Requesting input on a few issues

tls - 08 - 6mt - ~85,000

So as we all know, the best part of buying and getting a new car is getting to fix all the problems the previous own managed to pass on to you:tomato:

I have gotten a few issues ironed out and seem to be some what stuck on a few of these.

1st and foremost, the center console will get really hot when driving, more so when driving hard, and driving in the day. Before we get into "the air ducts run through there" conversation; i know. even when im running full ac, it still manages to get warm. i feel hot air rising up and out of the shift boot and ebrake boot. i am about to take the center console apart to see if i can narrow it down but i have done other checks before.


first thing i looked into was my cats. they didnt have the heat shield on them and i suspected heat was radiating into the firewall, and into the center console. so i replaced the with high flow cats and had them ceramic coated to keep heat down. initially i thought it helped, but today driving during the day, i discovered it didnt (at least not enough to notice).

second, checked for exhaust leaks. there doesn't seem to be any to speak of, when the car cools down i will recheck all the bolts from hfpc, rv6 jpipe, and rv6 td exhaust. but last time they all checked out fine.

third, i thought my car would be over heating.

the car runs relatively cool compared to my previous tls.

Operating Temp

so all and all im pretty stuck on this one guys. any suggestions would help.





i do have another small odd issue. my car tends to whine a bit like a mustang. it is rpm related and does it regardless of temp (so i dont think it is the power steering oring). i dont recall my previous tls doing this... im assuming a tensioner, or pulley is going out.


thanks in advance zine friends:thumbsup:

-Mario