Diesel Owners - Post Fill Up/De-Stinking
 

The only downside to owning a diesel...is when you go to fill up and the second you touch the hose you discover :yikes:...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.

This is not a problem here in NJ :) And I use latex gloves when travelling outside of the state...

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 :rolleyes:

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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.

Gloves?!?!

You are squeezing a handle, not doing a prostate exam!

Grab a paper towel, Kleenex, or napkin- put it on you hand, grab the handle and squeeze!

I assume that all diesel nozzles will be dirty and grab some paper towel from the dispenser. I also carry some of the cheap $1 cotton gardening gloves just in case.

LOL ...:thumbup:

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....

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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 http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ieselGlove.jpg

I love the pic...did you take it yourself??? And I like her name! I am thinking of a name for my baby....

Yeah, diesel pump in one hand, iPhone in the other! I'm sure I looked like a nut!! :)

Our white 1983 300TD Diesel wagon served us proud for 197,000 miles. When I sold her, she was still going strong (little transmission slip between gears 2-3), but engine was still fit, factory A/C was ice cold and all power options still worked..including auto antenna!

I like the name Greta too! My spouse could not believe I would name a 2011 BMW Great...but it fits (well, kind of:).

Let us know, if your d gets a name too!!

I haven't had any issues with dirty diesel handles yet. If/when it happens, I'll run into the station and wash my hands. No biggie. The last time I was filling up I saw the attendants outside cleaning the pump handles and pumps themselves so maybe the station I frequent is cleaner than most. :dunno:

I don't have one yet.....maybe a poll is in order...a strong, yet feminine name...

it must suck when you step in the stain on the concrete also aye? i hear they make booties you can put over your tassle loafers also. :bustingup

you haven't lived until you are under your F350 trying to get the poorly placement engineered fuel filter off the frame rail as the diesel fuel runs into your armpit. buck-up Chester.

Or the oil filter housing that holds TWO QUARTS of oil, and drops when you unscrew it... no matter how much you say "I got it this time"....:iagree:

Must say that this is the only thing I dislike about X5 diesel ownership. At least you don't have to visit the filling station too often.

In the UK almost all service stations have both polythene or vinyl gloves as well as paper towels at every pump. I also carry a box of vinyl disposable gloves in each of our 3 Diesel cars for the rare occasions when the station has run out. A box of 100 pairs isn't expensive and lasts for years.

Some stations provide you a glove, if you ask! Most do not though. I keep a handful of these thin, poly gloves in the center console or glove box.
500 gloves for about $5 USD! Since you only need one glove to fill up...that is 500 fill ups, and we know with the great mileage our E70 Diesels get...these 500 gloves are going to last a LONG TIME!
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...eselGloves.jpg

In Canada I've never seen a station with gloves for diesel pumps. If the pump is pretty messy I just use the paper towels.

LOL ~ great counter point (and a visual that will live a long time in my brain). Before you cry "wimp" I've always laughed that I only have an issue when I'm dressed up in a suit on my way to a client meeting (trust me, it's not common).

As for washing up in a bathroom -- for me it doesn't have any effect (Oil/water issue ~ remember?).

Yes, I have seen puddles on the ground, but those I can easily see and step around.

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