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458 Black watery stuff dripping out of exhaust .

Discussion in '458 Italia/488/F8' started by billwann, May 13, 2019.

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  1. billwann

    billwann Formula Junior

    Jan 5, 2004
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    Bill Wann
    Anyone else ever see a black watery stuff dripping out of the exhaust on startup ? looks like soot mixed with water to me but not sure .
     
  2. Tireman

    Tireman Karting

    Nov 13, 2011
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    Normal
     
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  3. Gh21631

    Gh21631 F1 Veteran
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    Really?
     
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  4. tfazio

    tfazio Formula 3
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    Completely normal! Tireman is 100% Correct.
     
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  5. Rbwiii

    Rbwiii Formula Junior

    Aug 9, 2014
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    Yes...it's condensation mixed with engine soot...normal
     
  6. gt1995

    gt1995 Formula Junior

    Sep 3, 2011
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    My 360 does this routinely as well. I try to wipe up below the tips after each drive and have PPF on the rear. Under. Wipes right off.
     
  7. markcs

    markcs Karting

    Oct 23, 2016
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    Make sure you don't start up with the misses standing behind with white pants on
    happened to me
    Not happy Wifey
     
  8. VAF84

    VAF84 Formula 3

    Glad you asked this. Funny, because I just noticed it this weekend on my F430.


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  9. boobernackle

    boobernackle Formula Junior

    May 28, 2016
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    My thoughts exactly.
     
  10. rttj777

    rttj777 Karting
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    Apr 3, 2014
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    I put a black door mat on the garage floor longitudinally under the exhaust tips. Now a clean garage floor and unnoticeable.
     
  11. daflk

    daflk Formula Junior

    Jan 27, 2013
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    Hong Kong
    My 458 makes a black soot spot on the wall, is that normal too?


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  12. Viperjoe

    Viperjoe F1 Rookie
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    2018 488. Normal. I set up a large cardboard “blast shield” for cold starts in the garage. Captures most of the nasty stuff.


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  13. italiafan

    italiafan F1 World Champ
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    I wish you had a picture of that! Hilarious.
     
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  14. kiryu

    kiryu Formula Junior

    Mar 28, 2016
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    very normal, and if u have a white wall behind it, gets splattered onto the walls like art lol
     
  15. malcolmb

    malcolmb Formula 3
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    Apr 17, 2002
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  16. Golattus

    Golattus Karting
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    These 458 have an air injection through a pump on the headers to clean the air for pollution measures proposes that creates mentioned soot specially when engine cold.

    You can remove this system and will be healthy for your engine but you will have a problem at tests.
     
  17. Viperjoe

    Viperjoe F1 Rookie
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    Hum? If the air pump is used to facilitate oxidation of hydrocarbons in catalytic converter, that's 70's technology.
     
  18. Golattus

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    Yet
    That's it.
     

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