Foul smelling diesel / stale odour

[Hodge]

When I picked up the patrol almost 2 weeks ago, the very next morning I noticed a rather foul smell coming out of the exhaust. Very hard to describe, almost like a stale / old paint smell. I'm not sure what exactly it smells like. It's definitely not the usual diesel exhaust fumes you would smell.
Stale diesel ??? I've barely gone through a whole tank since picking it up.
Some googling reveals this could be due to the diesel spending way too much time in the tank, vehicle may have been idle for a long time.
Should I dump it completely and re-fill to flush the tanks or should it go away after a few fills ? Main concern is if there is something not right with the diesel, the very sensitive common rail pump will not like it and cause dramas down the line....
Thoughts?

[nissannewby]

It's kinda like sulphur. The common rails smell like that due to high injection pressures and better more complete burning of the diesel. Stand near any new common rail diesel and this is the smell you describe.

[Hodge]

I read about CRD's having that sulphury smell. But before this patrol I had a d22 with a 2.5 CRD and that had a nice clean crisp diesel smell, nowhere near what this patrol's exhaust spits out.
Maybe the 3.0L are different.

[BigRAWesty]

Id be lifting the tank hatch and inspecting the diesel and checking for mold etc..
But also check/ replace fuel filter.
Just to be sure.

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

[Hodge]

Thanks Westy I'll take a look at the tank/tanks. Fuel filter was replaced 5 days ago, as were all other oils/ filters. Cheers.

[grimace]

if it makes you feel any better mine smells odd too, i asked around and was told the same thing that they just smell different.

[threedogs]

What did you drive before, a petrol car??
So welcome to the dirty Diesel world we know and love. lol

[Hodge]

What did you drive before, a petrol car??
So welcome to the dirty Diesel world we know and love. lol

Diesel before this mate. D22 common rail 2.5. Smelled like diesel should. Lol

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[paulyg]

Could also be the cat converter making it smell odd.

[jack]

Could also be the cat converter making it smell odd.

Yeah a few days after I convert a cat with my Patrol they start to smell bad, especially in hot weather.

Sorry couldn't resist.