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A plastic bag blew under my car when it was parked.
. When I parked and had a look under the car I. New posts New listings New profile posts Latest activity. The only thing possible was for a plastic bag to be stuck under my car which I thought was impossible lolDecided to check anyway and low and behold a big sheet of plastic wrapper thats used for a case of pop was stuck under my car on my exhaust.
It is caked on there. As pointed out by a professional mechanic on Reddit a plastic bag can get sucked into the drive belt or exhaust system causing major mechanical issues and sometimes even fire. I got most of the plastic out but now it smell nasty.
2002 750 ACE DELUXE. With my last car it. Googled it and nothing seemed right.
I was able to pop off much of the melted plastic using a plastic scraperknife but some of it wont come off. I hate it when that happens. She melted a small portion of a shopping bag on her exhaust and I would like some recommendations on removing it.
Dengel even accused me of burning up my clutch at the Mecca II run. I was on the freeway today and a plastic bag was flying. There is still a little dark discoloration where the bag was stuck to the exhaust but there arent any more visible bits of plastic.
What should I use to get it off. So last Week I took my Car around the Block I stopped at my Sisters about 6 Houses from me she was out Thank God. She said there is a Plastic bag under your Car and then I smelled the.
06-29-2005 1729 4 pbassjo. It is caked on. I agree with Aterpak.
Every time it would heat up it would melt a bit more give off some toxic fumes and aggravate me. I drive over it and wait to see it bellow out from underneath the car in my rear view mirror but it instead never surfaces. Its gonna smell for a while unfortunately.
If not and its safe to do so pull over and look under your car in a parking lot. Not sure how the plastic got on the muffler and not even sure it was a plastic bag. Use a die grinder and.
Lots of on-ramps at full throttle up to redline. Had the same issue once read that if youre only driving your regular commute the plastic might only heat up enough to start smelling but not get hot enough or for long enough to really burn away. 7 May 31 2005.
Its worth having a look to see if you can see it and make sure its only a small amount or pull off any loose stuff. If you run one over watch your rear view mirror to see if the bag passed under your car and is still in the roadway. Some plastic will disolve with gasoline.
Hi All I did a search for Melted Plastic Nothing. That innocent plastic bag had melted and fused itself to my exhaust. Whats new Latest activity Authors.
Check your mirrors and carefully change lanes to go around the bag. Avoid swerving dangerously at the sight of a bag. If its on the undercarriage you can pull it off or use light chemicals but if its melted I assume its the exhaust or the catalytic converters.
2002 Impreza 25 TS. Sowhat do I do. So first thing I did is to look under the car to see if there is any plastic bag that is melting on the exhaust.
Plastic melted on exhaust. We see it mostly with plastic supermarket bags. Then it went under the car.
It stuck to the hot exhaust pipe. Log in Register. But itll take weeks.
Did that for about an hour. After I park I look under the car and there is melted red plastic coating my exhaust pipes right before the can. This is how to remove the burned plastic.
When I drove over it I thought it would just pass right through under my car but instead it got tangled up on my midpipe. I couldnt avoid the bag. With the car cold Ill peel off what you can but just let the rest burn off - burning plastic bags smell bad but so would burning chemicals.
Was told go for a long drive and drive it like I stole it. As the title states I had a plastic bag under my car while driving and it melted to my exhaust pipes. While driving on the freeway today there was a plastic bag floating around on the road.
They get under cars and instantly melt all over the red-hot catalytic converter. Help - plastic stuck underneath my car. The plastic melt on the exhaust pipe.
I guess after 2 months this crazy plastic bag would not burn itself off. So I exit off the freeway to look under the car. Approximately 380 billion plastic bags are used in the United States every year.
Get under the car and use a paint scrapper. Above 130C it can be dissolved with hydrocarbon based solvents which presents the problem of the solvent evaporating while you are trying to use it. Best Answer Yes there wlll be some melted plastic on the exhause pipe which will burn off next time you drive.
The problem with trying to remove this type of material chemically is that at room temperature polyethylene is insoluble in all solvents. 1914 Fri 08th Apr 2022 Go To Best Answer bhg481. It wont do any real harm to the car and eventually itll burn off altogether.
If it melts to your exhaust pipe it can be pretty tricky to get off and cause your car to smell like burning plastic for weeks. It removes paint just as good as it will remove melted plastic bags. Bag melted to exhaust -.
Discussion Starter 1 Apr 29 2010 Edited I was on the freeway today and a plastic bag was flying. Yeah i was driving on the 91 fwy today and a plastic bag went under my car but never saw it go out the back. As the title states I had a plastic bag under my car while driving and it melted to my exhaust pipes.
So Im driving on the 10 and of course there is a red plastic bag floating in the air. So how can i get the melted bag off. When i got home i looked at the exhuast tip there was a melted plastic bag.
What should I use to get it off. New posts Search forums.
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