ArrizownEM1

Quick question.

Shifter gets hot while driving during the hot *** day, ive heard it could have something to do with your cat but my car has a straight pipe exhaust all the way back.
doesn't really bug me but I was just wondering why it happened. does not happen at night, it gets warm but not as hot as it does during the day. i am thinking its a combination from the heat outside and the exhaust.

LongJon247

I have this issue also and same thing happens at night. I just assumed its from both combinations of natural heat and exhaust heat from the pipe.

FrodeyEJ1

most likely is the shifter metal?

Former User

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type_r_ek

its a combo of the sun and exhaust. let me guess aluminum shiftknob, probably dark colored... same as mine. gets hot as **** during the day and the reason its warm at night is your..... HAND is on it!

lazlong

No cat= no heat shield= excessive heat. I bet it's not only the shift **** getting hot but everything in that area. My friend's Dakota caught on fire because of this very thing. Try to figure out how to put the heat shield back.

ArrizownEM1

@Ron thanks for changing it for me, still getting used to doing all of this stuff sorry about that.

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98civdx

What kind of shift **** is it?

I hate aluminum shift ***** for that reason.

ArrizownEM1

My shift **** doesn't get hot, its my shifter itself like the stick.

jbpnoman

Since you say you have a "straight pipe exhaust", I'm going to assume you removed the factory heat shield. It's there for a reason, and that, combined with increased ambient temperature, is probably what's causing this.

v8killaz

its the ****ing exhaust dude. what else do you think it is.
exhaust or heatsheild is missing

EK-MAX92

Did it start with the carpet?

jbpnoman

Better than the glue that holds the rear trim on, I guess...

EK-MAX92

Well I heard that happens if you remove the heat Shields

jbpnoman

The ignition point of carpet is so high, you'd be cooking inside the car before the carpet caught on fire, and I have a feeling your engine would be getting ready to grenade.

I was also making a Lamborghini joke. Or maybe it was Ferrari that had that problem. I don't remember.

98civdx

Meh, that car wouldn't be runing, and you would litteraly be cooking inside of it before that happened.

it's a 4 banger, those sheilds are there to make the cabin more comfortable, it's not just going to bursts into flames beucase you removed the sheilds.

IIRC, they both have issues with fire. again, IIRC, Ferrari is the worst.
Last I checked my civic doesn't just catch on fire while cruising down the road.

jbpnoman

Damnit, this thread has me curious now. Anyone have a cabin carpet they're planning on throwing away that they could cut a small strip off of and mail to me? I want to find the flash point of our carpet.

/nerd moment

98civdx

don't forget our carpet also has backing on it, and in a lot of places there is sound deadening. (yes I know Honda cheaped out big time on that)

Is it possible? sure, maybe. But remember, you not only have to get the metal hot enough to catch the carpet on fire, but that sound deadening and the carpets backing.


I just don't see how the exhuast is going to do anything except heat the cabin up a little more. Really, our cars our diesel and can't catch **** on fire. If people didn't already know a diesel trucks/cars exhuast can be hot enough to catch **** on fire.

Libertariat

If you have a cheap aluminum shifter it will get hot like crazy. My car came with a cheapy ebay aluminum shifter and I couldn't touch it it got so hot. My skunk2 shifter is steel and has never gotten so hot I couldn't touch it.

b16a00si

My skunk 2 shifter gets a little warm, but no where near as hot as the immensley heave shift **** thats on it. This is the worst summer of my life, 11 straight days and counting of 95-105 degree days has my hand alittle sore. Columbus oh is not supposed to be this hot!

purgat0ry

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Tell me about it; my AC has been struggling to keep up with the 80ºF I keep the house at.

When I end up driving stick in the summer, I keep a towel in the car next to me to allow me to grip the stupid shift ****; it's my only recommendation.

ArrizownEM1

hahah dude, i live in 110+ weather over in Arizona. this **** sucks.

southie's civic

wrap the shift **** in header tape jkjk lol

Libertariat

I lived in Arizona for a year. Trust me, 95-105 and 80-100% humidity is much worse.

When I first moved there I thought my new room mate was joking when he told me it was 95. Felt like 80.