Rusty Exhaust Manifold?
I went to check out an Evo IX the other day. It has 11K miles on the odo and it lived in NY for most of it's life. There was a ton of rust on the exhaust manifold. Is that normal for cars from the NE? Will the rust be a problem later? What about the rest of the car? Will the rest of it become a rust bucket eventually?
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While annoying, it's not anything to worry about. New Evos had rusty ex. manifolds on the showroom floor. It is what it is.
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I bought my car in San Diego but it came from Maine originally. It did have quite a bit of corrosion in the engine bay and under the car but I was able to remove it all easily with a wire brush. The manifold is pretty common - I believe- to look like that. Mine did, and still does, resemble the manifold in your picture. Most of the evos ive seen with stock mani's look the same way.
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They all do, just get it coated
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all stock manifolds rust...
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Yea, when I got mine, it had 3 miles on it and the manifold was rusty.
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Its just bare cast iron...so yes, it will rust and not look pretty. It won't affect its performance.
Now PPI could always turn that into this {thumbup} http://www.paradigmperformance.net/p...manifold_2.jpg OR THIS! http://www.paradigmperformance.net/p...nifoldsl_4.jpg |
those coated manifold are great {thumbup}
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I guess a rusty manifold is pretty common. Might have to get one of those coated manifolds.
Are there any other areas of the car which is prone to rust on a car that sees alot of snow? |
Thats normal especially if they took off the heat shield off the hood.
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yea common...and nice supra..it for sale'?
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yea thats pretty common with cast manifolds (unless coated)
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Originally Posted by Arkitek
(Post 5424367)
yea common...and nice supra..it for sale'?
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That's not rust - It's the latest technology from Mitsubishi's earth friendly weight reduction program. :D
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