Excess Amount of Soot on Tailpipes
 

Hi guys
Ive been noticing a large amount of soot build up on the inside of my tailpipes. Im running a Stage 2 OFT tune (uel headers, stock air intake) with FT86 UEL headers as well as a Grimmspeed CAI. I know that CAIs can change AFRs, but from the research ive done, the grimmspeed CAI seems to be similar to stock. Am I running too rich, or is this normal? I cleaned and polished my tailpipes about 2 1/2 weeks ago, so the buildup you see in the picture is from 2 1/2 weeks of off and on driving.

Welp, since it's ma nap time, I'll give you my short answer; soot happens, I suggest you not worry about it.

:)

LOL understood. Just wanted to make sure I'm still within the tolerances, it's my daily and want her to be running for the foreseeable future.

I would say it's normal especially for a canned tune. They're gonna run richer for safety. How are your fuel trims generally?

Only way to know is to log it and post the log.

that's about 1-2 weekends of hard running for me. and i'm stock.

Normal. My FRS had a lot of soot in the exhaust for some reason. Wayyy more than my M4 for some odd reason.

Yep, in these modern days, one has to do what the fellows posted up above, to see how rich/lean an engine was running.

Back in the day we could tell by looking at the tail pipe.

no residue - engine hasn't been run

white - running lean

light gray - just right

black - running rich

black with dripping gasoline - choke is stuck closed

https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...ect-injection/

Why Are Modern Cars' Tailpipes Often Dirty?

I don't want to be "that guy" but you can literally monitor how rich your car is running with the OFT. No need to guess by the look of your tail pipes.

Red - you didn't miss the roadkill by the margin you thought you did!

Red on the tail pipe? How could you do that .... oh, wait, backing up - :eyebulge:

Brings to mind the time, back on the farm, when I was backing my car out of the barn and ran over the family dog - yep, it was bleeding from the ears and mouth, so, I had to put it down - shot it with my trusty .22 rifle.

The "rest of the story" is that my parents and siblings had gone to Florida for a month, leaving me in charge of the farm (at 14 years old mind you).

Upon their return, after they pulled in the driveway, my little sister bounded out of the car, yelling, "where's Tippy". I told her he was on the other side of the house in the garden. I had buried it and put up a nice wooden marker with it's name on it. My mother glared at me and ask, "what happened to the dog?". I explained. My father asked me if I had killed any other animals on the farm. My sister came from the other side of the house screaming - I hate you!

A lot of thanks from my family for successfully caring for 200 hogs, 14 cows, 8 sheep and 40 chickens, for a month.

:sigh:

So, is that effect offset (at least partially) by the port injection part of the port/direct injection system used by our cars?

Oh really???

Where have you been Turdinator, I've missed your shitty picture?

:D