0
Can you get carbon monoxide poisoning from a diesel exhaust leak from the engine?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Yes, you get carbon monoxide poisoning from a diesel exhaust leak from the engine.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are the side effects of hi levels of diesel exhaust inhalation?
Death from Carbon Monoxide poisoning or various permanent lung disorders
Can you get carbon monoxide poisoning from diesel semi trucks?
This is possible, but unlikely. Diesel engines detonate fuel using pressure and temperature, rather than with an artificial spark. This process operates with excessive oxygen, ensuring a much more complete combustion than what is typical in a gasoline engine. Typically, diesel exhaust contains some carbon monoxide, but the amounts are very minimal and not fatal for an otherwise healthy person. The author of this answer used to work as an over-the-road truck driver, and once had an experience where a neighboring truck was basically pumping diesel fumes straight into the sleeper vent all night. The inside of the sleeper was all hazy and the diesel odor was extremely strong, but it did not cause any health problems beyond teary eyes. It is completely possible to get carbon monoxide poisoning from a diesel engine in a road tractor. Contributing factors such as weather, temperature, and engine condition can greatly affect the chance of carbon monoxide poisoning. A good example of this is that a driver in a truck with an exhaust problem when it is cold and raining is at greater risk than the same person in the same truck on a sunny day. The reason for this is the barometric pressure holds the carbon monoxide closer to the ground and allows it to enter the truck.
Deadly amounts of carbon monoxide can be released from which of the following?
inboard gas engine exhaust
Do diesel cars produce carbon monoxide?
of course
How can you cure carbon monoxide poisoning from diesel?
All carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is the same, regardless of the source. We presume you mean from diesel exhaust. CO replaces oxygen in red blood cells and causes oxygen deprivation. In advanced cases it leads to brain damage, the same as from drowning or other forms of suffocation. Immediate treatment involves removing the patient from the presence of CO, and administering oxygen. If a pressure chamber is available, pure oxygen under pressure can overcome some of the problems until the CO is cleared from the body over time. If there is brain damage, it is no more "curable" when caused by carbon monoxide poisoning than from any other source. Time and rehabilitation may lead to improvement.
Why is it dangerous to run a engine in an enclosed place?
The engine burn oxygen with petrol or diesel which is a combination of carbon and hydrogen. The exhaust gases should be carbon dioxide and water (H2O) in vapour form. There will also be some incomplete combustion which means in stead of just carbon dioxide and water there will be some carbon monoxide and sometimes even carbon (soot). Carbon monoxide is very dangerous us, just small amounts will kill you. While carbon dioxide on the other hand technically can't kill you, in high enough concentrations you can suffer carbon dioxide poisoning. Just like in a locked and air tight sealed room you'll die of carbon dioxide poisoning before you die if oxygen deprevation. So it's down to inhaling the dangerous exhaust fumes. That'll cause you to pass out and then eventually kill you.
How is carbon monoxide produced?
carbon monoxide is produced by the burning of many different types of fuels.
What burns to form carbon monoxide?
Any carbon-contaning fuel can produce carbon monoxide when burned; gasoline, natural gas, diesel, wood, and paper are common ones.
Where does carbon monoxide emanates?
Carbon monoxide mostly emanates from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels such as gasoline, diesel, natural gas, and wood. It can be released from sources like car engines, power plants, industrial processes, and home heating systems. It is a colorless, odorless gas that can be highly toxic when inhaled.
The name of the gas that was used to kill jews?
Zyklon B, a brand name for a form of Hydrogen Cyanide
When petrol or diesel is combusted in vehicles what are the products formed?
Carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). There can also be some carbon monoxide formed (CO).
How are carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide emitted?
The principle ways carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are emitted is from the burning of fossil fuels. This can be in coal burning to produce electricity. The burning of gasoline and diesel in automobiles and trucks also produces carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Aviation in all its forms burns Jet Kerosene which is also a major source. Respiration in living things such animals and humans etc, produces carbon dioxide but NOT carbon monoxide in any appreciable quantity.
