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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 01 May 2012, 09:09:00
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Hi dudes,
Cleaning my breathers last night. put the carb cleaner down the breather bridge. thought it would go through. it did but a jet of the stuff backsprayed right in to my eye.
i rinsed a few times immediately and yes i know i shoulda been wearing goggles.
googled the problem and it seems quite common and rinsing is the answer but i am due an eye test so may book that as soon as so they can have a look.
anyone ever do this?
ps, it aint nice. vision was never blurred but the skin around the eye stung like a beatch :(
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Yep, not comfortable is it? :o
I went through a phase of writing a warning about this after every time I suggested using carb cleaner.
Hope you recover soon fella.
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Stings like a sonofabitch but given you washed it out immediately I doubt there's any harm done long term ;)
(Top tip: Petrol also burns like you wouldn't believe in your eyes! And while we're on safety tips: Brake cleaner is not a substitute for swarfega, no matter how many times I might have used it to clean my hands :-[ Oh and some cleaners decompose to toxic phosgene gas when heated - thread on that here recently - fatal in microscopic doses..)
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Stings like a sonofabitch but given you washed it out immediately I doubt there's any harm done long term ;)
(Top tip: Petrol also burns like you wouldn't believe in your eyes! And while we're on safety tips: Brake cleaner is not a substitute for swarfega, no matter how many times I might have used it to clean my hands :-[ Oh and some cleaners decompose to toxic phosgene gas when heated - thread on that here recently - fatal in microscopic doses..)
+1 on petrol,bloody hurts like hell :-X
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It is one of those mistakes you tend to only make once, isn't it!
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It's not nice. i once got sprayed in the eyes with something called skydrol. it's used in aircraft hydraulics. fek me that hurt. washed it out and a trip to the eye hospital for the all clear. next day my eyes felt wonderful. strange stuff
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Stings like a sonofabitch but given you washed it out immediately I doubt there's any harm done long term ;)
(Top tip: Petrol also burns like you wouldn't believe in your eyes! And while we're on safety tips: Brake cleaner is not a substitute for swarfega, no matter how many times I might have used it to clean my hands :-[ Oh and some cleaners decompose to toxic phosgene gas when heated - thread on that here recently - fatal in microscopic doses..)
And the same is generated if you smoke close to an air outlet from a swimming baths....
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(Top tip: Petrol also burns like you wouldn't believe in your eyes!
Yeah, doesn't taste too special either and, worse than that, it affects the taste of the beer you try and wash it away with. :(
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Stings like a sonofabitch but given you washed it out immediately I doubt there's any harm done long term ;)
(Top tip: Petrol also burns like you wouldn't believe in your eyes! And while we're on safety tips: Brake cleaner is not a substitute for swarfega, no matter how many times I might have used it to clean my hands :-[ Oh and some cleaners decompose to toxic phosgene gas when heated - thread on that here recently - fatal in microscopic doses..)
And the same is generated if you smoke close to an air outlet from a swimming baths....
Or weld Galv plate......cough cough.
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Hi dudes,
Cleaning my breathers last night. put the carb cleaner down the breather bridge. thought it would go through. it did but a jet of the stuff backsprayed right in to my eye.
i rinsed a few times immediately and yes i know i shoulda been wearing goggles.
googled the problem and it seems quite common and rinsing is the answer but i am due an eye test so may book that as soon as so they can have a look.
anyone ever do this?
ps, it aint nice. vision was never blurred but the skin around the eye stung like a beatch :(
Yep and tought i was blinded :o petrol dont taste very good but not too bad with 2 stroke mixed in ::)
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In my early Omega days, when I Was about 20, I changed my first ever fuel filter on my 4 pot. Didn't de pressure the system, and had a high pressure waterfall of petrol straight into my eyes.
Not good!! Never made that mistake again though!!
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Thanks for all the replies... seems quite a common thing lol
I phoned my optician. she sent bear straight down the emergency eye clinic. all tested. apparantly i've damaged my bottom eye lid and a bit of the white of my eye. some drops for a week and im all good.
defo wont be doing this job again without gloves, goggles and mouth mask :-[
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Don't let TB calling you gay for wearing gloves and goggles put you off wearing them. Although he does like that sort of thing.
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Once got a can of MEK (methyl ethyl ketone ) over my head and face while working under an aircraft.
Within 24 hours, I looked like a rather leper with the way my lips, eyes and face dried up :(
Not nice but the fumes certainly helped clear up my cold.
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lol dont care about looking gay. as long as in future that dont happen again ;)
as for the job itself, really was a piece of piss.... only trouble was getting the 'Y' pipe back on the breather box. them bloody clips. i hate them. so i simply swapped it for a jubilee clip.... all sorted.
cable ties round all breathers to breather bridge. cable tie to keep icv in.
job done.
should this be done with every oil change i.e. 3000 miles?
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lol dont care about looking gay. as long as in future that dont happen again ;)
as for the job itself, really was a piece of piss.... only trouble was getting the 'Y' pipe back on the breather box. them bloody clips. i hate them. so i simply swapped it for a jubilee clip.... all sorted.
cable ties round all breathers to breather bridge. cable tie to keep icv in.
job done.
should this be done with every oil change i.e. 3000 miles?
It won't do it any harm ;)
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I will just add that the car is running lovely since doing them. touch wood obviously lol
very, very quiet. no ticking or anything like that anymore.
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silly boy steve been there done that not funny :y :y
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lol dont care about looking gay. as long as in future that dont happen again ;)
as for the job itself, really was a piece of piss.... only trouble was getting the 'Y' pipe back on the breather box. them bloody clips. i hate them. so i simply swapped it for a jubilee clip.... all sorted.
cable ties round all breathers to breather bridge. cable tie to keep icv in.
job done.
should this be done with every oil change i.e. 3000 miles?
;D
Goy battery acid in my eyes once ...boy that is painful :( but managed to run up the stairs half blinded to wash eyes out . Goggles a must :)
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lol dont care about looking gay. as long as in future that dont happen again ;)
as for the job itself, really was a piece of piss.... only trouble was getting the 'Y' pipe back on the breather box. them bloody clips. i hate them. so i simply swapped it for a jubilee clip.... all sorted.
cable ties round all breathers to breather bridge. cable tie to keep icv in.
job done.
should this be done with every oil change i.e. 3000 miles?
;D
Goy battery acid in my eyes once ...boy that is painful :( but managed to run up the stairs half blinded to wash eyes out . Goggles a must :)
you aint even meant to get that stuff on your skin let alone in your eyes lol
as for them clips. they're useless. once you have then gripped and opened with long nose pliers when you pull them up they tend to just dig into any bit of hose. swapped for a jubilee. simples..... just tighten up lol
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Goy battery acid in my eyes once ...boy that is painful :( but managed to run up the stairs half blinded to wash eyes out . Goggles a must :)
Ok. You win! ;) ;D
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Goy battery acid in my eyes once ...boy that is painful :( but managed to run up the stairs half blinded to wash eyes out . Goggles a must :)
Ok. You win! ;) ;D
;D ;D ;D
Never did it again :)
It was only a few spits of it , i was prising them stupid plastic bungs out of a bike battery ...when it popped out i was splashed with the acid off the bung :o
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lol dont care about looking gay. as long as in future that dont happen again ;)
as for the job itself, really was a piece of piss.... only trouble was getting the 'Y' pipe back on the breather box. them bloody clips. i hate them. so i simply swapped it for a jubilee clip.... all sorted.
cable ties round all breathers to breather bridge. cable tie to keep icv in.
job done.
should this be done with every oil change i.e. 3000 miles?
;D
Goy battery acid in my eyes once ...boy that is painful :( but managed to run up the stairs half blinded to wash eyes out . Goggles a must :)
you aint even meant to get that stuff on your skin let alone in your eyes lol
as for them clips. they're useless. once you have then gripped and opened with long nose pliers when you pull them up they tend to just dig into any bit of hose. swapped for a jubilee. simples..... just tighten up lol
Not any clips on mine at all and they seem ok , there is iirc a special tool for releasing them clips .
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oh. fair enough. its only the 'Y' pipe.
to be honest if it didnt have a clip it would have easily come off i think :-\
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Cable ties are your friends when it comes to relatively small bore breather pipes that are only under vacuum - s'what's holding mine on, on both cars :)
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Cable ties are your friends when it comes to relatively small bore breather pipes that are only under vacuum - s'what's holding mine on, on both cars :)
Defo agree. i did that on the breather bridge connections and icv ;)
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Stings like a sonofabitch but given you washed it out immediately I doubt there's any harm done long term ;)
(Top tip: Petrol also burns like you wouldn't believe in your eyes! And while we're on safety tips: Brake cleaner is not a substitute for swarfega, no matter how many times I might have used it to clean my hands :-[ Oh and some cleaners decompose to toxic phosgene gas when heated - thread on that here recently - fatal in microscopic doses..)
And the same is generated if you smoke close to an air outlet from a swimming baths....
Or weld Galv plate......cough cough.
i used to hate welding galv,not only the stink but the taste lingered for ages