Soft Top + Exhaust question.
#41
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Soft Top + Exhaust question.
Mine is all new.
One way to check is to take a battery powered CO detector and hang it
from the rear view mirror or shifter....
It is just the nature of square backed vehicles. If you have an opening
there, a vacuum vortex forms.
I believe that is also the main reason they won't rent U-haul style
trailers to soft tops. It allows a vortex to stay in-between them and
fumes can come through the back zippers.
Mike
jbjeep wrote:
>
> I'm gonna have to think about that for a bit. Although if that was part of the issue
> with my rig, it ought to be fixed now - I just had a new exhaust put on, the other
> was leaking...
>
> On Sat, 21 May 2005 11:13:10 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >>I run with just the Bikini top on and doors and notice fumes if the wind
> >>is wrong and the windows up 'usually' only when going slow, but neither
> >>my hard or soft doors seal to the top so I can usually run with the
> >>windows up and fan on.
> >>
> >>At least I know the symptoms of CO poisoning from driving too many rusty
> >>old beaters over the years. When my eyelids get abnormally heavy with a
> >>heavy forehead, it is time for air Fast!
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>
> >>jbjeep wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Wow. Scary Mike!
> >>> Never thought about it like that since I dont usually run that door/top combo.
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, 21 May 2005 09:02:30 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >>It is sneaky and deadly!
> >>> >>
> >>> >>I have experience in a TJ getting gassed out to the point of passing
> >>> >>out!
> >>> >>
> >>> >>A friend has a TJ and we went camping with me riding shotgun. He likes
> >>> >>to drive with just the top on and all the 3 back windows out with hard
> >>> >>doors.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>His GF and he both warned me he is a terrible highway driver because he
> >>> >>always falls asleep in the Jeep and he was complaining he couldn't
> >>> >>control it. He is also fairly young and inexperienced, so I chalk it up
> >>> >>to that.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>So we are about a half hour out on the highway and sure enough he is
> >>> >>nodding off. We pull over and I take over. He is asleep within minutes
> >>> >>and I start to feel bad. Pressure in my forehead and my eyes start
> >>> >>closing 'bad' so I open the window and crank up the heater blower and
> >>> >>viola come 'instantly' back awake and figure out what is up.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>So I try to wake him to get him to roll down his window too. I can't!
> >>> >>I have to pull over and physically open the door to get him air!
> >>> >>
> >>> >>The rest of the trip was done with all the windows down! We tried it
> >>> >>with just the heater on full blast with the front windows rolled up and
> >>> >>that did 'not' work. The forehead pressure came back for me pretty fast
> >>> >>and he was nodding out again fast.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>So basically if you have any of the back windows open or even all 3 out
> >>> >>like we did, the front windows must be open too.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>Mike
> >>> >>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >>> >>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >>> >>
> >>> >>Joe Carroll wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Just got a soft top for the 2k-tj, inherited from my son. Finally
> >>> >>> figured where everything goes and in what order, I think. I seem to
> >>> >>> remember a post about driving with windows out and carbon monoxide
> >>> >>> build up. Could someone give me some pointers on the do's and don't
> >>> >>> with soft tops so I don't wind up upside down in ditch, I'm getting to
> >>> >>> old for that stuff... :-)
> >>> >>> Joe Carroll
> >>> >>> 2K-TJ
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> There are some simple truths...And the dogs know what they are."
> >>> >>> Joseph Duemer
One way to check is to take a battery powered CO detector and hang it
from the rear view mirror or shifter....
It is just the nature of square backed vehicles. If you have an opening
there, a vacuum vortex forms.
I believe that is also the main reason they won't rent U-haul style
trailers to soft tops. It allows a vortex to stay in-between them and
fumes can come through the back zippers.
Mike
jbjeep wrote:
>
> I'm gonna have to think about that for a bit. Although if that was part of the issue
> with my rig, it ought to be fixed now - I just had a new exhaust put on, the other
> was leaking...
>
> On Sat, 21 May 2005 11:13:10 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >>I run with just the Bikini top on and doors and notice fumes if the wind
> >>is wrong and the windows up 'usually' only when going slow, but neither
> >>my hard or soft doors seal to the top so I can usually run with the
> >>windows up and fan on.
> >>
> >>At least I know the symptoms of CO poisoning from driving too many rusty
> >>old beaters over the years. When my eyelids get abnormally heavy with a
> >>heavy forehead, it is time for air Fast!
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>
> >>jbjeep wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Wow. Scary Mike!
> >>> Never thought about it like that since I dont usually run that door/top combo.
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, 21 May 2005 09:02:30 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >>It is sneaky and deadly!
> >>> >>
> >>> >>I have experience in a TJ getting gassed out to the point of passing
> >>> >>out!
> >>> >>
> >>> >>A friend has a TJ and we went camping with me riding shotgun. He likes
> >>> >>to drive with just the top on and all the 3 back windows out with hard
> >>> >>doors.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>His GF and he both warned me he is a terrible highway driver because he
> >>> >>always falls asleep in the Jeep and he was complaining he couldn't
> >>> >>control it. He is also fairly young and inexperienced, so I chalk it up
> >>> >>to that.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>So we are about a half hour out on the highway and sure enough he is
> >>> >>nodding off. We pull over and I take over. He is asleep within minutes
> >>> >>and I start to feel bad. Pressure in my forehead and my eyes start
> >>> >>closing 'bad' so I open the window and crank up the heater blower and
> >>> >>viola come 'instantly' back awake and figure out what is up.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>So I try to wake him to get him to roll down his window too. I can't!
> >>> >>I have to pull over and physically open the door to get him air!
> >>> >>
> >>> >>The rest of the trip was done with all the windows down! We tried it
> >>> >>with just the heater on full blast with the front windows rolled up and
> >>> >>that did 'not' work. The forehead pressure came back for me pretty fast
> >>> >>and he was nodding out again fast.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>So basically if you have any of the back windows open or even all 3 out
> >>> >>like we did, the front windows must be open too.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>Mike
> >>> >>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >>> >>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >>> >>
> >>> >>Joe Carroll wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Just got a soft top for the 2k-tj, inherited from my son. Finally
> >>> >>> figured where everything goes and in what order, I think. I seem to
> >>> >>> remember a post about driving with windows out and carbon monoxide
> >>> >>> build up. Could someone give me some pointers on the do's and don't
> >>> >>> with soft tops so I don't wind up upside down in ditch, I'm getting to
> >>> >>> old for that stuff... :-)
> >>> >>> Joe Carroll
> >>> >>> 2K-TJ
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> There are some simple truths...And the dogs know what they are."
> >>> >>> Joseph Duemer
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
debbie.staves@cocc.com
Jeep Mailing List
20
04-19-2005 11:22 AM
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)