Hi peeps,


Got wind of this from Inquirer's Motoring section today. Apparently there's a possibility that they might impose EURO-4 compliance on diesel vehicles.

For the sake of discussion...assuming that we are able to push EURO-4 diesel by then:

Isn't EURO-4 compliance more to do with the fuel, and not the engine? Following the line of though that dirty fuel causes dirty exhaust...wouldn't cleaner fuel mean less emissions, regardless of the engine?

Will existing non-EURO4 compliant vehicles be forcibly phased out? Or does it simply mean that sale on non-EURO-4 vehicles will be prohibited?

How on earth are they gonna get all the PUVs to replace their engines in 4 year's time?


As a follow up to the above, would it be best to "future-proof" your vehicle purchases now by buying EURO-4 compliant vehicles? Then again, even if your engine is EURO-4, chances are all that goes out the window if the diesel is dirty..may even mess up the engine....


Would it be possible to retrofit EURO-2/old school diesel engines with kits to make it EURO-4 compliant?


Where does biodiesel rank along the EURO-* levels? Would its use automatically make your car EURO-* compliant already?