Weird dark spots

[tofastgt]

I just bought a 2012 Velocity Red Speed this past weekend. Got it out the door for $20,000. I noticed when i got home that there were black spots on the hatch. I wiped them off easily. The next day I noticed they were there again. I'm thinking it's spray from the exhaust when it's cold and condensation comes out with some carbon. Has anyone else noticed this? The talilpipes look like there is alot of carbon in them. This is my first turbo car. Thanks for the help.

[warlord]

You need to do a little reading before you create a thread. The entire forum would be thankful if you did.
A stock MS3 runs pig rich.

[86AmishMs3]

Carbon coming out of exhaust pipes is pretty normal for any car with a 4 cycle otto engine since the burn in not 100% complete. Moreso a car that is direct injected and turbo.

[BLK_MS3]

Soot = normal on an MS3....

[ScarMS3]

yeah it gets pretty nasty when you get on it...who was the guy taking back to the dealership over and over again trying to get them to do something about it?

[Grumpyjap]

Your car has herpes. It will go away for a little while with some cream, but they will eventually come back lol

[JDR767]

I had this problem as well. The car has the shits. A little Pepto Bismal in the gas tank should smooth this right out.

[speedthrice57]

hahaha

[Elusivellama]

The problem should significantly decrease after you install a SRI and flash to stage 1 on an accessport. I have no issues with mine anymore after going to an off the shelf stage 1 map.

[tofastgt]

Thanks for all the feedback. Found a bunch of stuff under a search for "running rich? guess i'll have to clean it daily instead of every 2 days.

[Darth_Nuruodo]

Originally Posted by ScarMS3 yeah it gets pretty nasty when you get on it...who was the guy taking back to the dealership over and over again trying to get them to do something about it?

That would be Kris Speed3 CWP, ha. That was one of the first threads I read when I first got my car and found this site, and I was laughing my ass off the whole way through. Wasn't even mad about the black spots all over my car anymore either after seeing him lose his sh*t for several pages

@OP, this is the thread I'm referring to and that you should have read: copious amounts of black soot

[mazdapunk87]

Originally Posted by Darth_Nuruodo That would be Kris Speed3 CWP, ha. That was one of the first threads I read when I first got my car and found this site, and I was laughing my ass off the whole way through. Wasn't even mad about the black spots all over my car anymore either after seeing him lose his sh*t for several pages @OP, this is the thread I'm referring to and that you should have read: copious amounts of black soot

wow, i just read all 9 pages wow... was pretty funny/ interesting read lol ....even had like a half page of Chuck norris jokes good stuff

[671 grains of reason]

no kidding that thread was full of win. lol

[ASHMS3]

Troll me thinks. Or this dude blew the sales manager. 20K flat is a helluva price for a 2012, with or without tech.

[leon78]

^ +1

[Darth_Nuruodo]

Exactly, $20k is pushing somewhere around invoice price for the car isn't it? I wouldn't even expect a leftover new 2011 to go out the door at $20k.

[ahfunaki]

I was thinking the same thing on the price...

20k with tax, title and fees...hmmmm where are you located? Maybe they'll take my 2010 on straight trade for a 2012...

[SofaKingAwesome]

shit thread is shit

[ScottyP]

[Boatcop1]

I call BS on the 20K! Invoice is around 24K on a non tech car i believe.

[Elusivellama]

Maybe he meant 20k out the door with deposit/trade-in.

[mazdapunk87]

^^true i guess i could see that...still....

[tofastgt]

It was actually $20,500 before freight and fees. Total with everything was $21,500. Didn/t mean to cause an uproar. Still one helluva a deal.

[Nataphen]

It's not that it just runs rich, it's because it's direct injected. You can run as lean of a tune as you want, and that soot will still be there every day. Look at every DI car that you see driving down the road from Porsche to VW/Audi to Cobalt SS, and all of them will have black tailpipes from soot. Running leaner is only going to reduce fuel at WOT anyway, most people run 14.7 for cruising at all times...except me.

[evilgrin]

They should only offer MS3 in black to eliminate this problem........

[Darth_Nuruodo]

I think it makes my exhaust tips look stealthed, like smoked tail-lights
/sarcasm
But seriously, it doesn't bother me that bad, it's no worse than the brake dust is, and it's really leveled out as my engine's worn in, takes a week or two to reach the level that it used to get in a couple days brand new.

[Hokie D]

Originally Posted by Elusivellama The problem should significantly decrease after you install a SRI and flash to stage 1 on an accessport. I have no issues with mine anymore after going to an off the shelf stage 1 map.

You must have a special Stage 1 map then. Mine still throws smoke and soot on the hatch when I stomp it.

[Macedawg]

since its kinda over-ripe tomato colored neway, maybe its starting to go bad

[jpshotya]

add a SRI , fixed my issue lol

[Raider]

Read the links in my sig, OP.

Ned to read/search more.

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