Hi,
Can sitting in a parked car with the engine on kill you!!!
I’ve watched in a movie that a guy did that, committing suicide in his garage. He took some sleeping pills, started his car in his garage and then fell asleep, later on dying!
Omg, when I’m waiting for my car to warm, in the garage, I sometime leave it on, before I back out.. I’ve been doing this for while, nothings happened.
Soo is it just the movie, or am I endanger, starting my car in the garage for like 30mins tops.
Also at stores, if im waiting I leave my car on… damm its like 39 degrees out here, its cold.
Please any advice.
Ps- what is it that endangers people’s lives, carbon monoxide?
Thanks.
Pss- is there something i can equpit my car with that can tell me if there’s any gas!
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Theres a recent story on the news where a woman (I think someone related to a famous person) walked into her garage where her car was warming up, and immediately fell down and passed out, dying from the carbon monoxide. It can and does happen. And chances of dying from it without being contained is very slim. Its going to happen when you are trapped in a small space where the fumes are getting into your car and building up. You could get a carbon monoxide detector like what you use for the home and just put one in your car but I wouldn
t bother. Just open your garage door so the fumes can air out when you are warming it up.
Yes, it’s carbon monoxide, and it’s deadly if you get enough of it. If you do still want to keep your engine running, crack a window an inch or two and keep the heater fan running, set to outside air, not recirculate. Also, have your exhaust system professionally checked to make sure it’s tight.
Long before you die, you’ll get a pounding head ache and feel nauseous and dizzy as hell if the CO is concentrated enough – that’s why the driver took sleeping pills first and why he parked in an enclosed garage. He apparently wanted a painless death.
In an enclosed space where the carbon monoxide can collect, yes you can die. Sitting in a parked car, outside, the chances are extremely slim. Millions do it all the time.
Forget your garage. This stuff is getting into your house too. And it doesn’t take much to start doing you harm. The human body’s respiration system is very lazy and It would rather absorb carbon monoxide over oxygen any time.
Noticed any headaches lately?
yes you can die like that. Yes it is the carbon monoxide gas that can kill you. I don’t think you can die if your car is outside but i am no sure. But yes in the garage if the door is closed
Only if you leave your mouth on the tail pipe and leave the garage door closed while the engine is running!
You shouldn’t leave your car running for 30 minutes. It’s not good for the engine and you are wasting a lot of gas. And I think 30 minutes of carbon monoxide in the garage can lead to lethal carbon monoxide poisoning. I think at least 20 (or less) minutes would endanger anybody’s life in the garage. I would have the garage door up while the car is running and not have it running any longer than 5 minutes. But I wouldn’t think that would even be necessary if the car is in the garage because it’ll be a lot colder if the car was sitting outside. Also, I think a car warms up quicker while driving it.
Workshops where cars will be run indoors have to have a flexible nozzle to go on the tail-pipe to allow the Carbon Monoxide (deadly at 4% concentration) to vent to the atmosphere – think something like the vent on a tumble-dryer.
If your garage is attached to the house, Carbon Monoxide could leech into the house, and at lower concentrations can still cause nausea and headaches in the healty, and presents a significant health risk to those already ill. Granted it is cold where you live, but you could get a water pre-heater, which warms your cars’ water up to give you a working heater and gets the engine up to temperature before you start it – they run off the mains electricity. It has to be safer!
Well, the answer is yes you can die from leaving your car running, but the catch is it must be in an enclosed place like a garage for this to happen. That is why it is not advised to warm your car in the garage. The first reason is that if the garage door is close while you are warming it, you can breathe in the carbon monoxide. Secondly, the deadly gas can seep into the house causing others to die as well. Always warm your car outside where the gas can escape. Just don’t do it in enclosed places, you are a lot safer that way.