Heres and Original Question
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Keeping Cool
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Heres and Original Question
I was cleaning my 85 the other day and when I got to the Stainless Exhaust the entire inside of the tips was coated with black carbon residue. I also noticed that the wall in my garage has some nice black splatter on it from when I start it up. Any great ideas on why my car is putting out so much black crap?
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From: Ma.
Originally Posted by jrzyvet
I was cleaning my 85 the other day and when I got to the Stainless Exhaust the entire inside of the tips was coated with black carbon residue. I also noticed that the wall in my garage has some nice black splatter on it from when I start it up. Any great ideas on why my car is putting out so much black crap?
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
It's normal.
Cold starts are rich starts, it's the nature of internal combustion engines.
The black spatters occure when water vapors from combustion mix with the black carbon from the cold starts and make a nice black 'paint'.
There's not much you can do to minimize the problem.
Larry
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Cold starts are rich starts, it's the nature of internal combustion engines.
The black spatters occure when water vapors from combustion mix with the black carbon from the cold starts and make a nice black 'paint'.
There's not much you can do to minimize the problem.
Larry
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From: W MI
I had that problem when I first started working on my Triumph. It ran really rich, until I mastered the manual choke.
The way I found that won't fix the problem, but will keep your wall nice. Go to Fedex, steal some boxes, don't fold em, and put them up so that they gets carboned and not your wall(your wife/gf/mom will get pissed if the wall looks bad).
GT6
The way I found that won't fix the problem, but will keep your wall nice. Go to Fedex, steal some boxes, don't fold em, and put them up so that they gets carboned and not your wall(your wife/gf/mom will get pissed if the wall looks bad).
GT6
