Plastic on the exhaust

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Mon 18 Jun 2007 11:55
Plastic on the exhaust - ShineOnYouCrazyDiamond
I dont know if this post should be here or in Technical matters. Please move if so.

Driving down the A2 the other day in rush hour a huge sheet of of plastic flew straight underneath my car. I look in my mirrow to see it hadnt come out the other side. I pulled on the hard shoulder a pulled this huge sheet of plastic off. When I got home I got under the car and got as much melted plastic off the exhaust as I could with a stanley knife.
The problem is that all of it wouldnt come off, a little is still stuck to the exhaust. Now whenever I go anywhere the smell of plastic starts.
Will this do any damage to the exhaust or should it just burn itself away in the end?

Thanks for any help.
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Mon 18 Jun 2007 12:26
Plastic on the exhaust - normd2
I'd do whatever I could to get as much as possible off - you never know if it may give off toxic fumes; not nice if you're getting a lungful whilst sitting in a traffic queue/jam.
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Mon 18 Jun 2007 13:27
Plastic on the exhaust - mss1tw
Happened to me and I just let it burn away. Think the smell was gone within abotu two months, it stayed for a suprisingly long time.
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