[urq] Hot Start/Thermal wrap

Andrew B andrew.sb at gmail.com
Tue Jun 7 22:47:45 EDT 2005


Just removed my downpipe...well, as much as I can with everything
still in the car.  I'm having fairly regular hot start problems.  When
it's hot outside, and I drive hard or in stop and go, the car won't
turn over.  With a jump, it starts fine.  Thanks to somebody's
suggestion, I'm assuming that it's the starter absorbing heat...so I
figured I would wrap the exhaust with one of those thermal wraps to
help keep temperatures down, and maybe vent the hood, but that's way
off in the future.

Anyways, I can't quite get the DP all the way out of the car.  Being
that it was night, I was alone, and I don't really know what I'm
doing, I left it halfway out.  Should I wrap it as far as I can? 
It'll cover the portion nearest the starter, but not all the way up to
the turbo.  Should I continue to try and remove the pipe so that I can
wrap the whole thing?  Will it matter?  Will it work?

Thanks in advance,
-Andrew


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