Exhaust Hose

[sizzler90]

I have done the search and the only tread I found on this was deleted by the poster. I do a lot of work on my or my friends cars in a 2000 sq ft shop. The shop is rented and we can't really mahe any modifactions to it. It has a large roll up garage door that during the summer or good weather we leave up when we run the cars while tuning. But during the winter or bad weather we would rather have the door closed. How do we make an exhaust hose so we do not get gas while tuning with the doors closed?

 

[rdnkjeeper]

I was thinking about doing something like that to my garage, until I priced the exhaust hose!

 

[muddy]

I think the product I bought was through eastwood. It doesn't give you a long length in the basic package but you can buy additional......... Keith

 

[Brian]

Do an E-bay search for "crushproof hose" and you will find what you seek.

 

[nova65ss]

If it's an overhead door they make vents that you can put in the bottom section. Can't help ya w/ the hose though. This won't work for a roll-up the type that rolls up on itself.

Jimmy

 

[W-Cummins]

I got mine from the local Fastnell store I used 3" it comes in 10' lengths about $4-6 per foot depending on how well they like you But if you can't cut a hole anyplace I'm not sure how your going to use it. I guess you could just open the door 3" and run it under.

William...

 

[sizzler90]

Thanks everyone.

 

[mike944]

I've thought about using that stuff before. I was always worried, what if you have a small exhaust leak somewhere in your exhaust system.

Get a CO detector (or two), just to be safe
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CT3

 

[330Scott]

Since sizzler has his answer, I'll hijack this thread.

About 35 years ago when I was in highschool three of us had a hair brained scheme to try and freak out our little midwestern town. We decided to build a UFO and launch it over the town on a Saturday night. So we went about building a balloon shaped wire frame about six feet tall that we then covered with a lightweight paper. We then wired a string of christmas lights to it & rigged up a battery pack that we also attached to our UFO.

Now, how to get it aloft. (Guess we didn't think too far ahead. ) Eventually we came up with the idea of using hot exhaust pipe air to send our extra terrestrial creation skyward, so we went to a service station that my brother was working at and borrowed their exhaust hose.

The wind was from the east that night so we went about a mile out of town and setup the rig - two of us holding the balloon up and the third making sure that the exhaust hose was doing it's thing correctly. Anyway, that '62 slant six Valiant just couldn't muster up enough hot air to get the balloon aloft, although we tried and tried. Even set the rev's way up hoping to get the engine really hot and thusly sending the UFO skyward.

Nope. No UFO over Rooten-Tooten-Newton that night.

However, at the time we had a police scanner in the Valiant and we did do something else with the balloon that did liven up the air waves for a while that night, so all was not lost.

Still a great story to retell at our class reunions.

 

[gerry]

Boy, you try that and you'd better buy a CO detector of some type as well. Too many folks die of CO poisioning and never realize what killed them. At least buy some of the CO detector badges you can wear while you run the engine that you can see what the CO level is. I have had several doses of CO to the point of getting weak in the knees and vomiting and it ain't fun

 

[swgray]

http://www.standardus.com/cgi-bin/s..._group/se=EXHAUST HOSE/op=eq.html?id=ZCaMXEk7


They seem to have a good selection.

 

[Steve_S]

Ok, here's a question...

If you use an exhaust hose and there are no leaks, then how bad are the rest of the fumes emitted by the engine? Is there a way to test for them as well?

 

[330Scott]

Greg Smith Equipment has the parts that you need.

 

[Aahz]

Thanks for the plug to our site at www.standardus.com We do carry a large selection of exhaust hose in stock and also have acces to a fair number of specialty adapters and door ports. Make sure to look at our exhaust hose accessories page for things you might not see right away.

To answer the question about an detection....There are some specialty carbon monoxide detection systems available, but any carbon monoxide detector you pick up at Home Depot or Sams will be quite a bit cheaper than what we have to offer.

I'd please like to stress the importance to everyone of using some sort of exhaust system when running your vehicles in the garage for even a short time. It seems like a week doesn't go by lately when someone (intentionally or not) doesn't gas themselves or their loved ones in the attached house. Carbon monoxide is a very deadly situation and the safe removal of these fumes cannot be stressed enough.