After getting home from a ride yesterday I noticed that my left exhaust is turning yellow/gold @ the tip for about 100mm .....Oh and it's a Z1000 with twin stainless Yoshi's....My question is: Is this a fueling issue or just crappy quality?....They both have carbon build up on both tip's so I don't think it is a "lean issue" or is it?
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hoffy V2.0 wrote:thats normal, if you dont want them to turn browny gold treat with silvo..
Cool I was just concerned cause it was just the one side.....
6maniac wrote:Just wash it, Dave.
Pffftt ... I was owned by a pretty bike once and I was too high maintenance ....Saw the light and got naked
Fixed !
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Disco wrote:After getting home from a ride yesterday I noticed that my left exhaust is turning yellow/gold @ the tip for about 100mm .....Oh and it's a Z1000 with twin stainless Yoshi's....My question is: Is this a fueling issue or just crappy quality?....They both have carbon build up on both tip's so I don't think it is a "lean issue" or is it?
Thank's in advance
Being it is just one side I would pull plug 1 and 4 and compare them, (One and Four because you don't have to dismantle the cooling system just raise the gas tank). Even though have a crossover pipe, the tip of the pipe turning yellow gold on one side could??? be a lean condition on 1 and 2. If it is lean on just one and two and you have a PCIII you can add fuel to individule cylinders. I had to add fuel to 3 and 4 when I put on my dual Muzzy slip-ons. When I went to a full exhaust all was OK. Anyway spark plugs will tell the tale. Jim Beam will make it all clear!!
^^^ Pretty indepth, I was justing going to say discolouration is from heat cycles; being one sided it's likely that one side has a lower temp threshold therefore discolouring more, because equal gass is running in both pipes as a result of the cross over in the header.