when parking in your garage, what do you do to cool the engine compartment, if at all
a cold beverage is likely to pop in my hand!
07-01-2013, 05:51 PM
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Is this a serious question?
07-01-2013, 06:24 PM
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thanks all for responses. I guess I am not the only hood raiser. Gonna have to buy more Coors to alleviate MY pain.
EV - does make sense - just delays the cooling off time for sure. My garage is probably not as hot as AZ, but was still 104 at 10pm. Sure hate seeing my car baking in the oven, but at least it's out of the sun and off the street.
EV - does make sense - just delays the cooling off time for sure. My garage is probably not as hot as AZ, but was still 104 at 10pm. Sure hate seeing my car baking in the oven, but at least it's out of the sun and off the street.
07-01-2013, 06:33 PM
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Haven't had this issue as the hottest we get is around 105*. I suspect I'd pop the hood and turn on the ceiling fans or if desperate, close the garage door and cool the whole garage down with the zoned ac, which I don't use often unless I plan a garage day for myself.
07-02-2013, 08:52 AM
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I am down in HOU so I have a fan in the garage that is on all the time. Not really for this reason more just to keep air moving in the garage.
I love the Dry heat comment. I have been in Houston at 107 and Las Vegas at 115. You know what it was still HOTTTTTTTT!
I love the Dry heat comment. I have been in Houston at 107 and Las Vegas at 115. You know what it was still HOTTTTTTTT!
07-02-2013, 10:06 AM
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07-02-2013, 10:25 AM
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I completely understand the OP's concern. I live in So Cal, and my garage here is completely finished and insulated. On a hot day, if I pull the car in and just close the garage door the garage will become unbearably hot for many hours. I've also got a refrigerator out there that has to battle that heat on a daily basis, so the heat from the car is probably costing me some electricity money as well.
To answer the OP's question: I'll typically leave the garage door open and occasionally I'll pop the hood if it's real hot. I tried a fan once or twice, but it didn't seem to help as much as simply opening doors at both ends of the garage and letting nature's flow through ventilation just dissipate the heat for 30 minutes.
I've never really been worried about damage to the car per se...I've been more concerned with the heat working my fridge and heating the house. Although when it's really hot, I'll usually pop the hood just to provide a little heat relief so I don't damage my Corvette Racing team autographs:
To answer the OP's question: I'll typically leave the garage door open and occasionally I'll pop the hood if it's real hot. I tried a fan once or twice, but it didn't seem to help as much as simply opening doors at both ends of the garage and letting nature's flow through ventilation just dissipate the heat for 30 minutes.
I've never really been worried about damage to the car per se...I've been more concerned with the heat working my fridge and heating the house. Although when it's really hot, I'll usually pop the hood just to provide a little heat relief so I don't damage my Corvette Racing team autographs:
07-02-2013, 10:38 AM
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07-02-2013, 10:38 AM
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But sometimes instead of going inside the house, I'll go out on the back deck and have a beer. 
07-02-2013, 12:47 PM
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Here in the beautiful Oklahoma City area it can get pretty hot. When it's in the 100 degree and above range, I will often open the hood when I get home - not for the sake of the engine but for the battery. I have had two cracked batteries in a two-year period. I don't know if heat was an issue, but I can't think of what else would cause the cracks except excessive heat in the engine bay area. Maybe I'm wasting my time, but it's not much trouble to pull the release and raise the hood as I get out of the car.
07-02-2013, 01:30 PM
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If you are really serious and want to prevent that "heat soak" that you are worried about, the only thing that works is after a long drive when everything is very hot,just wrap your lips around each tailpipe and keep blowing.
This will cool it down from the inside which works better than fans on the outside.
This will cool it down from the inside which works better than fans on the outside.
07-02-2013, 01:41 PM
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If you are really serious and want to prevent that "heat soak" that you are worried about, the only thing that works is after a long drive when everything is very hot,just wrap your lips around each tailpipe and keep blowing.
This will cool it down from the inside which works better than fans on the outside.
This will cool it down from the inside which works better than fans on the outside.
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