I know about,  or can see the horrible damage winter salt does to
everything....
including exhaust parts on vanagons.

I sure wish we all could have a foot deep 25 foot long WD-40 trough  to
drive through when we get home.
that would help.
and there's cleaning salty crude off ..like blasting with water ..
even hot water, but that's a bother and not that practical.

I've been using some 'Flame Proof' exhaust paint lately ..goes to 1,400 F
they claim, or 1.200 F perhaps.
Seems to last well..
though haven't tried it for a year yet.
and my environment is pretty benign compared to 'salty much' .

have two vanagons I suppose ...
a winter beater you don't care about, and a good one for summer.

I do get up under there and treat surface rust a lot.
Some vans I could spend 'whatever' #  of hours treating surface rust
everywhere.

Surface rust is super easy to deal with. Body cancer rust is harder..but not
impossible to fix.

I hate to see rust spots on the sides of vanagons ..
it's so easy to treat and stop forever.
but left ....bad news.

all we have is .....................preventive measures like paint and metal
treatment products.
and cleaning.
Be nice to drive through a set of 20 jets blasting hot water up under your
van and into the wheel wells every time you pull in the  driveway.
that would help. a lot !
And then find a use for the salt that washes off.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Talking about exhausts

> At 02:59 PM 11/17/2010  -0800, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>and exhaust systems benfit from inspection and care and corrosion
>>prevention, and last longer and work better when cared for.  It's easy
>>too.
>
> Talk to us about corrosion protection on exhausts, please?  And have you
> any experience with systems exposed to salty slush?
>
> Thanks,
> David