Can someone explain this?

matrix76 · 06-23-2011, 10:02 PM

My car went in today for it's yearly oil change and a software update to correct a bad shaking problem I been having when it starts up. The question I have is they gave a 2011 328xi loaner with just over 2300 klms on it, which to me is quite new, but whats with the crap building up on the tailpipe already!!

I mean this is a brand new car, can they not tune them to run cleaner. For the recorded my car is bad for this as well. I can just hope that after the software update is done this problem is gone. I can only hope.

GarySL · 06-23-2011, 10:09 PM

Completely normal.

Guess the dealer doesn't care, so they don't keep their loaner pipes clean.

BTTGMan · 06-23-2011, 10:50 PM

I had one of the tips on my 335 replaced when they were fixing the exhaust damper thing. I went ahead and scrubbed the other side clean so new and old would match. Fucking thing was dirty again in a week.

I am convincedvthat if you don't regularly open up your 335 to burn some of the shit out the engine, you get problems. Gotta keep em clean w some hard but loving driving (warm up, be smooth, but don't be scared of high rpms)

tibra1 · 06-23-2011, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GarySL

Completely normal.

Guess the dealer doesn't care, so they don't keep their loaner pipes clean.

+1..what are we looking at here?..soot on tail pipes..shocking..

matrix76 · 06-24-2011, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BTTGMan

I went ahead and scrubbed the other side clean so new and old would match. Fucking thing was dirty again in a week.

I just think this shit is unacceptable,

JuppiOne · 06-24-2011, 12:27 PM

probably people putting 87 octane gas when they return the car doesn't help either, another reason not to buy a loaner car...

LAE92 · 06-24-2011, 12:45 PM

Matrix76, wow you are really worked up over dirty tail pipes, I essentially think of it as brake dust on my rims...you just gotta clean it (if I was bothered by it...)

Revive · 06-24-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickch

probably people putting 87 octane gas when they return the car doesn't help either, another reason not to buy a loaner car...

That's exactly why! These are are meant to have 91 octane but people don't care to spend the extra on a loaner car and will use the cheap gas, which has more ethanol and in turn produces more carbon.

tibra1 · 06-24-2011, 01:40 PM

Come on..seriously>>>,,i have used 93 octane from day 1..n if i left my car unwashed and drove around for a week or two my tailpipes looked EXACTLY like this..

an internal combustion gas engine is only about 55-65% efficient..this is exactly why u will get soot..has nothing to do w which grade of gas u use.

Nalod · 06-24-2011, 01:57 PM

Lemon laws apply to dirty pipes? You'd think at these prices they could coat the interior of the pipes with Teflon so that crap don't ooze!

Jeeze, maybe people are right and BMW owners are a bit over the top.

n e x u s · 06-24-2011, 02:21 PM

What happen if you mix octane 87

tibra1 · 06-24-2011, 02:30 PM

^The roof comes off, the ejector seat is engaged and the engine blows up

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GarySL Lieutenant 1477 Rep 409 Posts Drives: 2006 Carrera 4S Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Humboldt Co., CA iTrader: (0)	Completely normal. Guess the dealer doesn't care, so they don't keep their loaner pipes clean. __________________ '08 335xi (E90), 6MT, Arctic/Black, ZPP, ZSP (18"s), ZCW, CA, PDC, i-Pod Ordered-March 7, 2008, Shipped via Graceful Leader-March 21, 2008, Arrived Port Hueneme-April 11, 2008, Delivered-April 21, 2008
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BTTGMan Banned 16 Rep 539 Posts Drives: 335xi coupe - space gray Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania iTrader: (0)	I had one of the tips on my 335 replaced when they were fixing the exhaust damper thing. I went ahead and scrubbed the other side clean so new and old would match. Fucking thing was dirty again in a week. I am convincedvthat if you don't regularly open up your 335 to burn some of the shit out the engine, you get problems. Gotta keep em clean w some hard but loving driving (warm up, be smooth, but don't be scared of high rpms)
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JuppiOne Captain 25 Rep 691 Posts Drives: everyone crazy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: MO iTrader: (4)	probably people putting 87 octane gas when they return the car doesn't help either, another reason not to buy a loaner car...
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LAE92 First Lieutenant 6 Rep 313 Posts Drives: 2007 E92 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (0)	Matrix76, wow you are really worked up over dirty tail pipes, I essentially think of it as brake dust on my rims...you just gotta clean it (if I was bothered by it...)
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tibra1 Banned 127 Rep 6,773 Posts Drives: 2011 ZCP M3 - 2007 335i crashd Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NYC iTrader: (4)	Come on..seriously>>>,,i have used 93 octane from day 1..n if i left my car unwashed and drove around for a week or two my tailpipes looked EXACTLY like this.. an internal combustion gas engine is only about 55-65% efficient..this is exactly why u will get soot..has nothing to do w which grade of gas u use.
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Nalod Major 79 Rep 1,073 Posts Drives: 2013 535i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NorthCarolina iTrader: (0)	Lemon laws apply to dirty pipes? You'd think at these prices they could coat the interior of the pipes with Teflon so that crap don't ooze! Jeeze, maybe people are right and BMW owners are a bit over the top.
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n e x u s Introducing to BMW 10 Rep 193 Posts Drives: xXx Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Laval iTrader: (0)	What happen if you mix octane 87
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tibra1 Banned 127 Rep 6,773 Posts Drives: 2011 ZCP M3 - 2007 335i crashd Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NYC iTrader: (4)	^The roof comes off, the ejector seat is engaged and the engine blows up
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