How to ?

[cryptic]

Remove plastic stuck to midpipe? Friday night I was driving back to the house and a plastic ice bag was being blown across the highway, I exited as soon as I could but some of it had already stuck. It's a thicker than most and when the pipes cool down it really hard.

Any suggestions taken, Thanks:SNSign:

 

[mity2]

scraper?

 

[eleanor'03]

Yeah, ur gonna have to scrape that with a spackle blade or wait till it heats up and do it. Doesnt take long for the midpipe to heat up. Thats rough man i always go well out of my way to dodge plastic bags. G'luck.

 

[menasci]

Paint thinner?
Alcohol?
or....
Start the car.
Let tail pipes heat up plastic.
Then, scrape it off with a towel.

 

[timeless2]

Torch (lightly and carefully).
Heat gun.

 

[menasci]

Torch (lightly and carefully).
Heat gun.

Torch? LOL, I don't think so.
Heat gun? Whatcha plug that into, the cigarette lighter?

 

[timeless2]

Torch? LOL, I don't think so.
Heat gun? Whatcha plug that into, the cigarette lighter?

Evidently, you don't realize that torches are commonly used to relieve the stress from corroded metal in order to free them? Using a torch on exhaust is common and you'll be sure to melt the plastic right off.

Heat gun plugs into a wall outlet, mang. Ever hear of electricity?

 

[Susky]

I had that happen to me with one of my old cars. Stunk like hell. It was only a small amount, not enough to remove, and I just let the crap burn off.

I would imagine that a small propane torch would definitely soften it up so you can scrape off as much as you can. Then just let the exhaust heat finish burning it off.

 

[Orions98GT]

torchx2

 

[01LaserRedCobra]

I have had this happen to myself. I used a wire wheel brush drill attatchment. Cleaned it off quickly.

 

[helty]

buy a kewbra

 

[cryptic]

Majority rules,

Looks like I'll use a torch, I had thought about letting the exhaust heat up the plastic enough to hit it with a rotory bit but I then thought about hot plastic being spun all over the place.


I appreciate the help guys.