Smoky diesel? ..put water in it !

peasant

Not quite that simple ...but seemingly adding water to the diesel can reduce smoke by up to 80% !!:eek:

Already field tested and proven in France and Germany on Buses.

http://www.apta.com/services/intnatl/intfocus/aquazole.cfm

So ..how come the car industry wants to sell us expensive particulate filters that increase fuel consumption ..or urea that costs a fortune?

Adding water obviously doesn't quite carry the same margin

RICARDO1982

This would be a premixed form at the pumps. Not just a matter of pouring it in yourself as this could destroy the diesel pump and injectors. Anyway like every thing else on sale in the country we would pay dearly for it mark my words!

bitemybanger

Water and diesel dont mix, water dosnt compress, wont do engine any good.
but sure Johnny said it would work down in the pub last night when he was locked;):D

alias no.9

bitemybanger wrote: »

Water and diesel dont mix, water dosnt compress, wont do engine any good.

Diesel doesn't compress either, nor does any other liquid. It's the air that is compressed in an engine.

peasant

bitemybanger wrote: »

Water and diesel dont mix, water dosnt compress, wont do engine any good.
but sure Johnny said it would work down in the pub last night when he was locked;):D

errrr ...

you did read the link, did you ?

HashSlinging

Elf plans to have a French national market of about 1,000 city buses by early 2000 and foresees a national Aquazole fleet size of about 4,000 buses and 2,000 waste removal trucks by the beginning of 2001.

How come it hasnt hit us yet.

HJL

Diesel is bad enough at 129.9 a litre, pub prices is €2.50 for 250ml of Ballygowan!!

Spit62500

alias no.9 wrote: »

Diesel doesn't compress either, nor does any other liquid. It's the air that is compressed in an engine.

Its the air/fuel mix thats compressed....

Dermo123

Spit62500 wrote: »

Its the air/fuel mix thats compressed....

True in a petrol car but in a diesel the air is compressed first and the diesel squirted in when almost max compression has been reached.

Slidey

Not sure how that is supposed to work but i would imagine after a while the water may start to settle and water is not good for the small tolerances that is in diesel engines..
Diesel gets atomised by compressing it to pressures in excess of 900 bar in common rail situations

alias no.9

Spit62500 wrote: »

Its the air/fuel mix thats compressed....

Not in a diesel.

http://www.aquamist.co.uk/

water injection - first tried with WW2 propellor planes, can be used when a turbos boost is increased to prevent detonation. Decreasing nox emissions and giving better fuel economy and more power