Exhaust heat???

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trailbuilt

NAXJA Forum User

Location

denver

• Jun 12, 2005

• #1

I have 94 xj, I have a flowmaster muffler on it.I just removed my carpet...God damn the floor apove the muffler is hot, it will sizzle water ....I am going to get some heat sheild from summit racing and put in on the under side of the floor. Dose this sound normal??

 

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FUNKYTEE5

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Location

Vancouver, Wa.

• Jun 12, 2005

• #2

Do you have a cat under there?

 

Kittrell

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Location

Thornton, CO

• Jun 12, 2005

• #3

trailbuilt said:

I have 94 xj, I have a flowmaster muffler on it.I just removed my carpet...God damn the floor apove the muffler is hot, it will sizzle water ....I am going to get some heat sheild from summit racing and put in on the under side of the floor. Dose this sound normal??

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Totally normal, I think most carpet has a thicker part right there for that very reason......... :lecture:

 

orvpark

NAXJA Member # 1374

Location

Superlift ORV Park

• Jun 12, 2005

• #4

my flowmaster got thumped on a rock one two many times and started rubbing the floor, on my way home from wheelin it actually rubbed a small hole through the floor melted the carpet padding and the carpet went up in smoke. I got it pulled over pretty quick when the cab filled with smoke and i dumped my cooler on it :gag:

I had the extinguisher handy but the cooler was quicker.

 

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FUNKYTEE5

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Location

Vancouver, Wa.

• Jun 12, 2005

• #5

I've seen the floor burnt up on XJ's in the junkyard due to the cat being installed upside down or being too close to the floor. A Burning floor would suck.

 

aparke4

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Atlanta, Ga

• Jun 12, 2005

• #6

yes i have herculined my interior after removing the carpet and my floot still is hot... install the heat shield above your muffler and cat too...this should help some but my tranny keeps my right leg warm all the time! When it rains it fogs my interior up in about 2 minutes... just somthing you have to live with with no insulation...

 

XJEEPER

NAXJA Member # 13

NAXJA Member

Location

Wasatch Range

• Jun 12, 2005

• #7

97 + XJ's have a screw-on heatshields above the muffler, I installed one on my 89 and my Flowmaster doesn't warm the interior any more. Also, make sure you have at least 1" of clearance between the muffler and the heatshield.

 

JeepFreak21

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Cameron Park, CA

• Jun 12, 2005

• #8

It's pretty normal for the floor to get hot there, but if it gets REALLY hot, you may check the flow of the cat. If it's plugged, it'll get especially hot.
Billy

 

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Motornoggin

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Beaverton OR

• Jun 12, 2005

• #9

I just went through this very same problem. I installed a Flowmaster Hushpower2 muffler and the problem was solved.

 

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robs

NAXJA Forum User

• Jun 12, 2005

• #10

The heat above the muffler does WONDERFUL things for accelerating RUST as well...

 

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bbaker80

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Location

Beaver Falls, PA

• Jun 12, 2005

• #11

Hey! Thas exactly what mine looked like before I started cutting. I ended up making a frame of some 2" tube I had laying around and raised the floor above the muffler/cat. I haven't had it out of the garage yet to see if it has changed anything heat wise, but at least the rattle is gone now.

 

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89CAXJ

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Santa Clarita

• Jun 13, 2005

• #12

Those pics bring back some memories! The muffler shop put a heat shield on my flowmaster and I bolted another to the underside of my XJ for goodmeasure. I havent had a problem with the Cat yet thank goodness.

 

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robs

NAXJA Forum User

• Jun 14, 2005

• #13

I've had a problem ABOVE the cat too...

 

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Only Marble Sharp

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Location

REDLANDS, CA. (SoCal)

• Jun 14, 2005

• #14

robs said:

I've had a problem ABOVE the cat too...

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In addition to the heat shields on the 97+ XJ which only deal with the muffler, the ZJ also has a pre-formed piece for protecting the area in the above photo.