Kurt and All,
If you want blown fuel injectors - try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZgrfTj0-KU
Mexican railway locomotives were often poorly maintained -
and injectors on a V 12 to V16 diesel engines were often let go.
The opening shot has one that isn't bad by Mexican standards
- but horrible by American ones.
-Joey
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Allen: the good thing about that particular pollution is that it quickly
> settles out of the air. The soot and smoke you can see has a short residence
> time in the air, while the super fine stuff hangs around much longer.
>
> Most fleet operators would gladly correct the smoking issue; black smoke is
> wasted fuel, after all. However, injectors are expensive: ours are $1800
> each assembly, x6 for one of our buses, and it is easily a two day job to
> remove and replace them.
>
> Kurt
>
> On Oct 6, 2011 10:24 AM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Personally I agree with the "smiles per mile". Until the make fleet vehicles
> get emissions inspected I wouldn't worry about all the bikes in the country.
> I know we have some diesel fans but yesterday I got stuck behind a dump
> truck that was laying down so much black smoke that I could barely see the
> road. It gave me a headache within minutes, and made me nauseous as well.
> You can't tell me that isn't air pollution, and just about every city bus is
> just as bad.
>
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