liquidish / carbonish coming from the tailpipe?
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I'm betting this is fairly common but I thought I'd see where other folks are on this one...
I changed my oil today and when I had the car in the garage warming up before I drained I noticed that, as usual, some liquidy carbonish spray would come out the tailpipe. Even after I changed the oil and let the car get to full warm temp and 14.7 on the wideband, there's still a light spray of this combo coming out of the tailpipe.
I've got various spots of it in my garage and driveway where I've let the car idle at various points over the past year. The car runs/idles/drives fine so I'm not trying to track anything down - just curious if this is common with these cars.
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I changed my oil today and when I had the car in the garage warming up before I drained I noticed that, as usual, some liquidy carbonish spray would come out the tailpipe. Even after I changed the oil and let the car get to full warm temp and 14.7 on the wideband, there's still a light spray of this combo coming out of the tailpipe.
I've got various spots of it in my garage and driveway where I've let the car idle at various points over the past year. The car runs/idles/drives fine so I'm not trying to track anything down - just curious if this is common with these cars.
Thanks!
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Whatever is making your car run rich at all temps is the cause. My 951 used to spit real bad until I replaced a bad 02 sensor, cleaned the injectors, and finally found the AFM door wasn't closing completely. Your ISV could be sticky also and need cleaning. The moisture is just from the humidity.
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thanks KuHL. I've replaced all of those things recently...as in the last several months. I have a MAF, so the AFM door thing is not an issue and it came with new 83#'rs so I doubt dirty injectors are are the problem. But, it's a new O2 sensor that I changed when I was doing the wideband and the ISV is brand new as well.
If my wideband shows 14.7 at warm idle how is the car running so rich? What am I missing?
I'm about to have to take it in to get it inspected so this is really the only reason it worries me.
If my wideband shows 14.7 at warm idle how is the car running so rich? What am I missing?
I'm about to have to take it in to get it inspected so this is really the only reason it worries me.
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thanks KuHL. I've replaced all of those things recently...as in the last several months. I have a MAF, so the AFM door thing is not an issue and it came with new 83#'rs so I doubt dirty injectors are are the problem. But, it's a new O2 sensor that I changed when I was doing the wideband and the ISV is brand new as well.
If my wideband shows 14.7 at warm idle how is the car running so rich? What am I missing?
I'm about to have to take it in to get it inspected so this is really the only reason it worries me.
If my wideband shows 14.7 at warm idle how is the car running so rich? What am I missing?
I'm about to have to take it in to get it inspected so this is really the only reason it worries me.
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haha - I did the temp sensor as well with all of the other stuff - it's brand new.
TX isn't near as stringent as CA and I can't remember if it was pukin' that stuff a year ago when I had to get it inspected after I got it down here. When it's fully warmed up and after a drive it's not near as bad but a little still comes out. I'd have to check again to see for sure and obviously I'd take the car in to get inspected after a few spirited runs to make sure the engine was nice and hot. Either way, still can't figure out why my wideband shows 14.7 but it's apparently still rich?
TX isn't near as stringent as CA and I can't remember if it was pukin' that stuff a year ago when I had to get it inspected after I got it down here. When it's fully warmed up and after a drive it's not near as bad but a little still comes out. I'd have to check again to see for sure and obviously I'd take the car in to get inspected after a few spirited runs to make sure the engine was nice and hot. Either way, still can't figure out why my wideband shows 14.7 but it's apparently still rich?
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Cat converters seem to make this worse than older cars. It's just soot and condensation. Pretty normal in cold weather. There's a pool of it in the end of my muffler tip, I was thinking just today of drilling a hole to drain it.
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3" SFR exhaust with cat-delete on my car, so it's definitely not a cat issue...
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