# Rusting undercarriage

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rusting-undercarriage/29300>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** yukon\
**Created:** [April 18, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rusting-undercarriage/29300 "2009-04-18T15:28:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rusting\_road\_warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rusting\_road\_warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rusting_road_warrior)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rusting-undercarriage/29300/1 "2009-04-18T15:28:33Z")

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i have a 96 yukon and underneath a sheet ruisted off that seems to have protected some kind of container, i am thinking possibly the gas tank, and i was wondering if I should still be driving it, i really don’t want it to explode with me in it.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rusting-undercarriage/29300/2 "2009-04-18T16:34:10Z")

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Get it checked out. It may be a heat shield. And yes, it may be protecting something critical. Can’t tell from here.