How to remove burnt oil stains on SS exhaust extractor

[sanekit]

SS what grade? Acid can make it weak.

i'm just trolling y2188.

 

[ixeo]

Set aside show/pretty/ugly/weight, wrapping with thermal wrap can compromise SS ?
http://www.centuryperformance.com/exhaust-header-heat-wraps-do-not-use.html

I laughed so hard reading that link my ass caught fire.
Let me summarize it for you

1. Exhaust wrap is effective at keeping heat in, more so than ceramic coating wish it ever can. Cool, no sites ever disputed that fact.

2. The site you linked to, Century performance sells Sanderson headers.. which guess what? Offers ceramic coating on their headers for a premium of $200 and up. The guy selling snake oil will say snake oil is good and Indian oil is bad, and vice versa.

3. People who parrot saying headers will fail due to wrap.. never wrapped theirs before... people who did, well... https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498224

wrapped my stainless steel header 7 years ago.. guess what? It's still in one solid piece. Car is daily driven everyday. Just recently wrapped my downpipe... better check it for cracks cause it's crap quality. But I have absolute confidence in the header.

4. Headers do fail even without exhaust wrap, that's call thermal fatigue, but you can also call it CRAP headers. They can be crap due to weak design, high vibrations (especially), being stressed beyond designed capacity/load.

Example: http://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-forced-induction-142/exhaust-manifold-crack-record-thread-959149/

5. Saying thermal wrap causes rust and thermal failure on stainless steel is like saying oxygen causes rust and we shouldn't breathe...

The reason why i avoid wrapping is exactly what sweelt shown you above. I hope you respect different opinions and no i'm not the kind of guy that cares about "show and not go". peace.

People who hang out here long enough knows I'm not here to be a popular guy, I generally don't give a shit what people say or do. But quoting half truths like the Bible is a no joy for me.

So if you BELIEVE that thermal wrap is the cause of cracked headers, I've thrown that claim out of the window cause they crack without wraps too. Sure you can still believe that, but you better stop breathing cause oxygen causes rust dude.

I respect science and truth. Not opinions cause those are like assholes, everybody's got one. I've shown that your "reason" is invalid. And that link is written with commercial interest in mind. Guess what? I'm not selling anything.

And to answer your original question, give Brasso a try. But if it's etched in with oil I think it's pretty challengeing to remove, which is why I suggested wrap in the first place - that way you won't look at the eye sore and get a cooler engine bay at the same time. Black wrap looks damn cool on headers.

 

[sweelt]

I not totaly sold to centuryperformance snake oil link. Just an example, u see.
Neither question about ixeo knowledge right...
U already sail boat....I still waiting for sampan, lol
I've read many forums about good/bad thermal wrap.
http://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-crx-ef-civic-1988-1991-3/wrap-not-wrap-thats-question-3004990/
To the least, this explain much better. Hehehe...

 

[y2188]

diy elbow grease laa. but u need to remove the extractor. LOL. but since you're removing it, just dip it in acid can do.

It's damn tedious job to remove it man, gotta remove the radiator fan,crossmember,engine mounting bracket. sighhh.

Wet sand is sandpaper and water loh!

Hahahha got it :proud:

People who hang out here long enough knows I'm not here to be a popular guy, I generally don't give a shit what people say or do. But quoting half truths like the Bible is a no joy for me.

So if you BELIEVE that thermal wrap is the cause of cracked headers, I've thrown that claim out of the window cause they crack without wraps too. Sure you can still believe that, but you better stop breathing cause oxygen causes rust dude.

I respect science and truth. Not opinions cause those are like assholes, everybody's got one. I've shown that your "reason" is invalid. And that link is written with commercial interest in mind. Guess what? I'm not selling anything.

And to answer your original question, give Brasso a try. But if it's etched in with oil I think it's pretty challengeing to remove, which is why I suggested wrap in the first place - that way you won't look at the eye sore and get a cooler engine bay at the same time. Black wrap looks damn cool on headers.

This topic has been discussed on and on all over the web. The reason i didn't want to wrap it now is simple. On a car that is driven short distances to work and home like mine most of the time, I doubt the runners will be hot enough to evaporate the moisture trapped inside especially during rainy days it could be worse. As the topic suggested, I'm asking if there is anyway of removing the oil stain. Period. A simple reply like the last line would be much appreciated, after all we are here to exchange ideas. Peace :fisheye::fisheye:

 

[sweelt]

Normal lah, alignment out a bit...lol
Is healthy discussions.
Discussion with moody boss is worst than here.

 

[y2188]

Normal lah, alignment out a bit...lol
Is healthy discussions.
Discussion with moody boss is worst than here.

zth culture to lari alignment hahah. Definitely better than boss hahah

 

[vr2turbo]

It's damn tedious job to remove it man, gotta remove the radiator fan,crossmember,engine mounting bracket. sighhh.

But without removing difficult to sand and clean also.....lol

 

[y2188]

But without removing difficult to sand and clean also.....lol

Yeahh, gonna find one free day to diy lol. Not anytime soon definitely hahah

 

[sanekit]

Yeahh, gonna find one free day to diy lol. Not anytime soon definitely hahah

it's gonna take at least 2 days to remove, sand, polish and then install back.

 

[vr2turbo]

Yeahh, gonna find one free day to diy lol. Not anytime soon definitely hahah

Find exhaust heat shield cover, cover up......lol

 

[sweelt]

Aftermarket header no place to screw heatshield...lol

 

[Izso]

Y1288 :

Don't be a wuss. A little oil stain never hurt anyone. Just chrome the thing and bling it with gemstones for special 3D effects.

And generally those titanium stained look is done with heat right? If you lost the stain you need to go heat it up with a hot welding tool or a flame thrower. I recommend the flame thrower. Melt body parts is the new black too. Doooooooiiiiiiiittttt

 

[y2188]

it's gonna take at least 2 days to remove, sand, polish and then install back.

Deswai when the car is in the workshop then probably i bring extractor home to molest lol

Find exhaust heat shield cover, cover up......lol

Not enough space d, it's about 1cm away from my aircond fan. Which i already grind off the metal housing a bit. If not cannot fit at all.

Aftermarket header no place to screw heatshield...lol

ya lol

Y1288 :

Don't be a wuss. A little oil stain never hurt anyone. Just chrome the thing and bling it with gemstones for special 3D effects.

And generally those titanium stained look is done with heat right? If you lost the stain you need to go heat it up with a hot welding tool or a flame thrower. I recommend the flame thrower. Melt body parts is the new black too. Doooooooiiiiiiiittttt

It hurt my soul a little. when i got the extractor it's silver, after one day of usage its gold then one week later there's these titanium stained look near the ports and now it's covered in oil stain everywhere lol God damn workshop pasang with oily hands then fire up the engine only

 

[Tom]

i've tried Autosol on a stainless exhaust manifold but it was a pain as the results were barely substantial or worth the effort to work on the entire manifold. You might be better off sand blasting it and have it thermal coated maybe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM9WDK105Bk

just stumbled on this video, there may be hope for polishing paste after all. The video says their polish is different because it is made for stainless steel exhaust specifically and unlike the regular pastes, this product is not aluminium friendly so that might explain its effectiveness for polishing exhausts

 

[sanekit]

i've tried Autosol on a stainless exhaust manifold but it was a pain as the results were barely substantial or worth the effort to work on the entire manifold. You might be better off sand blasting it and have it thermal coated maybe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM9WDK105Bk

just stumbled on this video, there may be hope for polishing paste after all. The video says their polish is different because it is made for stainless steel exhaust specifically and unlike the regular pastes, this product is not aluminium friendly so that might explain its effectiveness for polishing exhausts

Other than Autosol, you try Brasso. Last time Brasso comes in clear liquid form. Now they have the cream version like Autosol. Brasso is a lot stronger tho.

 

[y2188]

i've tried Autosol on a stainless exhaust manifold but it was a pain as the results were barely substantial or worth the effort to work on the entire manifold. You might be better off sand blasting it and have it thermal coated maybe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM9WDK105Bk

just stumbled on this video, there may be hope for polishing paste after all. The video says their polish is different because it is made for stainless steel exhaust specifically and unlike the regular pastes, this product is not aluminium friendly so that might explain its effectiveness for polishing exhausts

Thanks for the info Tom! Appreciate it gonna go read up more about this product. I wonder if malaysia imported this :hmmmm:

 

[RENESIS VIII]

Now I think I need to clean up oil stain on my extractor as well. Tried scraping it off and end up scratching my extractor. But the stain did come off from scratching.

 

[y2188]

Your extractor is cast iron or white steel or SS ?

 

[RENESIS VIII]

Your extractor is cast iron or white steel or SS ?

They call it as AL material. What could that be? Not SS but not white steel either.

Can be found here. I din't even know they have a site for this extractor until I found it.

http://www.marcomy.com/proton_ext.asp

 

[vr2turbo]

AL is aluminum woh! or for exhaust some mixture becomes alloy......:hmmmm: