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What are some of the EARLY symptom of the carbon monoxide poisoning, not sure if my car's exhaust system have a leak, but as soon as I have those early symptoms, just get out the car and I should be fine? thanks for your help
My guess is that the earliest symptoms are the less serious symptoms from the list below:
Dull headache
Weakness
Dizziness
Nausea or vomiting
Shortness of breath
Confusion
Blurred vision
Loss of consciousness
What is needed is a lot of mental willpower to actually move and get out.
What are some of the EARLY symptom of the carbon monoxide poisoning, not sure if my car's exhaust system have a leak, but as soon as I have those early symptoms, just get out the car and I should be fine? thanks for your help
I think the issue is being asleep when this occurs. You would have no indication that you were dying a slow death.
What are some of the EARLY symptom of the carbon monoxide poisoning, not sure if my car's exhaust system have a leak, but as soon as I have those early symptoms, just get out the car and I should be fine? thanks for your help
You should definitely get out of the car if you suspect CO poisoning.
But, in the meantime it can kill brain cells and other tissue, and the effects may last a long time. Best to get the car checked out if you suspect CO leaking into the passenger compartment. And definitely don't run the car in a closed garage.
What are some of the EARLY symptom of the carbon monoxide poisoning, not sure if my car's exhaust system have a leak, but as soon as I have those early symptoms, just get out the car and I should be fine? thanks for your help
Headache, nausea, flushed cheeks but no fever. But GET YOUR CAR CHECKED OUT because just "getting out of your car" doesn't mean you will automatically be fine. You might not be able to just get out of your car - it depends on the size of the leak and you will have no idea what the size is since CO can't be smelled.
My guess is that the earliest symptoms are the less serious symptoms from the list below:
Dull headache
Weakness
Dizziness
Nausea or vomiting
Shortness of breath
Confusion
Blurred vision
Loss of consciousness
What is needed is a lot of mental willpower to actually move and get out.
Yes, because one of the symptoms that isn't listed is the false feeling that "everything is OK." This is due to the inertia that CO brings with it - all you want to do is sleep and it seems like the most natural thing in the world to do. Like you MUST sleep in fact. It's the oddest sensation when you look back on it (if you're lucky enough to do so later).
Agreed. I dislike the high level of computer automation in vehicle electronics and the amount of repair issues they bring.
In at least 10 years of driving various vehicles with pretty intensive computer systems, I have had to have one - ONE - repair (which cost $40) on a computer system. And this was because a bug had gotten stuck on a sensor.
In at least 10 years of driving various vehicles with pretty intensive computer systems, I have had to have one - ONE - repair (which cost $40) on a computer system. And this was because a bug had gotten stuck on a sensor.
Yes, I'm sure there is the occasional story of a system failure costing thousands, but it's simply an occasional story. My experience with electronics is they are much more reliable than the web of vacuum hoses that used to have so much control.
In at least 10 years of driving various vehicles with pretty intensive computer systems, I have had to have one - ONE - repair (which cost $40) on a computer system. And this was because a bug had gotten stuck on a sensor.
That's fair.
Was that 10 years of driving relatively low mileage new vehicles?
I'm referring more to the prohibitive cost of repairing some of these systems when they do fail.
There are many cases of vehicles being nearly disposable later in life because of the cost of some silly unecessary electronics.
Yes, I'm sure there is the occasional story of a system failure costing thousands, but it's simply an occasional story. My experience with electronics is they are much more reliable than the web of vacuum hoses that used to have so much control.
Vacuum? You are going back more than fifty years with that one. Electronics have been common for more than thirty five years now.
From what I have seen the newer electronics do seem to last much longer than the first few decades of the technology overload.
I can still dislike todays level of over complicated costly gizmos. I dont care for the fact that they are half the initial cost of a new vehicle these days as well.
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