I need to know what the material is inside the 1995 muffler

Hello,

I may have breathed in the fibre material when cutting up my 1995 Disc 300 tdi rear muffler.

Can anyone please tell me if its:
Asbestos,
Rock wool or
Glass wool.

95, wont be asbestos.

Don't matter now if you've already had a gob full lol.

You are right, I checked with land Rover they advised glass wool. I understand that the lungs can dissolve glass wool so I may survive to do the next stupid thing.

Jason F said:

You are right, I checked with land Rover they advised glass wool. I understand that the lungs can dissolve glass wool so I may survive to do the next stupid thing.

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That's how I've gotten through life.

Look on the bright side.........at least you're voice will sound deeper and not as loud!

I'm still feeling crook some weeks after it and still wet coughing. No point in getting scans as theres nothing they can do anyway.
I read that the sticky black soot (which was going everywhere), is highly carcinogenic. Maybe thats whats doing it ?

Jason F said:

I'm still feeling crook some weeks after it and still wet coughing. No point in getting scans as theres nothing they can do anyway.
I read that the sticky black soot (which was going everywhere), is highly carcinogenic. Maybe thats whats doing it ?

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It takes a while to get **** out of the lungs, but you're right, there's little to nothing that can be done to help.

I'm an ex coal-miner and 10 years after leaving the pits I was still coughing up black stuff occasionally. It's clear now, but that's 20+ years since I left ..

If you feel it getting hard or tight or awkward to breathe, or just want to try and relax a bit, an 'old-wives' remedy is to use boiling water in a bowl or bucket, a few drops of Lavender oil, drape your head and the bowl with a towel and breathe in the steam. It does help ...