RE: This is serious, we could make you delerious...

["Cox, Wiley" <Wiley.Cox@glenayre.com>]

	Sounds to me like a co2 leak.  Get someone (or yourself) to look
underneath for little holes in the exhaust.  That could KILL you.
-WileyC
1984 red 8v

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Chemidlin [SMTP:spredhaus@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Friday, November 20, 1998 10:10 AM
> To:	scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject:	This is serious, we could make you delerious...
> 
> UUHHH...
> 
> I had a problem this morning. Let me st the picture, I'd like some 
> feedback. 
> The car is an 84 Jetta GLi, it has the factory manifold and downpipe, 
> and it has some midas/econo exhaust/catalitic converter.  Lately it
> has 
> been rattling on the inside a little, and the muffler is getting a 
> little raspy.  Ive been told that the rattle could be a sign of a bad 
> cat.
> 
> Well I woke up a few hours ago, feeling fine, and I drove to work.
> After 
> a rather quick section of highway, there is a stop light. Well while I
> 
> was waiting, I started to feel sick- like I was gonna barf.  I kept 
> driving to work, and when I got there, I turned off the car. About 1-2
> 
> seconds after I turned it off, it mand a BOOM sound. It sounded a
> little 
> like a backfire, but it came from the exhaust.  I turned it on again
> and 
> shut it off- it did it again. It even did it the 3rd time, too.
> Anyway, I got into work, and started puking. not cool...
> Its been about an hour now, I feel a little better, my head is
> starting 
> to clear.
> 
> What the hell happened. I was obviously poisened by the car somehow,
> but 
> I didn't smell that magic sulfer smell.  Any suggestions?
> 
> 
>                        CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
> 
>           NEW MUSIC!         http://www.spredhaus.com
> 
>           58 Type1 Ragtop, 84 Jetta GLi, 87 Foxwagen
> 
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