March 2018
Anyone wanting Ford radio codes. Please start a new thread and post the serial number that starts with an M and 6 digits or a V and six digits. I am sure myself and other forum members would find this a lot easier than trawling through 4 years worth of previous requests. Thanks. Read more
Anyone know where I'd get them in the UK?
Never had any success with the "standard" easy-out stylee extractors, with the tapered threaded insert portion, not even a Dormer one.... Read more
My old Dad, a marine engineer, gave me the tip about using a file, when an oil pressure sensor sheared off leaving the thread behind. Worked a treat, but it was not a large threaded diameter, and a light alloy component in a cast iron block. The one and only time I've needed to do such a job.
Things can get much more tricky and I met someone in vintage circles who got a difficult item removed by spark erosion (iirc)....
AD should get a remote controlled garage door opener fitted. Read more
Re: Sealing facts: if the correspondent is not fully confident of a damaged tyre at motorway speeds, then the only sensible decision is to buy a new one. Does he not consider his life is worth more than £75.00?
Does anyone know what they are talking about. we seem to be jumping from knee jerk reaction to knee jerk reaction.
Diesel is now better than gas, study says
July 14, 2017 by Jeff Heinrich, University of Montreal
Diesel is now better than gas
Credit: THINKSTOCK
Modern diesel cars emit less pollution generally than cars that run on gasoline, says a new six-nation study published today in Scientific Reports whose groundwork was laid in part by an American chemist now working at Université de Montréal.
And since diesel is so much cleaner than before, environmental regulators should increasingly shift their focus to dirtier gasoline-powered cars and other sources of air pollution, says the UdeM scientist, Patrick Hayes.
"Diesel has a bad reputation because you can see the pollution, but it's actually the invisible pollution that comes from gasoline in cars that's worse," said Hayes, 36, an assistant professor at UdeM.
"The next step should be to focus on gasoline or removing old diesel vehicles from the road. Modern diesel vehicles have adopted new standards and are now very clean, so attention needs to now turn to regulating on-road and off-road gasoline engines more. That's really the next target."
The study, led by researchers in Switzerland and Norway with help from Hayes and colleagues in Italy, France and the U.S., looked at carbonaceous particulate matter (PM) emitted from the tailpipes of cars. Read more
Another report.
Carcinogenic soot particles from petrol engines
May 24, 2017, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Carcinogenic soot particles from petrol engines
Credit: Empa
A new study led by Empa scientists finds that some direct-injection gasoline engines emit just as many soot particles as unfiltered diesel cars did in the past. Particle filters can remedy this.
I believe from 2020 VW will be fitting filters to all their petrol cars, seems it's not all down to diesel.
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