TY250 Exhaust Burn Out

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TY250 Exhaust Burn Out

Postby tat ty » Sat May 12, 2018 8:19 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen.

Winter approaches.

This year we have done a major in the garden and the "burn pile" is well over the size of a house.

I'm sure it will burn hot for 48 hours and some.

So ... not to waste the moment ... I thought I might toss the TY exhaust, along with many others, into the mix.

Is there anything I need to be wary of.

Alastair.



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Re: TY250 Exhaust Burn Out

Postby David Lahey » Sat May 12, 2018 8:38 pm

Bonfires are just the right temperature. It does only need to be bonfire hot for 30 minutes or so. I wouldn't leave it any longer than needed for the smoke to stop coming out, to avoid unnecessary oxidisation.


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Re: TY250 Exhaust Burn Out

Postby Guy53 » Sat May 12, 2018 10:03 pm

I never used that method to clean a TY exhaust, but I noticed a difference after the cleaning. If you have a chance put your exhaust on a scale before and after, you might be surprise.
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Re: TY250 Exhaust Burn Out

Postby tat ty » Sun May 13, 2018 6:39 am

Thank you.

I'll tie a loooooong piece of fencing wire to it and fish it out in time.

Alastair



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Re: TY250 Exhaust Burn Out

Postby Jools » Sun May 13, 2018 9:17 am

You can leave it in the fire for plenty of time, might as well do it thoroughly.
I burn it out in a 44g drum. Some people shoot compressed air through while it's hot.
Beware though, watch out for the sparks etc. (and don't tell anyone I said!)
There will be burnt carbon which needs to be shaken out afterwards.



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Re: TY250 Exhaust Burn Out

Postby Stanm » Mon May 28, 2018 9:44 am

Be careful I ruined an exhaust by leaving it on a hot bonfire for to long. If you leave it on for to long you will completely burn out all the packing and the exhaust does not perform properly.



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Re: TY250 Exhaust Burn Out

Postby tat ty » Mon May 28, 2018 11:22 am

Thanks Stan

Kind of aligns with Davids view.

Alastair




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