Are your exhaust tips getting this dirty ?

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by Kloogy

My X5 is far from a garage queen. But it is spotless 98% of the time. Driving a dirty vehicle bothers me. I go through it meticulously once a week, and wipe it down after any prolonged ride. I'll post pics of my GT one day. You can eat off the Brembo's and wheels on that one

Im the exact same way! It kills me having my car at school

And a GT? what would you be referring to!?

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Naz24

Im the exact same way! It kills me having my car at school

And a GT? what would you be referring to!?

A very modded Mustang?

See his sig.

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by JCL

A very modded Mustang?

See his sig.

Ahh using tapatalk--no sigs are showing up.

Would love to see pictures

[ShantF1]

Originally Posted by Kloogy

My X5 is not a diesel, yet my tips are always really dirty. I have to scrub this residue off once a week. Is this normal for the rest of you people ??

Yes that is normal.

[cmyX6go]

You think that's dirty? You should see the carbon dripping from my big rectangle exhaust tips! I'd take a picture but the damn snow is higher than the exhaust right now

Yes, it's normal.

[deutsch100]

Originally Posted by Kloogy

My X5 is far from a garage queen. But it is spotless 98% of the time. Driving a dirty vehicle bothers me. I go through it meticulously once a week, and wipe it down after any prolonged ride. I'll post pics of my GT one day. You can eat off the Brembo's and wheels on that one

I hate (and unless the weather dictates) driving a dirty car. I dust my car at least 1x a day, clean up any bird dropping or water drops right away with quick detalier and a microfiber rag , clean the wheels 1-3x a week and I clean the front glass 1-2x daily. It takes a matter of mins, and it just feels great driving a clean car.

Kloogy, my '11 35d pipes have NEVER looked like that. Maybe the filters for my diesel are really great...but I have 1300 miles now, and I have never had to clean anything more than water spots from rain and/or some road grime. Not even the slightest hint of black!!

[deutsch100]

Kloogy,

This is a picture I just snapped of my 35d, this morning (8am on Thursday). I have NOT wiped the tail pipes in at least 10-14 days. No cleaning or wiping at all. I am really surprised a gasoline model would be so much dirtier than the Diesel. Wow, Diesel really is clean & green now All you dirty, dirty gasoline burners! LOL

[SkipSauls]

My 2007 335i had the same issue, and it seems to be related to the N54/N55 turbo engines. If you don't clean it every now and then it can really bake on and become very hard to remove. I found that chrome polish worked okay, but an even better solution is this stuff:

I've been able to find it at my local AutoZone, and a single can lasted a long time. You simply grab a piece of the cotton wadding and rub it on the exhaust tips, then wipe off the residue. The solvent (or whatever) in the wadding makes quick work of the soot, dirt, etc.

My X5 35d always has very clean exhaust tips. I know that diesels aren't completely clean and green, but I don't mind having relatively maintenance-free exhaust tips.

[jeremym]

Originally Posted by SkipSauls

The solvent (or whatever) in the wadding makes quick work of the soot, dirt, etc.

How's that stuff on the paint? I imagine it's a bit tough to get everything given the cut out in the bumper doesn't allow for a ton of space. I'm interested, but I have large hands and really don't feel like having super shiny tips with paint marks around them.

[Jordo]

15 years ago you would not have had this issue. The quality of fuel today is less then bad. What you are seeing is all of the "fillers" in the fuel collecting on the tip. (ethenol)