Exhaust Fume Extraction

paulW · Post by **paulW** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:44 pm

Anyone got any cheap and cheerful solutions, to trying to the car up to temp inside the garage, without suffering from cabon monoxide poisoning?

Surely can't be that hard to source some sutiable piping and some sort of extractor fan...

Doesn't have to be HSE standard, just something to stop the eyes itching and collapsing in a heap.

philthy · Post by **philthy** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:37 pm

a hoover outside with the hose fed into the garage??

might be a bit noisy for the neighbours.

ceejam · Post by **ceejam** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:05 pm

Open the garage door?

A Screwfix bathroom extractor kit?

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:06 pm

Hydroponics baby

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1156

paulW · Post by **paulW** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:55 am

Thanks for ideas, guys. Good call, Sanjoy, looks perfect.

Just need to find a source for the tubing, think plastic tumble dryer hosing might melt. Will pop down B&Q see what they have.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:10 am

Try Arco for tubing

2F45T4U · Post by **2F45T4U** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:00 am

ceejam wrote:Open the garage door?

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:48 am

What is the advantage of warming the car up in the garage - other than it being cosy to get into

I thought that it is normally recommended that cars shouldn't be left idling from start up but should be driven on light throttle openings until up to temp?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:56 am

What he said...

Kenlowe hot start?

http://www.kenlowe.com/pre-heaters/cars/whatwill.html

mac · Post by **mac** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:12 am

Maybe Paul's clients are very local and he's not wanting them to drive a car whilst it's still on high tickover?

Edit : It's more likely so he can play about with the elise mapping whislt it's in the garage. My garage roof is still releasing hydrocarbons for the last attempt

Mac

Post by **campbell** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:02 am

Plastic tumble drier or general domestic fan ducting hose would be fine apart from the the first part of the hose where exhaust gases are still quite hot. Some aluminium ducting would be fine there...I think I have some that I'm unlikely to use, you are welcome to it...if you can create a mechanism to seal / clamp it to the exhaust tailpipes, you probably don't need extraction as such.

Have fun (!)

Scottish Elises