New car's diesel exhaust bothering me. Now what?

Rahul Bhalgat · 14th February 2019, 03:00

If you are otherwise happy with your car, I will advise to continue with it. Use a pollution mask or better cabin filter as suggested here already.

Also get a genuine emission check done to see if the catalytic converter is working fine.

I have driven my SX4 petrol for 106k km so far in 7 years 10 months. That's not much of annual running but many times I drive 300 to 1200 km on business trips. Though I am happy with the FE (16 - 17 kmpl on highways), on such long trips I do tend to dream of good diesel cars. Though the diesel dream ends with the trip, your post has waken me up.

sumeethaldankar · 7th April 2019, 14:18

I finally sold off the Verna last month. I had it exactly for 6 months. The diesel induced headache wouldn't go plus I had some other issue with the car too which I may divulge later. I guess I was not happy with it. I decided my head is more important than the depreciation of which I did feel the pinch. I still got close to a 7 figure amount and ended up with a premium petrol hatch back up with more bells and whistles then the Verna had. Bottom line is I have become a bit poorer but I am happy and I am glad I don't have to inhale the diesel fumes and don't have to bother about idling any turbo vurbo

before switching off the car. I have a decent NA petrol engine which I can switch off on demand. I guess the diesel turkey oops I meant diesel torque is not for me. Do I miss the pull from the diesel, yeah, only while going over slow speed breakers I do but nowhere else. Now this way even if the NGT guys decides to pay Mumbai a visit I don't have to worry about them for the next 15 years.

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Rahul Bhalgat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Pune Posts: 1,155 Thanked: 1,956 Times	Re: New car's diesel exhaust bothering me. Now what? If you are otherwise happy with your car, I will advise to continue with it. Use a pollution mask or better cabin filter as suggested here already. Also get a genuine emission check done to see if the catalytic converter is working fine. I have driven my SX4 petrol for 106k km so far in 7 years 10 months. That's not much of annual running but many times I drive 300 to 1200 km on business trips. Though I am happy with the FE (16 - 17 kmpl on highways), on such long trips I do tend to dream of good diesel cars. Though the diesel dream ends with the trip, your post has waken me up.
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7th April 2019, 14:18	#17
sumeethaldankar Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 3,935 Thanked: 3,312 Times View My Garage	Re: New car's diesel exhaust bothering me. Now what? I finally sold off the Verna last month. I had it exactly for 6 months. The diesel induced headache wouldn't go plus I had some other issue with the car too which I may divulge later. I guess I was not happy with it. I decided my head is more important than the depreciation of which I did feel the pinch. I still got close to a 7 figure amount and ended up with a premium petrol hatch back up with more bells and whistles then the Verna had. Bottom line is I have become a bit poorer but I am happy and I am glad I don't have to inhale the diesel fumes and don't have to bother about idling any turbo vurbo before switching off the car. I have a decent NA petrol engine which I can switch off on demand. I guess the diesel turkey oops I meant diesel torque is not for me. Do I miss the pull from the diesel, yeah, only while going over slow speed breakers I do but nowhere else. Now this way even if the NGT guys decides to pay Mumbai a visit I don't have to worry about them for the next 15 years. Last edited by sumeethaldankar : 7th April 2019 at 14:24.
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