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Re: exhaust oiling



-----Original Message-----
From: John R. Jetty <jjetty@pahrump.com>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 12:51
Subject: exhaust oiling


>> > A buddy of mine's dad does metal sculpture, and he turned me on to a
>> > really good treatment to keep steel for rusting.  He uses an actual
>> > store-bought product, but showed me that wiping a HOT exhaust (run the
>> > engine for 15 minutes or so) with some WD-40 or oil will cause the
>metal
>> > to turn black, and ultimately return to a "bare" metal appearance.
>This
>> > is best done on either an exhaust that is already rusted - after
>> > cleaning it up with sandpaper or Scotch-Brite pads, or on a bare metal
>> > exhaust.  Obviously, be careful putting the stuff on the hot exhaust.
>> > When my zooper beetle, Barney, had it's valve cover sealing issues, oil
>> > dumped all over the single quiet pack muffler, and now it looks like
>new
>> > on one end, and rusted at the collector end, so I know it works with
>> > regular oil too.
>> >
>> > Jake Kooser
>
>Ahh I was looking at my Heater boxes and where it got oil on it there is no
>rust but up near where it bolts on to the heads there is light rust.
>
>So you could even before putting on your exhaust throw it into the oven at
>say 200 and heat it up then oil it. I saw people do this to decorative
metal
>to help it from collecting dust( You gotta start watching Martha Stewart I
>get alot of ideas from that show).
>
>So how often does his Dad or did his dad repeat the process????????
>
>James
>
Like a stupid idiot I forgot to mention if you gonna try this please only
use fresh oil.



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