exhuast gunk on bottom????????
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bballa709



Joined: 21 Jan 2008
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Posted: 9/4/08 11:54AM    Post subject: exhuast gunk on bottom????????  

i just noticed this crap on the bottom of my megan racing catback....its weird its like little dried up bubbles and like someone smeared toothpaste all over the bottom of this section....here are some pics...



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InfiniteVisi0n



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Posted: 9/4/08 12:00PM    Post subject:  

eww nasty..looks like a bug took a dump on the hanger and then layed eggs
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blacktrdtc



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Posted: 9/4/08 12:01PM    Post subject:  

ewww looks like exhaust pimples or something. lol
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bballa709



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Posted: 9/4/08 12:12PM    Post subject:  

any ideas what the hell that is???? lol
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Higgy



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Location: Fayetteville/Ft Bragg, NC

Posted: 9/4/08 12:19PM    Post subject:  

You might have ran over something and it hit the hot exhaust pipe and stuck to it
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B_Real45



Joined: 14 Dec 2007
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Location: South Florida

Posted: 9/4/08 12:23PM    Post subject:  

Higgy wrote: You might have ran over something and it hit the hot exhaust pipe and stuck to it

Exactly. I bet anything you ran over a plastic bag of some sort.. and the heat melted the plastic to your exhaust. This has happened to me on my stock exhaust.. it looks really weird but is of no harm.
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bballa709



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Posted: 9/4/08 12:24PM    Post subject:  

ya but it doesnt scrape on anything except speed bumps if you go fast....and i only did that once....and i would have noticed it when i put my pulley on...so i dunno
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Higgy



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Posted: 9/4/08 12:35PM    Post subject:  

It doesnt have to scrape anything. like B_Real said it was probably a plastic grocery bag that you ran over and it blew up onto your exhaust and melted. It could have been Styrofoam. Just because you dont scrape doesnt mean stuff wont bounce up into it.
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Beckaz_tC



Joined: 21 May 2008
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Location: Mesa, Arizona

Posted: 9/4/08 12:40PM    Post subject:  

Yeah i have my money on a plastic grocery bag flew up under it, maybe on the freeway and melted onto it a litttle. I run paper and trash like that on the freeways all the time.
I'm sure it can be scraped off if you're really worried about it. Get an sos pad and lightly brush it off.
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SquallLHeart



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Posted: 9/4/08 12:43PM    Post subject:  

it's melted something.. very likely it was a plastic bag... and then the melted goo caused dirt and stuff to stick to it.
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Scott8



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Posted: 9/4/08 1:01PM    Post subject:  

the exhaust has herpes... Get it some Valtrex!!!
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Higgy



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Posted: 9/4/08 1:13PM    Post subject:  

or some herpex. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrVqD67zils
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anray86



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
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Location: Chesapeake, Va

Posted: 9/4/08 1:56PM    Post subject:  

That looks disgusting LOL. But i agree, it looks like a plastic bag melted on it.
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ESEMRFOZZ13



Joined: 29 Aug 2006
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Location: SOUTHERN CALIFAS

Posted: 9/4/08 5:04PM    Post subject:  

it's a plastic grocery bag on the road that got caught under the car and melted. thank you very much
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O5_TRD_tC



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Posted: 9/4/08 5:13PM    Post subject:  

yep its a bag
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BZinn1



Joined: 23 Jun 2007
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Location: Washington

Posted: 9/4/08 7:07PM    Post subject:  

I found the same thing on my 70Tempest exhaust once......looked just like that .....it is bag Herpes.
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Rawkerstatus



Joined: 20 Jan 2007
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Location: City Of S.A. -- Santa Ana

Posted: 9/4/08 8:02PM    Post subject:  

yup plastic bag.. oh and yeah.. you may wanna scrape it off. i left mine on.. everytime i drove around it would smell like burning plastic n make me think i was burning something else.
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zer0myst



Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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Posted: 9/5/08 2:02AM    Post subject:  

yep, as everyone is saying most likey a grocery bag that got attached to your pipe. this happened to me before.

i just let the plastic bag burn itself out - took about 2-3 weeks for it to completely burn off.

do you smell a "burning plastic" smell when you get out off your car after driving around for a bit?
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