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I have to wipe my rolled exhaust tips (Borla) every day to remove the black carbon. My car runs fine-doesn't use oil, no smoking, etc. What's going on? Is it running too rich or lean, etc? Bear with me, I'm no mechanic. I've pulled fuses to reset the computer, but nothing seems to help. What gives?
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You are running rich. My 95 SE has no cat and has MSDS headers and when I get on the gas around 5k rpm I get black smoke. It seems to run rich at WOT. Are doing a lot of hard driving? You wouldn't see the smoke because you have cats, so you might be clogging up your cats, I would get that checked out.
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I like to go through the gears and usually end up around 65 or 70 routinely. Normal shifting, no racing, usually. I guess I'll have to make an appointment to have it checked out. Could be wrong but I don't think it did this before I got the optimized TB from Buckshot. Could that have anything to do with it?
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That was normal for my car (SVT) but im not sure about the SE. I ahve a 3 liter hybrid swap now and i get the smae thing.
I though all of the duratecs run rich....not just the svt.
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I think part of it has to do with the way the Borla tips are shaped(rolled out as opposed to straight cut). Seems to happen alot with Borla owners.
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My Borla tips do the same thing.
Originally posted by LUCA:
Yep. 
You can be Phil too if you'd like. 
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Originally posted by Roz 1999 SVT-C:
I though all of the duratecs run rich....not just the svt.
This is also true. But if it is running to rich then you can screw up your cats.
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Originally posted by wa2tuff:
I like to go through the gears and usually end up around 65 or 70 routinely. Normal shifting, no racing, usually. I guess I'll have to make an appointment to have it checked out. Could be wrong but I don't think it did this before I got the optimized TB from Buckshot. Could that have anything to do with it?
So do you guys think I'm OK or should I spend some money and have it checked out? If it is running rich, is it a big deal to have it adjusted? The last thing I need now is to have to worry about the cats getting screwed up. 
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Most cars with cats have black on the inside of the tailpipes. You probably have a normal condition. My stock SVT has always had black on the inside of the exhaust tips.
In the absense of any other problems, I would certainly not pursue it.
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Originally posted by Big Jim:
Most cars with cats have black on the inside of the tailpipes. You probably have a normal condition. My stock SVT has always had black on the inside of the exhaust tips.
In the absense of any other problems, I would certainly not pursue it.
Me too.
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