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Old 01-16-2009, 02:54 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Short trips - where the exhaust doesn't get toasty - leaves condensed moisture inside the exhaust system. Lot's of short trips rusts out the muffler & pipes from the inside out.
Is that right? That describes my parent's Ford Escort ZX2 to a T. They do lots of short trips. And guess what, it's looking pretty rusty!

My Saturn has a stainless steel muffler. Does that help to keep it from rusting?

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