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Almost Caught FIRE - whited44 - 06-29-2026
I was about 15 mintues from Sturgis (my destination) yesterday. After about a 5 hour drive. Temps were around 80.
Smoke alarm in the bedroom started going off. Pulled over immediately and some smoke was coming out from behind the drivers side tag.
Long story short. I think i have an exhaust leak, causing the exhaust blanketing on fire. Or almost on fire anyway. What is the best way to get this either
A. Blanketing off so I can get the pipe repaired while still hooked up
B. Remove the pipe including the blanketing so I can repair the pipe and reinstall
I'll be here for a couple days and need to get this wrapped up before the next leg of my trip. I'll attach pictures in the next post
Pictures
RE: Almost Caught FIRE - [email protected] - 06-29-2026
(5 hours ago)whited44 Wrote: I was about 15 mintues from Sturgis (my destination) yesterday. After about a 5 hour drive. Temps were around 80.
Smoke alarm in the bedroom started going off. Pulled over immediately and some smoke was coming out from behind the drivers side tag.
Long story short. I think i have an exhaust leak, causing the exhaust blanketing on fire. Or almost on fire anyway. What is the best way to get this either
A. Blanketing off so I can get the pipe repaired while still hooked up
B. Remove the pipe including the blanketing so I can repair the pipe and reinstall
I'll be here for a couple days and need to get this wrapped up before the next leg of my trip. I'll attach pictures in the next post
Pictures
If you can get it out without removing the blanketing that would be great. That stuff itches and will be all over the place once you start removing it. I always wear long sleeves and gloves when I am working especially on that insulation.
On a side note, I have seen more rotten exhaust under blankets like this. I think because the coaches sit more than they are used it allows moisture to build up under the blankets and the only way to dry it out is by driving it to heat it up. For me, I would either replace the blanketed pipe with stainless or leave the blanket off if using regular steel exhaust. I left all the blankets off on my Wanderlodge. Lots complain about heat in the bedroom but mine was never that bad. I also redid all the insulation in the engine bay when I did my radiator recore.
RE: Almost Caught FIRE - whited44 - 06-29-2026
(4 hours ago)[email protected] Wrote:(5 hours ago)whited44 Wrote: I was about 15 mintues from Sturgis (my destination) yesterday. After about a 5 hour drive. Temps were around 80.
Smoke alarm in the bedroom started going off. Pulled over immediately and some smoke was coming out from behind the drivers side tag.
Long story short. I think i have an exhaust leak, causing the exhaust blanketing on fire. Or almost on fire anyway. What is the best way to get this either
A. Blanketing off so I can get the pipe repaired while still hooked up
B. Remove the pipe including the blanketing so I can repair the pipe and reinstall
I'll be here for a couple days and need to get this wrapped up before the next leg of my trip. I'll attach pictures in the next post
Pictures
If you can get it out without removing the blanketing that would be great. That stuff itches and will be all over the place once you start removing it. I always wear long sleeves and gloves when I am working especially on that insulation.
On a side note, I have seen more rotten exhaust under blankets like this. I think because the coaches sit more than they are used it allows moisture to build up under the blankets and the only way to dry it out is by driving it to heat it up. For me, I would either replace the blanketed pipe with stainless or leave the blanket off if using regular steel exhaust. I left all the blankets off on my Wanderlodge. Lots complain about heat in the bedroom but mine was never that bad. I also redid all the insulation in the engine bay when I did my radiator recore.
It looks like there is a clamp at the turbo, and one maybe underneath where it goes into the muffler??? It would be nice if I could get the whole pipe out rather than trying to get that insulation off while it's still in there.
RE: Almost Caught FIRE - [email protected] - 06-29-2026
(3 hours ago)whited44 Wrote: It looks like there is a clamp at the turbo, and one maybe underneath where it goes into the muffler??? It would be nice if I could get the whole pipe out rather than trying to get that insulation off while it's still in there.
Yea, definitely would be nice to get it out in one piece. Not sure if one of the other gurus have had theirs out. I know I remember seeing a post by Richard on some exhaust mods, I think it mainly had to do with changing the muffler, not sure if he removed that pipe.