Re: [MBZ] Yet another reason not to drive a BMW diesel

2018-10-24 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I think they meant the blue urea stuff, not coolant - reporters should not be allowed to write anything technical. On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 2:01 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I don't actually know but I suspect its something like: > The coolant leaks into a chambe

Re: [MBZ] Yet another reason not to drive a BMW diesel

2018-10-24 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I don't actually know but I suspect its something like: The coolant leaks into a chamber thats a bazillion degrees during regeneration, the water boils out of the coolant and the resulting "stuff" is hot enough to ignite. -Curt On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 2:53:30 PM EDT, Randy Bennell

Re: [MBZ] Yet another reason not to drive a BMW diesel

2018-10-24 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
So, the engine overheats when the coolant leak becomes an issue and that causes the soot to ignite? RB On 24/10/2018 1:37 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: It says the fire is around the exhaust filter which is where soot gets burned up, presumably it gets really hot in there... -Curt

Re: [MBZ] Yet another reason not to drive a BMW diesel

2018-10-24 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
It says the fire is around the exhaust filter which is where soot gets burned up, presumably it gets really hot in there... -Curt On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 1:29:15 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I also wondered about this.  I was brought up with the tale of using

Re: [MBZ] Yet another reason not to drive a BMW diesel

2018-10-24 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I also wondered about this. I was brought up with the tale of using diesel fuel to extinguish fires if there were no water on hand. On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 12:43 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Getting glycol on your soot makes it more flammable? > I think something

Re: [MBZ] Yet another reason not to drive a BMW diesel

2018-10-24 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Getting glycol on your soot makes it more flammable? I think something got lost in the translation to Reporterese. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: ht