[AT] Muffler Rust Prevention???

[bridgescharles at hughes.net]

Just bore a little hole at the lowest point in your muffler.
A hole that size won't make any difference as far as noise is concerned, and 
the condensation will drain out.

Charles
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <william.neff.powell at comcast.net>
To: "Harold Powell" <haroldrpowell at msn.com>; "Antique tractor email 
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Muffler Rust Prevention???


>I wonder if you could fill the pipe with an inert gas like argon, and then 
>cap it....?  Probably too much work...
>
> What if you plugged the tail pipe, would that slow the oxidation? I think 
> that might help...
>
> Will
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> I have a similar situation with my F350 6.9L diesel truck. Generally,
>> what happens is that mufflers rust from the inside out. On engine that
>> don't get much use, the exhaust systems don't get hot enough to boil out
>> the condensation and exhaust water that forms inside them, and it sits
>> inside, rusting through until there is a hole that lets the water out.
>> My point is that there is nothing you can put on the outside that is
>> going to prevent rust from the inside. You can buy "muffler paint" from
>> Eastwoods, but I don't think it will help, unless you are going to sell
>> the truck the next day. :-) Frankly, I don't think, aside from
>> installing a stainless steel exhaust system, there is any good solution
>> to the problem.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> 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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