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hey guys. the other day I ran over a shopping back, and it got stuck to my y-pipe underneath the car. I managed to pull it off but some of

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Old 09-26-2011, 12:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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hey guys. the other day I ran over a shopping back, and it got stuck to my y-pipe underneath the car. I managed to pull it off but some of the plastic melted right onto the pipe. now for the past couple of days, once the car warms up, I can still smell burning plastic. is there anything I can do besides wait for it to melt off? cheers!
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Old 09-26-2011, 12:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I hit-than ran over- a deer once. Lots'o fur stuck to the exhaust system. Tried to spray it off but just letting it burn off was the only way. Took maybe 200 miles.

I suppose you could let it get cold and then try to chip it off with a paint scraper or something.
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that happened to a buddy of mine when he had his Z28..... he got the majority of the bag off but then let the remainder just burn off. ever since then, i try to avoid the flying bags at all possible cost....
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thought i already posted somewhere this am, but after raising the car on ramps and cooling off the exhaust i use a razor and then soft wire brush on my dremel to remove. metal polish at the very end.
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It will take a while but eventually it will stop smelling. You can also do what ken suggests.
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thought i already posted somewhere this am, but after raising the car on ramps and cooling off the exhaust i use a razor and then soft wire brush on my dremel to remove. metal polish at the very end.
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I had this happen to me on my Civic. What I did was drive the car around for a couple mins enough to get the pipes hot. I then parked the car and jacked it up while the pipes were still hot. Pair of thick gloves and a razor of some sort and just scrape it off. Having the pipes still warm makes scraping it off a lot easier than when it hardens and fuses with the exhaust.
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if it was on a civic i would just sell it using that as an excuse and get something else.
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if it was on a civic i would just sell it using that as an excuse and get something else.
That's why my Civic is gone and I now have a 11' 370Z and 12' Altima
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You mean '11 370Z and '12 Altima. Size doesn't matter here.
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