Car Heats UP Badly
05-29-2003, 01:31 PM
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Car Heats UP Badly
when im driving to long on the freeway or cruising, my car starts to get warm then hot around the cockpit(shifter/handbreak), all around that area. i mean i turned all the switches off thinking hot air is coming in, but it still gets hot and i turn the ac on to combat it but i need to fix this problem. any advice to wat it may be or caused it? i have CAI/exhaust/Cat <installed at Mach3 in SF. the check light comes on also so i need to figure out the codes soon. any other ideas
05-30-2003, 03:20 PM
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Sounds like the catalytic converter is clogged and building up excess heat b/c the exhaust isn't flowing freely. Please be careful with this, as it can catch your carpet on fire and melt stuff....
05-31-2003, 01:06 PM
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no the heat shield is still there and i didnt check the codes yet, which i really really need to. but alot of people are saying that my cat is just bad and i should get another or put the stock back on.
05-31-2003, 02:20 PM
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possibly its heating up ur exhaust too much or the heat shields arent blocking the heat from the floor panel, get under ur car next time its hot and see exactly whats really toasty, possibly the cat uve got is too restrictive and is causing things to heat up more than theyu are supposed to or something is lodged or clogged in ur exhaust. a straight smooth flowing exhaust will be hot all the way thru, while a stricted will got hit in certain places.
06-01-2003, 03:05 PM
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Originally posted by crxb16er
possibly its heating up ur exhaust too much or the heat shields arent blocking the heat from the floor panel, get under ur car next time its hot and see exactly whats really toasty, possibly the cat uve got is too restrictive and is causing things to heat up more than theyu are supposed to or something is lodged or clogged in ur exhaust. a straight smooth flowing exhaust will be hot all the way thru, while a stricted will got hit in certain places.
possibly its heating up ur exhaust too much or the heat shields arent blocking the heat from the floor panel, get under ur car next time its hot and see exactly whats really toasty, possibly the cat uve got is too restrictive and is causing things to heat up more than theyu are supposed to or something is lodged or clogged in ur exhaust. a straight smooth flowing exhaust will be hot all the way thru, while a stricted will got hit in certain places.
06-01-2003, 05:18 PM
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yah something can be wrong with ur heat shields, there are different things u can get different wraps and stuff like that but figure out ur problem first and go from there.
