Black soot out of exahust

[crimson]

Hey guys

 

just concerned by some black soot that’s built up over 2 weeks, theres no black soot
when its on and when I am driving, I haven’t noticed any driving hard either.

 

Its got a recirculating dump valve, straight de cat exhaust, remapped all done by Scooby
clinic

 

Should I be concerned that my engine or turbo is about to go or is it normal to build
up over such short time ?

 

 

 

[stants]

When was the map done ? chances are it's running a little rich on start up shouldn't be anything to worry about, white when warm = bad. blue anytime =bad

[crimson]

was remapped about 3 months ago

 

What do you mean white when warm, and blue anytime = bad ?

 

I have dash command what settings should i use to monitor this ?

[Gaulson]

He means the smoke out of your exhaust. You get white smoke on a cold start up which is normal, if it keeps coming out when the car is warmed up it's not so good. Also blue smoke is very bad as it means oil is being burnt.

[Tidgy]

Blue smoke = oil burning

White smoke = water

Black smoke = fuel

 

unless your seeing lots of black smoke out of it i wouldn't worry to much, if in doubt just give clinic a bell and can always run it back to em to give once over.

[stants]

Sorry I thought I'd replied stupid phone !

[crimson]

Cool will pay extra attention tonight

 

I have the dash command app, i dont understand half the settings what should i have on my display ?

[stants]

I guess you can have what ever you want,can you load different skins up and customise them ? If you can I'd have oil temp oil pressure,water temp and boost,

Those are the main ones to keep tabs on really

[crimson]

thanks guys 

 

will keep a very close eye on it 

 

i think its just the petrol being rich 

[auldboy58]

Hi,why doesn't the 2.5 forester have a boost gauge,and is it hard to fit one,or am I being silly,again.

[stants]

Non of them come with a boost gauge as standard, there was a tick box on some sti option sheets from new but that's about it, really simple to fit one hardest part is getting the wiring through the firewall grommet

[crimson]

Ok so i watched the smoke very carefully at 7am it was white lots of white smoke first start up i watched it for 5 minutes :

 

 

 

 

 

At the 6th minute it became clear with no smoke, soot, i drove it normal for 5 minutes, then very hard, no soot or anything smoke related

 

Looks like the black soot was indeed built up over all the hard driving

[Tidgy]

Yeah sounds totaly normal.

[crimson]

Yeah sounds totaly normal.

 

thanks puts my thoughts at ease