crimson Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Hey guys just concerned by some black soot that’s built up over 2 weeks, theres no black sootwhen 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 Scoobyclinic Should I be concerned that my engine or turbo is about to go or is it normal to buildup over such short time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 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 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaulson Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Sorry I thought I'd replied stupid phone ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 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 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 thanks guys will keep a very close eye on it i think its just the petrol being rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auldboy58 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Yeah sounds totaly normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Yeah sounds totaly normal. thanks puts my thoughts at ease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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