Exhaust Ventilation?

[Coloshaver]

I had a run-in with carbon monoxide yesterday

Winter is coming on and I'd like to work inside my shop with the door closed. I see lots of tubing systems available on the web, but I work on everything from dual exhaust sports cars to Powerstroke pickups with 4" exhaust.

What solutions have you all come up with to allow running an engine, but safely ventilating the fumes?

Thanks for your help.

 

[kbs2244]

I am a fan of home brew solutions.
And often just have my door open 2 inches and run a small fan.

But if you are running for long periods this is something that I feel is worth paying for a pro style set up.

 

[Aahz]

Gas & diesel vehicles have dramatically different exhaust temperatures, so you need different set-ups (or at least hoses) for each type.

Another issue is how you plan to exhaust outside the shop. If you shop is a garage where the tailpipe is close to the overhead door, you can get a door port that allows you to stick the hose out the door. If the tailpipe is facing the interior of the shop and the distance from tailpipe to door exceeds 8 or 10', you really need a set-up that incorporates a fan.

Rubber hose is great for your gas powered vehicles. There are plenty of adapters (y connectors, tailpipe adapters, etc.) that will allow you to do most any type of vehicle. When it comes to the diesels vehicles, you need a fiberglass fabric style hose that will withstand the much higher temperatures.

If you want to send me a layout of your shop, I'll be happy to give you an idea of what you will need.

By the way, glad to hear you're OK....

 

[kamesama980]

Gas & diesel vehicles have dramatically different exhaust temperatures, so you need different set-ups (or at least hoses) for each type.

Another issue is how you plan to exhaust outside the shop. If you shop is a garage where the tailpipe is close to the overhead door, you can get a door port that allows you to stick the hose out the door. If the tailpipe is facing the interior of the shop and the distance from tailpipe to door exceeds 8 or 10', you really need a set-up that incorporates a fan.

Rubber hose is great for your gas powered vehicles. There are plenty of adapters (y connectors, tailpipe adapters, etc.) that will allow you to do most any type of vehicle. When it comes to the diesels vehicles, you need a fiberglass fabric style hose that will withstand the much higher temperatures.

If you want to send me a layout of your shop, I'll be happy to give you an idea of what you will need.

By the way, glad to hear you're OK....

Depends on what you're doing. Diesels might be hotter at idle at the exhaust tip due to less restriction but gasoline engines produce 1000+f exhaust temps at the port no matter what the load there's just a lot of exhaust system metal to **** heat out of the exhaust. Bump up the exhaust flow just a little and it flips tho. I've melted rubber hoses (meant for exhaust, at a dealership) at 1200rpm high idle and no load with a '10 or '12 impala. Both gas and diesel, ultimately, are dependant on what you're doing. When I get around to needing exhaust piping, I'm using very high temp material on my gassers.

 

[mw67rs]

Diseil trucks 2006 and older aren't that bad. It is the 2007 and newer with the DPF that get really hot exhaust during a regen. In those temps can exceed 1000*F coming out of the tailpipe. That is why you needed something like the fiberglass hose that Aahz mentioned.

 

[kamesama980]

Diseil trucks 2006 and older aren't that bad. It is the 2007 and newer with the DPF that get really hot exhaust during a regen. In those temps can exceed 1000*F coming out of the tailpipe. That is why you needed something like the fiberglass hose that Aahz mentioned.

I understand that, I was saying to use the higher temp hoses on gassers as well.