50's and the flavour of the exhaust depended on how much oil you mixed with the petrol, didn't come ready mixed then.

Peter

[Doggy]

I think it's mostly cataclysmic converters that are responsible for the stench.
There's no difference in the exhaust smell I could determine with or without a DPF, but removing the cat restores the authentic Perkins / Gardner 150 aroma our more senior readers may remember.

[dirtydirtydiesel]

Welly,
I'm a perv & just like any two stroke aroma , I even love my hedge clipers (two stroke of course)
Most two stroke smells sweet n sickly.
As for diesels, I've never liked the smell ever since the fairground generators in the 80's

[PeterN]

I did quite a few Perkins conversions starting in 1959 with a Vauxhall Velox. Perkins did 4/99 kits to fit practically every British car, not very good performance but brilliant on fuel and quite a new and distinctive smell at the time. The noise was quite distinctive too, if I passed a bus stop everyone moved to the edge of the pavement.

Peter

[Welly]

As for diesels, I've never liked the smell ever since the fairground generators in the 80's

That literally made me feel sick! remember the smell of burgers, candyfloss, diesel fumes and whiff of Gypsy armpit....couple that with a ride on the Waltzers and

[PeterN]

They are a lot better than they were, '40's and '50's lorries completely disappeared in a cloud of smoke when climbing a hill - very slowly.

Peter