Carbon Monoxide monitor

[SuiteSuccess]

Cotrekers post about exhaust pipes reminded me of an educational post I kept forgetting to make.  First to a story.  Several years ago we were making the trip from East Tennessee to the National Rally in Kansas.  For the majority of the trip the wife and I were slightly nauseated with a dull headache.  Thought it was travel fatigue (stupid me, my career was in the medical field).  Upon arriving and milling around my truck I found the bottom of my truck muffler was completely rusted out and putting two and two together realized that we had been inhaling carbon monoxide while traveling.  Thank heavens we never slept or stayed in the truck for extended periods while idling or we definitely would have had much more exposure.  Muffler was replaced and all was well on return home…no symptoms!  The moral to the story is ever since that incident I carry a carbon monoxide sensor in the upper bin of my truck to alert me.  Cheap insurance especially if your truck is older and at risk for exhaust leaks.  Put it high as CO is lighter than normal air and will accumulate at the top of the cab.

[Sculptor]

Thanks Carl.  Good advice.  Ours is older, and I think about replacing the exhaust occasionally but there always seems to be somewhere else to $pend it.

[jenandjon]

Pre and post trip inspections are very important. Also, if you are not very mechanical you should get a DOT inspection from a mechanic you trust.

Yes, I know you don't need a DOT inspection. You don't NEED a colonoscopy either but it's not a bad Idea to get one.