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Old 10-09-2005, 04:42 PM
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Default Pacesetters rusting because of AC. Any fixes?
I have a set of Pacesetter LT's and whenever I have the AC on and then shut the car off, get out, I can hear the sound of dripping water hitting my Long Tubes. It's hitting right on the collector and is starting to get some serious rust going. Does anyone have a way of deflecting, channeling the water away from my passanger side collector? Pic's would really help!

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don't say the fix is to get a stainless pair of long tubes too btw
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good question because i have the same problem as well, so any1 ?
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Does anyone at least know where the water is coming from? It's hard to search under there after u've been driving it and the tubes are all hot.
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condensation from the AC system of course...

As for a fix? you told me not to tell you . . .
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i would guess to try to make a piece of metal fit on top of the collectors, like a heat shield, only this would be a water shield?
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what about trying some header wrap
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I don't think header wrap would work. I'd bet it would just soak into it and then end up doing the same thing. Is there a run off/drain type thing that's funneling the water to the headers collector?
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Open the windows, shut off AC. Problem solved.
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Are your headers coated? I don't have any problems with mine. They look like they did the day they were installed 2 years ago.
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Yep...they're coated. I've resorted to using a metal colored rustolium. What year is your WS6 WS-Sick? Mine is a 2000, but I'm not sure if that matters.
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What is the temp of an exhaust? What about some heat resitant tape?

Something like this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=26248
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whats the big deal?

who is gonna see the rust?

its not like its gonna rust through the header, its only surface rust
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