New muffler on warranty

[Keko]

Do you have an update now on the soot levels?

[Bosox]

It has been pissing here for several days. When it stops, I will do a re-eval. I do have a feeling the tips are not completely the way they need to be to limit the soot. I might need to do so additional modifying.

[Kris Speed3 CWP]

So what is your conclusion to this fix, has overall soot levels decreased or just use this to replace your aging muffler before warranty expires? Then put aftermarket and sell new piece to a 2.5L gen 2 owner to pay for the aftermarket one?

[phillyspeed]

In for an update!

The soot is starting to really piss me off on my silver '12!

[Somnospeed]

I'll be damned if I'm takin my ride in to get a muffler with a hole cut in it. Not even worth the probability of a dealership monkey scratching my paint or maybe just blowing the motor fucking around in it.

[Wildfire]

In for results!

[Bosox]

I would say the results are unsatisfactory. Less soot for sure, but not enough less to make it worth taking the time to drop off your car.

[phillyspeed]

Originally Posted by Bosox I would say the results are unsatisfactory. Less soot for sure, but not enough less to make it worth taking the time to drop off your car.

I only have less than 2k on my ms3,

Do the soot levels get better as mi increase? I mean I washed my car 2 days ago and the tail end of her looks like shit already!!! Wtf!

[Keko]

Originally Posted by phillyspeed I only have less than 2k on my ms3, Do the soot levels get better as mi increase? I mean I washed my car 2 days ago and the tail end of her looks like shit already!!! Wtf!

Mine is under 2k mi as well. On friday I changed the factory oil out for rotella t6 5w-40 and i feel like the soot is building up slower. Might just be me, but I'll know in a couple weeks.

[topset]

Originally Posted by atvfreek That clunk when pulling out of your driveway is the lower subframe bolts. Put an impact gun on each of them and give them a 1/8''-1/4" turn. Haven't heard that noise in over a year since doing this.

so thats the noise i hear...almost like a click from a bad cv joint.

[jseams]

Originally Posted by phillyspeed I only have less than 2k on my ms3, Do the soot levels get better as mi increase? I mean I washed my car 2 days ago and the tail end of her looks like shit already!!! Wtf!

I have 1500 miles on my 12... changed to synthetic at 1K and haven't had a soot problem since. Logs show that I'm still running pig rich under WOT (OTS stage1 map)... so I'm surprised that the problem went away. Guess I got lucky... but the soot level issues can vary widely from car to car.