What do all think of this vw job

[leswold]

Don't really see the importance of this to the man on the street, I mean its not as if many read or believed the specs anyway. No doubt the thieving lawyers will wring them dry to line their own pockets. There must be some other manufacturers sweating right now though.

[mendiplogs]

Don't really see the importance of this to the man on the street, I mean its not as if many read or believed the specs anyway. No doubt the thieving lawyers will wring them dry to line their own pockets. There must be some other manufacturers sweating right now though.

 

Hi LES THATS THE WINNERS THE LAWERS THANKS JON

[mendiplogs]

How come Jon.....is it made by Toyota?😉

 

Hi mate Years ago had same with some Toyota cars and brakes going thanks Jon

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

doesn't petrol contain benzene as an anti-knock agent to replace lead? That's carcinogenic, and appears in emissions, plus anyone handling the fuel is exposed;

 

don't petrol engines emit more hydrocarbons than an equivalent diesel? I think they are linked to cancer, greenhouse effect and photo-chemical smog. Combining with carbon monoxide can produce ozone, which has similar effects to NOx (the pollutant that diesel engines get slated for);

 

petrol engines emit more carbon monoxide, which is highly toxic. The cats that are fitted to convert this to carbon dioxide don't work until they are warmed up, which can take 10-15 minutes (they might never be effective on a short journey);

 

although this wouldn't be captured in car tests, petrol evaporates much more readily than diesel, which puts hydrocarbons into the atmosphere.

 

Benzene was the original aromatic (all aromatics have a C6H6 benzene ring) to replace lead for RON but was replaced by MTBE (toxic) which has in turn been replaced by Oxygenates. The previous remain but not for octance purposes. Exposure to Benzene when filling up a gasoline engined car is indeed considerably higher than recommended by WHO.

 

It is important to distinguish between UHC's (unburnt hydrocarbons) as survivors from the fuel and those created by pyrosynthesis during the combustion process. Both are considerably higher from a gasoline engine, partly due to it being more wasteful (constant volume cycle) and said catalysts are designed to convert HC's to more innoucuous substances.

 

Ironic how GHG agenda put CATS on SI engines to convert CO to CO2 (which would happen in atmosphere anyway, albeit slowly) and then CO2 became the measure by which taxation and green credentials were measured.

 

Now diesels produce more NO because they are lean burn so the excess oxygen (which eliminates the CO) increases the NO. Cue Eminox catalysts and urea injection aka Adblue to remove it; yet to come to passenger cars.

 

I don't for a minute attribute 1000 extra premature deaths in the UK to diesel exhaust NOx.

 

Tell me about H2S, Formaldehyde from chipboard, dioxins from barbecues, bonfires, EA emission limits on industrial plant cough cough splutter er hum I never said nuffin!

[Mark Bolam]

Say what?

[Pete Hart]

This made me chuckle!

[RichieR]

Ah it's fine just got change the glo plugs when I got 5 mins

[mendiplogs]

Ah it's fine just got change the glo plugs when I got 5 mins

 

Hi RICHIE THEM VW PICK UP WILL CHEAPER 😻😻😻😻😻

[RichieR]

When they drop to £500 I'll be in the market Jon. Mind I want all the extras thrown in as well mind

[Stoatally]

Cue Eminox catalysts and urea injection aka Adblue to remove it; yet to come to passenger cars.

 

I thought AdBlue was in use in cars already - Mercedes, Peugeot, Vauxhall and bizarrely VW themselves.