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01-14-2011, 10:30 PM
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Diesel Owners - Post Fill Up/De-Stinking
 ...ewww, previous person got fuel all over it. Now your hand have been "perfumed" (aka "diesel skunked").I'm curious what others are using to get that smell off. The only think I've found to work is a very small spray bottle of Simple Green that I use like hand sanitizer. It actually works well, but curious what others are having luck in using. 
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01-14-2011, 10:36 PM
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This is not a problem here in NJ
 And I use latex gloves when travelling outside of the state...
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01-14-2011, 11:49 PM
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We have over 16,000 miles on our 2009 35d and this has NEVER, let me repeat NEVER, been a problem for either me or my wife.
Maybe it's because we mostly refuel at stations that do NOT cater to the truck trade. Or maybe we are just hicks in the country that think the smell of diesel is an aphrodisiac. Either way works for me  Funf Dreisig
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01-14-2011, 11:53 PM
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Typically, I don't notice. But if I'm traveling and find a particularly dirty fuel nozzle, I just take a trip to the station rest room and wash my hands afterward. A bit inconvenient, but once every 500 miles or so isn't bad, even if I had to do it every time.
If it bothers you, taking a paper towel from the windshield washing tub and using it to hold the nozzle might help. I find about 1/3 of the stations I stop at have paper towels at the pump islands.
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01-15-2011, 01:31 PM
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Now. in a more serious tone...
I frankly do NOT find that diesel nozzles are that bad... the part where my hand goes is usually not dirty or oily, and I rarely need to do anything at all. Maybe it is living in California (is there a law that stations must wash diesel nozzles each night? Dunno) Not to say I've never seen a nasty one, especially at more commercial/truck stop type places.... A
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01-15-2011, 01:41 PM
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Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I keep a box of those thin, plastic 'Cafeteria Lady' gloves in the glovebox or center console! They are thin, cheap and easy to get on and off. Also, unlike surgical latex or vinyl gloves, these thin plastic gloves leave no powdery residue or latex smell (which to me, is just as bad as Diesel). Here's a picture of my dieseling up Greta! Yeah, I named her Greta, in honour of my old 300TD wagon, who was also Greta, and a happy part of our lives for 197,000 miles
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