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  1. Heat Issues to Look For and Fix Before Cruising Season

    Heat Issues to Look For and Fix Before Cruising Season

    Summer cruising season is right around the corner. Now’s the time to go over your ride and make sure you’re protected against heat-related issues so you don’t end up on the side of the road or in some parking lot. Heatshield Products has a variety of thermal and reflective/deflective heat barriers and insulation that can help guard against summer heat adding to underhood and under-vehicle heat to create reliability issues and possible premature component and system failures.

    Areas to protect for heat issues:

    • Fuel lines
    • Power steering and brake lines
    • Wiring harnesses and connectors
    • Clutch slave cylinders
    • Under-vehicle components located near the exhaust system  

    There areas to look at for where heat can cause you problems are anyplace on the vehicle where fluid lines, fuel lines, wiring harnesses and ignition wires/components are close to a major heat source. For example, fuel lines that run close

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  2. 2008-18 Jeep JK Wrangler Y-Pipe Insulation Test

    2008-18 Jeep JK Wrangler Y-Pipe Insulation Test

    During our recent install and test of our Heatshield Pipe Armor and Muffler Armor exhaust insulation kits, we noticed something on the Jeep JK Wrangler. The exhaust system Y-pipe that connects the passenger side exhaust manifold to the system passes right underneath the automatic transmission pan. And within close proximity to the bottom of the pan. This means a lot of heat being radiated upward into the pan, adding heat to the pan and the fluid in it. Not a good thing for ATF life and the transmission in general.

    With some Heatshield Armor exhaust insulation left over from

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  3. Why Leaving a Gap is Crucial for Installing Heatshield Armor

    Why Leaving a Gap is Crucial for Installing Heatshield Armor

    Heatshield Products Heatshield Armor exhaust insulation is one of the most effective, efficient thermal barrier materials on the market. Its specially formulated BioCool material reduces the amount of heat an exhaust pipe radiates up to 70 percent. That heat is kept in the pipe/exhaust system, helping to improve exhaust system performance through increased exhaust gas temperatures (EGT) and exhaust gas velocities. But we’re often asked why it’s necessary to leave a gap when installing Heatshield Armor on exhaust pipes and not fully wrap/insulate the exhaust pipe?

    Installing Exhaust Insulation Does the Following:

    • Reduces radiated exhaust heat and heat exposure under-vehicle components are subjected to

    • Improve

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