Heat build up in cabin

[eckwalsh]

Hi Guys.
I have an 08 defender and on the w/end did a trip to Canberra towing a trailer with 3 motor bikes on it. On the way down seemed ok. Mind you it was pouring with rain the entire way. On the way back however when the day warmed up a little ( but not hot) the floor in the front got hot and warm creating warm air and even the handbrake lever was too hot to rest my leg against. I had to run with the A/C on just to cool the cabin down a bit.
Is this normal as my TD5 did not do this or is there something i have to do to prevent this happening. I did notice that the exhaust seems to run fairly close to the floor nowadays tho. Any wadvice would be greatly appreciated.

Regards:
Eck

[dmdigital]

All I can say is mine doesn't exhibit this and I did 30km of sand driving on Sunday in extremely hot conditions. Also when I drove the Defender back home from Melbourne after buying it I never had this problem in the 4,500km trip.

Have you had a look underneath to check nothing is touching the exhaust?

[Blknight.aus]

climb under your 08 fender and have a look at how ford solved the problem of the exhaust heating up the passangers side foot well.

[eckwalsh]

All I can say is mine doesn't exhibit this and I did 30km of sand driving on Sunday in extremely hot conditions. Also when I drove the Defender back home from Melbourne after buying it I never had this problem in the 4,500km trip.

Have you had a look underneath to check nothing is touching the exhaust?

Yes have had a look and doesnt appear to be anything touching. Have driven it 13000 km's already and have noticed it once before. again when towing a trailer ( and not a heavy one) and on a warm day. Driving with a load in or hard driving which i often do doesn't seem to cause this but towing a trailer for some reason does. Bit of a mystery.
Regards.

Eck

[Psimpson7]

I would think its ok. My TD5 floor and tunnel gets very hot when worked hard.

[dmdigital]

Yes have had a look and doesnt appear to be anything touching. Have driven it 13000 km's already and have noticed it once before. again when towing a trailer ( and not a heavy one) and on a warm day. Driving with a load in or hard driving which i often do doesn't seem to cause this but towing a trailer for some reason does. Bit of a mystery.
Regards.

Eck

Should have mentioned, the first 4,500km I did in mine was towing 1.5t of camper trailer.

It does sound similar to the old problem the Tdi's have with the exhaust heating the passenger's foot well.

As for warm day's It's never much below 25C up here and Sunday down the beach was about 40C and in very soft sand.

The hand brake's not sticking on at all is it? When you notice it next time see if the drum is hot.

Definitely a mystery and please post up any resolution it case it occurs to anyone else.

[eckwalsh]

climb under your 08 fender and have a look at how ford solved the problem of the exhaust heating up the passangers side foot well.

They didnt do too much. Just a bit of insulation here and there. A flimsy heat sheild on the drivers side.Bit budget i'd say..lol

Regards:

Eck

[cewilson]

Even my old 200tDi does it mate. And it gets real uncomfortable too. Especially considering I don't have any carpet, matting etc. It's just straight floor!

It is something I'm looking to rectify in the near future. Just trying to work out what to use.

Cheers
Chris

[eckwalsh]

Should have mentioned, the first 4,500km I did in mine was towing 1.5t of camper trailer.

It does sound similar to the old problem the Tdi's have with the exhaust heating the passenger's foot well.

As for warm day's It's never much below 25C up here and Sunday down the beach was about 40C and in very soft sand.

The hand brake's not sticking on at all is it? When you notice it next time see if the drum is hot.

Definitely a mystery and please post up any resolution it case it occurs to anyone else.

Will check the handbrake next time. Didn't think of that. Might be the motor bikes. Only seems to do it when i'm towing them..lol.
Will post up anyresolution i get tho. Thanks for your help guys.
Regards"
Eck

[eckwalsh]

Refreshing in a way to see it's not just mine tho. Didnt worry me to much just a matter of winding the window down but the boss (missus) didn't go much on it. As they say happy wife, happy life..lol
Regards;

Eck