[AT] Muffler Rust Prevention???

[Chuck Saunders]

Mufflers die from the inside. Most coatings will burn off and not give long
term protection. Stainless does well but limited availability and spendy.

On 5/24/07, william.neff.powell at comcast.net <william.neff.powell at comcast.net>
wrote:
>
> Kind of truck related, but tractor related also.
>
> I was wondering what the best method is for protecting an exhaust system?
>
> My 1985 Ford F250 Diesel gets about 2000 miles per year on it. It sits
> outside and while examining the 3 year old exhaust system I noticed that it
> is oxidizing heavily....
>
> My grandfather had a taxi business for 50 years, he rarely had exhaust
> issues,because the cars were always running the mufflers never got around to
> rusting...
>
>
> Should I get some silver high heat paint? Is it going to make a
> difference? Or is it waste of time because it will burn off...?
>
> I have sprayed my Allis Chalmers mufflers from time to time, I think it
> helps, the stay painted for a while....
>
> How about manifolds? Does anyone paint their manifolds?
>
> Regards,
>
> Will Powell
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