Thread: Help me-my eyes are burning!

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That is what has me confused. I ran my hoodless '27 for years with a very overcarbed 302 Ford (two fours) and a very chopped windshield, and got none of the symptoms you are describing. Exhaust fumes would do what you describe.

Do you have open headers exiting in front of the cockpit or a full exhaust system? Something is putting out exhaust fumes, like leaky header gaskets, etc. I can't see a rich carb doing this because the unspent gas would exit through the exhaust system.

Something is missing from this scenario.

Don

Originally Posted by DennyW

When your ears burn, that means someone is talking about you. So, if your eyes are burning, someone is REALLY talking about you.

I would have to vote with Don and 65NY, especially if you notice your sinuses burning or itching also. It would be exhaust leak for sure.

Had this happen on my 64... Turned out that the exhaust had melted a plastic plug in the floor of the trunk and it was comming in there...
I didn't want to change the exhaust so I just made a metal plug to put in the hole and that fixed the problem.

MM64