My hood steams in the rain....

[Silver Streak]

When I drive in the rain, I actually see steam coming off the hood...happened the other day. I don't like that at all, it's kinda annoying. Does this happen to anyone else? Not sure if my engine is running unusually hot, the coolant temp looks fine...however, I think I may have a thermostat problem. Reason why I bring this up is that I just read that thread on knock sensors and how your engine can get hotter than normal. This happens from regular driving, nothing hard. BTW, I don't have that hodd underpadding on my 92 V6.

[alex]

i'd answer ya....but i don't drive the cam in the rain

[Camry726]

It rains in Canada?

[Studious]

yea at skool i noticed it on my car and a few other cams like mine... i gotta gen 3

[Nick]

did you remove the thermal insulator thing lining the inside of the hood, cuz i did and it dosen't steam

[RedruM]

most if not all cars steam when it rains
only our toyotas dont useually come with lining and therefore the hood takes the heat which makes your hood steam

dont worry atleast you've got a camry
my ae92 hood boils in the matter of 5 minutes of driving

[Silver Streak]

Originally posted by Camry726
It rains in Canada?

Yeah, it's a pain because the rain melts our igloos....

OK, so it's not a big deal...cool...thanks....

[Eye8Pussies]

yeah! I only noticed the same thing like, a couple of weeks ago when I was stuck in the rush hour traffic, and I was like.....cool!


and henry: clear your inbox!

[Phi]

My hood is steamy like a passionate night with Deep's mom :o

[arcasmachineracing]

Originally posted by Phi
My hood is steamy like a passionate night with Deep's mom :o

awwwhhh come on...

none of that now...

juss messing...

i got the hood "underpadding" on my gen 3 i4... so yeah... I guess I don't steam... ohh hold on, I live in Arizona, it never rains here... I guess I would never know...

[Numbers]

rain? I live in the heart of toronto and my igloo never ices up. If it'd rain, I'd have trouble coming out of my gloo' in the morning. So don't know what you guys are talking about. My igloo never melts.

[Ronitti]

When I painted my car my guys forgot to put back on the under hood padding, Its wasnt until I drove in the rain I noticed the eminent steam coming from the hood, when I popped the hood it was the first thing I noticed was missing was the under hood mat. Thats what its there for, to protect your paint from the heat.

[celica/camry]

buy a hood scoop....

[prana]

gen4 and mine steams too...but its cause i took out the hood lining thing