thats the colour a tailpipe should be!

[frank]

any darker than this, means youre choking the planet!!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f47/TomEA/PICT0182.jpg

 

[kristian]

wot

 

[sonic]

looks to be a bit of a weak mixture to me.

 

[frank]

i was just questioning a previous claim that a tailpipe would be sooty even if the engine is running perfectly.
i beg to differ!

 

[John_1.0]

Bit of a bump, yes. But we do get told to search and i have so...

Can you explain this more? so if its sooty its bad?

 

[MrMigs08]

Pretty sure mine is sutty black, but after 11 years of no maintenance, what can i expect :'), doesn't smoke at all though! Sometimes perhaps its when i'm running custom induction!

 

[r-reg-sr]

dought they were runin choke out the back new?
and that would fail emissions,so near no soot is the standard we need to aim at

 

[r-reg-sr]

@

 

[r-reg-sr]

this 50 k miles tip is only rusted

exhaust even steams up the camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gwXaso5N8

Bit of a bump, yes. But we do get told to search and i have so...

Can you explain this more? so if its sooty its bad?

runing rich,too much fuel i think?
sooty exhaust will lead to a soot cover rear boot area ,run your finger along the boot area see if its very dirty

 

[John_1.0]

Mines just black.

2 pics;

:laughY)

 

[r-reg-sr]

what is that a roket launcher?

 

[John_1.0]

ahaha. Nope. thats just a tip. But i cut the orginal exhaust top and opened it abit incase the tip i put on ever came loose. So it looks a bit ugly. It will be coming off this week anyway. :grinning:

 

[r-reg-sr]

that soot issue is like overfuel or something,frank can explain better

 

[John_1.0]

it does use it a little too much. il await his post.

 

[r-reg-sr]

yeh sure
i bet more members have tales to tell on this one too

 

[John_1.0]

When its warm, ive got vid. All std exhaust, same tip etc. you can hear little pops. only on stand still though. backboxs baffles arnt rattly either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goaIQYtStms

 

[r-reg-sr]

..revvage ftw
nice vid

 

[John_1.0]

Lol, another 2 vids when i had a japcan on. Was off a civic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPsDVrfNk_U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMHKXd1Jxg&NR=1

Than i changed it as it was drony on the motorways to the first vid i posted.

 

[r-reg-sr]

revage to be pleased about
are you a long term k11'er?

 

[John_1.0]

revage to be pleased about
are you a long term k11'er?

Ive owned it 2yrs now and i dont think i want to ever let it go lol . ima have it another 1-2yrs

 

[r-reg-sr]

10 years minimum:grinning:
yours a 1.3 init?

 

[John_1.0]

pmsl. no unfortuanlty a bog stand 1.0 profile. :down: Ive just done it up like a blue si 1.3 lol. minus the engine, interior and si allys. but i have super s ones so its will look well. FU steelies

 

[r-reg-sr]

i think the 1.0 engine is stronger than the 1.3
for oil leaks and such

 

[John_1.0]

Yeah it has took some chew even downshifted from 45 to 2nd by mistake a year back haha. it bogged down. hissed. fired it back up after 5 mins and voila continued as it was lol. Awesome engine. even though its slow. haha

 

[will930]

i was following a brand new xf jag last night and my lights could see right inside the back boxes all shiney

 

[John_1.0]

i was following a brand new xf jag last night and my lights could see right inside the back boxes all shiney

Yeah ive noticed you can see right at the back of the box lol . see what i did there? :grinning:

 

[r-reg-sr]

:laugh:
will you crazy following them big birds :laugh: how did you keep up???

 

[r-reg-sr]

thats the clincher pic for me:laugh:
sort of rasping his k11 tongue out

 

[nelshaun]

tail pipe

The color is just like a smoke. I customize my tail pipe a bit but unfortunately it was damaged and I need to replace it with a new one. I agree that putting a paint will help reduce the damage in the tail pipe.