Do black exhaust tips indicate anything bad?
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This is a car I'm looking at. See how the tips are black? I saw dripping when the car was started. Is this normal? Is it an oil burner?!
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What you see there is normal for these cars. In fact, the color you are seeing does not indicate whether it's an oil burner or not. A friend with the same engine and tailpipe discoloration as mine uses no oil while I use quite a bit. Fear not. If you were seeing a SUBSTANTIAL amount on one side vice the other that can indicate an oil separator problem. Happens,--but fairly rare.
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I have that same car 997S GR with PSE and my tips looked just like that. My car has not burned any oil in 6K miles (zero). I bought for $2 at Target some Turtle Wax chrome polish and the black soot (which took 1.5 years to accumulate) was gone in 5 minutes of cleaning....easy fix and cheap.....did not need to spend $$$$ on fancy chrome polish...I bought the cheapest one I could find at Target (and they had lots) to test and it worked like a charm. 5 minute job.
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And yes - when she first starts up some water will come out as well - part of the reason why "short trips" are not suggested as you want the car to warm up fully and burn all that condensation away...
And yea - I wipe mine every few washes - comes right off.
And yea - I wipe mine every few washes - comes right off.
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