Subject	UGH, that is a terrible smell!
Posted by	TT XTZ on November 23, 2005 at 11:44 AM
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In Reply To	Getting melted plastic off the exhaust system... posted by BradZ (FL) on November 23, 2005 at 11:00 AM
Message	Happened to me years ago in my Sunfire; melted onto the exhaust manifold. Now people wonder why I actively try to avoid running over those empty bags blowing across the road. I could smell this one when I drove, and it took a LONG time to go away. Like, a month. I hope Kai's idea works!
Follow Ups	Getting melted plastic off the exhaust system... - BradZ (FL) 11:00:29 11/23/05 Usually you just have to wait for it to burn off. (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 11:02:13 11/23/05 Yeah, I guess so... - BradZ (FL) 11:05:05 11/23/05 Maybe get the exhaust slightly warm with a heat gun.. - Audioquest 15:02:37 11/23/05 you can try... - SkiFly01 11:16:44 11/23/05 Why didn't I think of that? Thanks Kai. (n/m) - BradZ (FL) 11:23:01 11/23/05 Do a couple WOT runs and it should burn off. (n/m) - zboost(tx) 11:28:10 11/23/05 I do several of those every day. (n/m) - BradZ (FL) 11:34:14 11/23/05 UGH, that is a terrible smell! - TT XTZ 11:44:07 11/23/05 Yeah, I always make sure I dodge 'em too... - BradZ (FL) 11:49:01 11/23/05 propane torch and a scraper (n/m) - Guapo 11:44:54 11/23/05 funny story about that - Moxie 12:08:34 11/23/05 hahahaha....I'll have to remember that one (n/m) - just4kinks 12:21:46 11/23/05 that is a good story (n/m) - Atl300zxTT (Less Lazy) 12:23:24 11/23/05 Nice. - TT XTZ 12:34:34 11/23/05 Maybe some steel wool? (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 12:24:35 11/23/05 Yeah...I'll try that... - BradZ (FL) 12:55:34 11/23/05 i remember those days.... - musky 12:44:36 11/23/05 this was supposed to go under moxie's post, sorry (n/m) - musky 12:45:55 11/23/05 plastic or brass wheel brush on a dremel or drill. (n/m) - AzHeat 12:57:22 11/23/05 melt it off again (n/m) - BoostLesZ 13:21:21 11/23/05 would goo gone or some kind of mineral oil work? - Island^View 13:37:02 11/23/05 Good point, it IS plastic - maybe something like - TT XTZ 13:52:27 11/23/05 That's what I was wondering if anyone would suggest... - BradZ (FL) 13:52:48 11/23/05 probably wouldn't work as well once the plastic is baked - ENVYMYZ 14:55:35 11/23/05 you can buy eurathane remover which is used to strip - AzHeat 16:34:41 11/23/05
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