hard to get a good picture of the plastic on there
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 05:49 PM
so my gf drove over what looks o have been a plastic bag and the heat of the exhaust got it stuck on the piping. now almost the whole cat back has plastic melted onto it and after driving for more than 15 minutes it smells. now what would be the easiest way of getting it off?. i know i can try scrapping it off little by little but it would take way too long. any suggestions?
hard to get a good picture of the plastic on there
hard to get a good picture of the plastic on there
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 06:46 PM
You have to scrape it of while it's warm man. PITA!
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 07:47 PM
lol that happened to me to , i hope you like the smell of plastic for a few weeks , i just used a drill and wire wheel while it was warm
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:12 PM
easiest thing: deal with the smell, it will go away
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:38 PM
Get that exhaust nice and hot then use a steel putty knife to scrape it off. Make sure you wear some gloves/mitts when handling that exhaust though. Or like danimal86 said, just deal with it. It will eventually melt away.
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 10:35 PM
tried to scrape it off warm but it was a pain so i left it 
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Posted 30 May 2012 - 11:51 PM
Maybe lift it and spray with a power wash?? Just throwing ideas out there
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 05:31 AM
Yeah, if you don't wanna scrape, just deal with the smell. It will eventually burn completely off. Take a nice drive up/down the coast on a hot day, that should take care of most of it 
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 11:27 AM
Drive that b**** hard and it will burn right off.s*** will get real hot after wot for awhile.otherwise some diesel might take it right off. I melted sOme plastic on my dads Harley exhaust pipe and it came right off with a little rub down with diesel.of course it would be advisable to do that when the pipes cold lol
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 01:38 PM
don't know if this will work, but freeze it to make it brittle... start at the edges and work your way in breaking off chunks.
spray it with that air in a can stuff held upside down.
spray it with that air in a can stuff held upside down.
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 02:52 PM
ugh that sucks.... hence why you don't run over plastic bags
couldve been way worse if it went up in the engine bay
couldve been way worse if it went up in the engine bay
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 11:31 PM
How about trying a heat gun?
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 10:32 AM
^this.
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 01:11 PM
i scrapped most off then drove to six flags (about 100 miles) in 90degree weather and most of the smell is gone now .
