Anyone remove the insullation attached to the hood?

[Alec]

It could have been that it was 5 years old and probably impregnated with flammables, but it went up nonetheless.

My VW insulation lit also, but only when you lit the internal fibers and not the sheathing.

 

[MONMIX]

I'll give it a shot next time we swap one out on a wrecked car.
I too have heard the smother story. I don't know about it's validity though.
Mine is present and accounted for, and clean too.

 

[dreamr]

i believe that if you have an XL explorer the under hood pad isnt even there

Hmm is that why I don't have one on my 99 XL?? It looks like there never was all is pretty and painted with no sticky stuff.

Could be they removed it beore I bought it though.

As much as I hate the cleanup process of getting mud off my engine, I do it after every trip that involves mud. the liner probably would have been tossed for it's nastiness by now anyway.

Any body ever try the shiny heat/noise deadning under hood mat thingies I always see in catalogs form Summit and such??

 

[bipolarbob]

It could have been that it was 5 years old and probably impregnated with flammables, but it went up nonetheless.

My VW insulation lit also, but only when you lit the internal fibers and not the sheathing.

I just have a hard time beleiving they would put something next to your engine that would burn...and what flammables are under your hood floating around in a five year old vehicle to get caught up in the fibres?

oops...better not disagree with a mod, my post will dissapear!

J/K Alec

 

[Rhett]

BS

Ahem. Anyway, let me tell ya, if I have a blanket on my bed, it might burn very nicely. But I can also use that same blanket to put out a fire by smothering it. Along with "drop and roll" (if you're clothes are on fire) the blanket method is often a quick means of putting out a small fire.

There is an old thread about this, a looong time ago. I was just passin' along that little tidbit about the insulation smothering a fire.

 

[Alec]

Yes I understand what you're saying Rhett.

I've just seen plenty of vehicle with hood insulation where the insulation did nothing but make it worse.

Bob, over the course of 5 years a bunch of fuel and oil vapor can gather in that mat.

 

[Crankcase]

All Explorer's from the factory have that pad.

FALSE. On an XL, unless it was optioned ...there is no pad on there.

My family has 4 XL's...none had that pad.

 

[Brandons]

hehe i just took mine off, the natural gas system took a lil chunk into it when it was on, and i needed the room for the air intake stuff.

 

[bipolarbob]

Yes I understand what you're saying Rhett.

I've just seen plenty of vehicle with hood insulation where the insulation did nothing but make it worse.

Bob, over the course of 5 years a bunch of fuel and oil vapor can gather in that mat.

You are one of those guys who argues with everything Alec.You have seen plenty where the insulation made it worse? Just how many engine fires have you seen? And how many 5 year old vehicles have an oil leak? Oh wait, you own a VW. And exactly how would vapour get trapped in the insulation?

 

[jared ajlouny]

haha

 

[Alec]

I don't argue with everything, you seem to though. I don't understand why you're getting personal and nasty.

I've seen about a dozen engine fires firsthand, up close.

A vehicle doesn't have to have an oil or fuel leak to have vapor escape the system. Over time very small amounts can add up. As for it getting trapped in the insulation, the warm vapor rises into the insulation, gets into the insulation next to the hood, can't escape, and eventually it's molecules bond to the insulation fibers.

 

[aldive]

and eventually it's molecules bond to the insulation fibers.

Alec, you have me confused here. Would you please explain the chemistry of that bonding to this old chemist?

Thanks.....

 

[X~FACTOR]

This thread is getting too technical. Just take the damn thing off! I mean, what are the chances of your engine catching on fire anyway!

 

[sk1er17]

Yea i agree with X~Factor.. just let it go guys. Take it off and be happy.

And maybe alec might have messed up on the "Chemical Bonding" idea but the vapors can be held in the very porous material that makes up that mat.

Cant we all just get along?

 

[Brandons]

i cant really see the insulation getting any vapours from gas or oil at all, first it has the hard cover black part, then your also forgetting that theres a fan constantly blowing air in the engine compartment, and let alone water in the rain and winter, which theres a lot more of that then there is oil, etc, which would probably just take away the oil.

Besides theres no point in arguing over this, everyone has their own ideas. Its as pointless as buying a VW.