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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Don’t drill for God’s sake.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It’s just soot and condensation. It stops when the system warms up and dries itself out. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’ve always presumed this to be the cause of mild steel boxes rusting from the inside out. When mild steel systems were more or less universal and cars’ tuning was not up to modern standards, we were told that a car always had to run for so long or so far in order to dry out the exhaust.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>All of which is probably moot as most of our cars exhaust boxes don’t last long enough to rust! My stainless is still holding together but, despite my care and attention, it has some very significant dents and bashes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>R F BEGANI via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> 03 April 2021 06:37<br><b>To:</b> Healey Email list <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Fwd: Black watery sooty liquid<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Every time I start my BJ8 black sooty liquid come out of the exhaust. Should I drill a hole in the muffled and resonators to let it out. Idea on what size an where on stainless steel mufflers 30 years old and still going strong<o:p></o:p></p><p>Bob Begani<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<br><b>Subject:</b> Black watery sooty liquid<br><b>From:</b> Bob Begani <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 2, 2021, 12:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bob Begani <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>><br><b>CC:</b> <br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>