Fire Up wrote:
Mikestock,
It's not the radiator that picked up material, it's the EXHAUST SYSTEM. You see, when you drive a vehicle, the exhaust system, which is sometimes, the lowest point to the road on many vehicles, gets very hot due to the engine exhaust traveling through it. Then there's the Catalytic converter which, runs even hotter. So, as you drive, anything that comes in contact with that exhaust system, gets immediately burned off and, you don't notice any smells.
But, as you TOW a vehicle, the exhaust on the toad, is COLD. Therefore, ANYTHING that can possibly stick to that system, i.e. water/mud, dust, debris, tar oil, (from repairs by road crews), tire dust(highly unlikely), anything that gets turbulated around the undercarriage, can potentially stick or cling to that exhaust system.
Now, you disconnect that toad, and, go drive it someplace and guess what, it heats up to the high temp it runs at and, vuuuuuaaaalllla, you have buring collected material. It will burn off after a short time. Just about everyone that tows a toad, will experience this, some more, some less, depending on the conditions driven/towed in and, just how well the exhaust system is concealed in the undercarriage of the car/toad/truck etc.
Scott
Best answer. You get the gold star.
