Removing road tar from exhaust header pipes??

[Alaskossie]

Are there any solutions to removing baked-on road tar on the exposed part of exhaust headers (from where they exit the side skin, to the muffler)?

 

Tar remover and 3M adhesive remover (the usual solutions for standard road tar removal) don't work.

 

My headers are ceramic-coated (silver). While the lumps of road tar come off, a stain remains, and the tar removers just won't cut it.

[locost7018]

What about denture cleaner? Russ

[MHKflyer52]

How about some bleach for cleaning porcelain sink and counter top surfaces or even some Easy-Off.

[pureadrenalin]

WD40 or BrakeKleen works well belive it or not. The whole goal is to breakdown the carbon chain, Brake-kleen does it exceptionally well. WD40 is also excellent at removing bugs, and rubber too.

[Kitcat]

I recently used WD 40 to take off a ton of tar that my car got into-use it liberally, let it soak overnite, add more, then wipe off.

[BrunnyS1]

Xylene if it needs it, but look out for the paint,

 

By the way , what is going on with the bump repair?

[Alaskossie]

I am pricing the new parts (bonnet, windscreen, cowl, firewall) from RMSC.

 

I'll have the painting done by a body shop up here. I may install the cowl/firewall myself, to make sure that all the special bits and bobs and brackets that I originally added to the stock firewall happen on the new one.

 

I'm going to have Nathan Down in Boulder cut the air-intake hole in the new bonnet, just like he did on the damaged one.

[scannon]

I am pricing the new parts (bonnet, windscreen, cowl, firewall) from RMSC.

 

I'll have the painting done by a body shop up here. I may install the cowl/firewall myself, to make sure that all the special bits and bobs and brackets that I originally added to the stock firewall happen on the new one.

 

I'm going to have Nathan Down in Boulder cut the air-intake hole in the new bonnet, just like he did on the damaged one.

 

Tom,

 

Since your car was painted at the factory I think you can have the parts painted by them before before being shipped to you. You might get a better match that way or does the installation process preclude pre-painting?

 

Are you shipping the damaged bonnet to Nathan so he can duplicate the cutout for the intake? If so, may I have the damaged one when he is finished with it? I'll find an appropriate spot to display it in my shop.