Passenger seat heat tranfser
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Passenger seat heat tranfser
Tonight a buddy of mine picked me up in my FC and he was waiting on idle for about 10-15 mins, thats when we started too notice that the left passenger seat rail was really hot, so hot that if u touched it for about 5 seconds you would burn yourself...is this normal??
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Im pretty sure they aint there AND i have a exhaust leak from the rear end of the downpipe. should i just conclude with normal heat transfer through the metal?
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Uh if it's hot enough to melt plastic or darken upholstery then you have a problem, if it's not then you don't. As for if it's "normal", rising hot exhaust or hot air will normally heat up metal quickly, and metal plate/sheet bolted to metal plate/sheet will transfer heat pretty much instantly.
Btw I've patched an exhaust leak with (in order of assembly) fiberglass insulation, aluminum flashing and a couple of hose clamps. It held up for the last few months that I had that car.
Btw I've patched an exhaust leak with (in order of assembly) fiberglass insulation, aluminum flashing and a couple of hose clamps. It held up for the last few months that I had that car.
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i would say it just below disforming plastic bits or such, and then i mean just RIGHT BELOW, if i should guess the rail was about 60 - 80 Celcius, it was just like touching metal sheets "boiling" in the sun....
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There is no heat up by the ECU, i looked under my car and i noticed that the cat was REALLYREALLY hot, , there is a hole there too wich im guessing is too let some of the gasses out there, but its mainly the metal in the handbrake and the passenger seat rail som apparently this heat is coming from the cat. I know exhaust gases are hot but is it supposed too get THAT hot in the cat?
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Let me tell you this...
The curved part of the exhaust that goes over the axle on my SUV broke right where it curves up...
I thought I'd leave it until I felt like dealing with a rusted out exhaust.
Now I've got a big burned hole in the carpet in the cargo area, right where the exhaust broke.
That was on a piston engine way after the cat at the back end of an SUV...
You're right after the manifold or right near the cat on a ROTARY that's known for melting glass packed mufflers.
DO
NOT
LEAVE
IT...
ACT
NOW!
There's a reason these cars have an "Overheat Exhaust System" indication system.
The curved part of the exhaust that goes over the axle on my SUV broke right where it curves up...
I thought I'd leave it until I felt like dealing with a rusted out exhaust.
Now I've got a big burned hole in the carpet in the cargo area, right where the exhaust broke.
That was on a piston engine way after the cat at the back end of an SUV...
You're right after the manifold or right near the cat on a ROTARY that's known for melting glass packed mufflers.
DO
NOT
LEAVE
IT...
ACT
NOW!
There's a reason these cars have an "Overheat Exhaust System" indication system.
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Let me tell you this...
The curved part of the exhaust that goes over the axle on my SUV broke right where it curves up...
I thought I'd leave it until I felt like dealing with a rusted out exhaust.
Now I've got a big burned hole in the carpet in the cargo area, right where the exhaust broke.
That was on a piston engine way after the cat at the back end of an SUV...
You're right after the manifold or right near the cat on a ROTARY that's known for melting glass packed mufflers.
DO
NOT
LEAVE
IT...
ACT
NOW!
There's a reason these cars have an "Overheat Exhaust System" indication system.
The curved part of the exhaust that goes over the axle on my SUV broke right where it curves up...
I thought I'd leave it until I felt like dealing with a rusted out exhaust.
Now I've got a big burned hole in the carpet in the cargo area, right where the exhaust broke.
That was on a piston engine way after the cat at the back end of an SUV...
You're right after the manifold or right near the cat on a ROTARY that's known for melting glass packed mufflers.
DO
NOT
LEAVE
IT...
ACT
NOW!
There's a reason these cars have an "Overheat Exhaust System" indication system.
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What about the shields that go on the lower portion of the exhaust. Like from top to bottom:
-Exhaust
-Shield
-Road
The one that goes over my main cat has a broken hinge and rattles and squeaks when idling. Kinda embarrassing Is there any problem if I take it off?
-Exhaust
-Shield
-Road
The one that goes over my main cat has a broken hinge and rattles and squeaks when idling. Kinda embarrassing Is there any problem if I take it off?
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Easy fix... Get a HUGE worm gear type hose clamp. (They sell them at exhaust shops and for hooking dryer hose up to the dryer's exhaust port...)
Wrap around the cat. Tighten.
???
Profit!
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There is no heat up by the ECU, i looked under my car and i noticed that the cat was REALLYREALLY hot, , there is a hole there too wich im guessing is too let some of the gasses out there, but its mainly the metal in the handbrake and the passenger seat rail som apparently this heat is coming from the cat. I know exhaust gases are hot but is it supposed too get THAT hot in the cat?
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So that "exit" "port" should have a tube in it? it just flows right out that hole under my car and up into my chassis. i was concidering the Turbo REVII and a some heat shield material, that probably wont be neccessary if i lead those gases elsewhere?
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This means your cat is getting no air which = clogged cat eventually. I run the REVTII w/ the downpipe wrapped and I have no heat problems.
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Yeah gotta be clogged cause i can only drive a few km before the seat rail is hot. Where is that tube supposed too go, still im guessing there is no use fixing it now cause ive been running like this for a while and its probably clogged by now?
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The split air pipe connects to the ACV, so air pump air can be fed into it. And I would assume the cat is dead/dying if it's been run with a giant exhaust leak for awhile. If your airpump and ACV are functioning properly, then the cat would have been getting air from the port air path (exhaust ports). The split air path is actually barely used; it's the port air path that does all the work. Still, I don't think I'd trust the cat.
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Well ive pretty much stated that the heat comes from the cat , im drawing these conclusions cause the cat is right beneath the seat and it is BURNING hot, i mean almost too the glowing point, i Frizzles like hell when i cool it down with some water,l pluss there is as ive said before an porthole, or whatever i should call it wich lets the fumes sthraight out from the cat and up into the chassis