Plastic Bag melted on exhaust pipes
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Plastic Bag melted on exhaust pipes
So I'm crusing and one of those plastic sheets that is used for dry cleaning goes underneath my car--look in the rearview and doesn't come out. Get home and the plastic is melted to the pipes w/ the logo from the cleaners and all--It reaks wicked bad of burn plastic--I got some of the plastic that wasn't melted--but the rest is now melted on the pipes.
Does anyone know the best and safest way to clean/get the melted plastic off the pipes? Anyone know if this condition will cause any other harm besides bad smell? Anyone have a similar incident? Thx for the input!
Does anyone know the best and safest way to clean/get the melted plastic off the pipes? Anyone know if this condition will cause any other harm besides bad smell? Anyone have a similar incident? Thx for the input!
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Originally Posted by k_hojnacki
same thing here, got hung on my midpipe, I took it off and wire wheeled it off.
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Thx for the input all. I'm glad to know I haven't been the only one to ride around w/ burnt plastic smell. So it seems, scraping off the plastic once cooled, then using a wirewheel or polisher to get off the rest is the way to go as opposed to power washing or the like? I assume there are some sensors down under there as well that would need care to not be damaged?
And I bit the bullet and ordered the jdm weldina exhaust, which I should get in 14-21 days via japanparts.com. Can't wait--I'll post flicks, sound clips, impressions when I get it and put it on--I just got to be sure to avoid these pesty plastic pieces of **** flying around on roads.
And I bit the bullet and ordered the jdm weldina exhaust, which I should get in 14-21 days via japanparts.com. Can't wait--I'll post flicks, sound clips, impressions when I get it and put it on--I just got to be sure to avoid these pesty plastic pieces of **** flying around on roads.
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Last edited by jonnylaw; 03-05-2007 at 07:43 PM.
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So I took it to a friend of mine who is a service advisor at my dealership. We took a look under the car. Luckily no plastic was melted on any of the 02 sensors or cats. The melted plastic was on both sides of the stock cover over the y pipe. A tech takes a smell, goes and gets these huge canisters w/ a torch on the end and torches the plastic right off!! The plastic is almost all off, w/ a little residue of smell--but I guess flamethrowing the plastic is another option!
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you can pretty much scrape it any time...but as it gets old it gets harder
to remove completely so earlier the better.
i dont like the heated pipe way cause the plastic gunk stretches and sticks
to my window scraper. i just did it while the pipes were cool to the touch.
be careful when jacking up your car or while you're under there. make sure
you chock a tire if you're going to use ramps like me.
to remove completely so earlier the better.
i dont like the heated pipe way cause the plastic gunk stretches and sticks
to my window scraper. i just did it while the pipes were cool to the touch.
be careful when jacking up your car or while you're under there. make sure
you chock a tire if you're going to use ramps like me.