Best for cleaning Black Tar/ Road Stuff on Mufflers

Kenny94945 · 01-18-2003, 10:57 PM

Hi all,

What is the consus on a product I can pick up at Pep Boys on a Sunday?

Black, almost like small rocks, that sick to the mufflers. Road tar perhaps. Does everyone know what i am trying to descripe? With a finger nail some of these black dots can be flicked off, yet a black surfacve stain remains.

Would enamel reducer get rid of this stuff? Burbon and water?

Kenny94945 · 01-19-2003, 11:13 AM

"Duh"............ search function.

WD-40 or Tarminator.

Will report if these products "fix" what i was trying to describe.

Kenny94945 · 01-19-2003, 11:05 PM

Tarmenator did not work.

The tar specks...if that is what... is on titanium mufflers.

The heat/ cooking may be an issue. Additionally, I did not try tapeing a soaked rag to the muffler...I just follow the directions.

Will try kerosene.

vettfixr · 01-23-2003, 11:00 AM

You might try 3M weatherstrip remover. It removes any type of adhesive without damaging the paint and may work on removing the tar.

Jerry Velders · 01-23-2003, 01:43 PM

WD40 has been my first choice for tar ..

EHS · 01-24-2003, 07:54 PM

Why worry about the mufflers?

They are under the car, and no matter how hard you try, they will always get dirty.

TNT C5 · 01-25-2003, 01:14 AM

3M Adhesive Remover in the red and white can is the best thing I have ever used for this type of road gunk. :thumbs: