RZR starts a forest fire Saturday

This past Saturday my brother's RZR started a forest fire. At least we are pretty sure thats what started it. We were in a very isolated area at our camp near 5 Points, in Wetzel county WV. My brother had rode his RZR through the area where the fire started about 2 hours before we saw it. No one else was there or could have been without us knowing it and none of us smoke. We think that a leaf or something got up on the muffler and caught on fire then fell off. My brothers RZR is a 2008 and has no heat shield on it where the manifold and muffler come together. I have seen fire on his RZR in this spot several times over the last couple years. Late Saturday night when we were done helping stop the fire my brother had drove his RZR several miles when he got off and looked at this spot it was glowing cherry red. In the dark you could see just how hot it got.
I don't know if the heat from this area has been discussed on here before but I was wondering if any of you have any idea of how to sheild or cool down this area? My brother had contacted Polaris 2 years ago about this problem and they gave him the run around. The 2009 model has an extra heat shield on this spot. In the end we were very lucky that we able to get it stopped as quick as we did. Only 5 acres or less were lost. It was very dry and fire trucks could not get to the fire so it was all fought by hand and backpack bladders of water. Hopefully we can get a fix for this problem and it won't happen again. My brother said the extra shield that is on the 2009 won't work on the 2008 model. So if any of you have any great ideas i'd love to hear them. You also may wanna check out your own RZR!!!

I heard about this from Super Dave about his 08 , except his was on fire not the woods .....

Maybe he can find a used exhaust system off a newer one and put it on there. Alot of people are upgrading, so it shouldn't be to hard to find. Or you might try making a heatshield out of something and welding it on.

Sorry to hear your weekend went like that. Glad you got the fire out.

Thunter, Then make a fiber wrap to use on race car headers to reduse under hood heat this might help. Ride Safe BIG HOSS

I was warned not to use that as it would hold moisture and cause the exhaust to rust ....

might check into ceramic coating it helps reduce heat. I think u can even buy it at like advance or auto zone in a spray can it will help.

Thunter wrote:

This past Saturday my brother's RZR started a forest fire. At least we are pretty sure thats what started it. We were in a very isolated area at our camp near 5 Points, in Wetzel county WV. My brother had rode his RZR through the area where the fire started about 2 hours before we saw it. No one else was there or could have been without us knowing it and none of us smoke. We think that a leaf or something got up on the muffler and caught on fire then fell off. My brothers RZR is a 2008 and has no heat shield on it where the manifold and muffler come together. I have seen fire on his RZR in this spot several times over the last couple years. Late Saturday night when we were done helping stop the fire my brother had drove his RZR several miles when he got off and looked at this spot it was glowing cherry red. In the dark you could see just how hot it got.
I don't know if the heat from this area has been discussed on here before but I was wondering if any of you have any idea of how to sheild or cool down this area? My brother had contacted Polaris 2 years ago about this problem and they gave him the run around. The 2009 model has an extra heat shield on this spot. In the end we were very lucky that we able to get it stopped as quick as we did. Only 5 acres or less were lost. It was very dry and fire trucks could not get to the fire so it was all fought by hand and backpack bladders of water. Hopefully we can get a fix for this problem and it won't happen again. My brother said the extra shield that is on the 2009 won't work on the 2008 model. So if any of you have any great ideas i'd love to hear them. You also may wanna check out your own RZR!!!

... I think your spark arrester is clogged up....take it out and check it....

I would look into wraps also. There are kits that seal the wrap after it is installed, or like wallers said have it ceramic coated.

Thanks guys for all the input!! I didn't know about that ceramic coating.

I have been fighting the same problem the "y" pipe and next joint glows red ! I have replaced the fuel pump hoping that it was just running real lean and causing a lot of heat ! I also put a rzr s exhaust system on ( thanks wallers) and when I took my old one off it was cracked at the "y" pipe on bottom . does the machine backfire ?

I don't know if it does or not, it's my brother RZR. However mine has started backfiring here lately.

pull the "y" pipe off and put a flash light between it and look down the inside and see if you see anylight . it takes about 30 mins to check . 4 bolts and 2 springs I think

Wow that's awful...good to see that it was contained before it got too bad...

hey guys i have been yelling for years !!!! gald to see you did burn the house own,, i put a set of headers on -- muzzys --- it did not-- did not,, solvel the fire problems , i will be wraping the headers as soon as i get some money also, thunderhawk has better gaurds , the o9 shield does help some , but ony some , glad your ok ! how that goes only you can prevent forest fires !!! ! we have to have spark-arresters.
and if the whole place burns ! DONT TELL ANYONE ,,, or you will be held responsible of damage to the forest and fines galore !

you can get a muzzys from atvoutfitters.net
cheap too @!

A lot of you saw my exhuast at the fall ride when I was backfiring so bad and commented on it glowing cherry red. After changing my fuel pump I can almost put my bare hand on the muffler after hours of riding. Check your fuel pressure and if it,s low install a new fuel pump and see if this helps

I got a 09 RZR. It just started backfiring. Happended twice on my last
ride in Ocala.
Is backfiring related to the above problems?

yes it iether has a crack and or a bad pump, mostly the header cracks

rzrwrecker wrote:

yes it iether has a crack and or a bad pump, mostly the header cracks

Thanks! I'll check it out.