soot

Right started the car up this morning and the cloud of soot that blow out the exhaust was something to behold. So this evening I've plugged the car into VAG Com and done a little bit of logging. The Actual vs request MAF figures are up and down sometimes the actual far exceeds the...

Basically the exhaust on my TFSi FR usually has a coating of black soot on the bottom portion of both the exhausts every day (I do approx 86 miles each day). The amount varies depending on how much I use the Go Faster Pedal ( ;) ). When I wang it open the soot covers most of the bottom half of...

Its about time I started a 'jenks ride' thread, hoping this will give me an insentive to start putting my own twsited touch on the mk4. I havnt really done much exept put a few miles on the clock. Some may remember this, my first love :) Heres the mk4, had it since last july and it...

Hi All, My Ibiza FR 130 PD was remapped and I experienced problems with the huge amount of diesel soot deposits left all over the back of the bumper, boot, etc, and with my Ibiza being yellow this wasn't a good luck (I had to clean it nearly everyday). I've had the map changed but now it...

Alrighty, just thought i'd ask this as a quicky. How much soot is normal kicking out from the exhuast. Just that a few of my mates and work mates who have been behind me while driving say that it kicks out rather alot.. i can see it in my rear view mirror too... thanks

Alrighty, just thought i'd ask this as a quicky. How much soot is normal kicking out from the exhuast. Just that a few of my mates and work mates who have been behind me while driving say that it kicks out rather alot.. i can see it in my rear view mirror too... thanks

yes this is the new state of the art in diesel tuning! not only will you be cleaning your car less, but also saving the universe! Garrenntee 5bhp* 10lbs-ft (*fictional not fact) tired of destroy the earth?, tired of cleaning your car?, tired of people complaining about your dirty...

I've noticed of late that my good ol' tractor sometimes produces a large dose of soot, more than I've noticed in the past :think: Coming home from Liverpool on Sunday evening, I was trying to reproduce the soot output but I can't consistantly make it happen. Banging through 2nd, 3rd and 4th...

On my Ibiza cupra tdi theres loads of black soot spots on the rear bumber and hatch, whats the best way to get these off as washing with hot water wont budge them?