Steelster
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So, I have read somewhere on here (I think) that the secretion of soot from the exhausts depends on the drive mode and the rev range.
Using the above picture, from left to right I'll call the tips 1,2,3 and 4. 1 and 2 passenger side, 3 and 4 driver side.
As far as I'm aware, 2 and 3 are the only tips that are going to be collecting soot if you're driving in comfort etc.
Tips 1 and 4 are only active when in Dynamic and at higher rev ranges?! (please correct if I'm wrong)
Recently I've been a lazy git and haven't washed my beauty in what feels like forever. A week or so ago I noticed that tip #1 was showing no sign of soot, whereas all the other 3 were (obviously #2 and #3 had the most).
Has anyone else experienced this? Is this normal?
I rang the service department at Audi and he insisted this is normal, as the outer exhausts are effectively just there for aesthetics.
My query to this therefore, is why is tip #4 collecting soot?
I just wanted to make sure that there might not be a valve stuck or malfunctioning etc which isn't allowing the fumes to flow through all 4 tips. Alternatively (and most likely I suppose) they were correct in the garage and I can ignore this.
Anyone else who drives through the rev range in Dynamic show all 4 tips coated? Am I alone?
Using the above picture, from left to right I'll call the tips 1,2,3 and 4. 1 and 2 passenger side, 3 and 4 driver side.
As far as I'm aware, 2 and 3 are the only tips that are going to be collecting soot if you're driving in comfort etc.
Tips 1 and 4 are only active when in Dynamic and at higher rev ranges?! (please correct if I'm wrong)
Recently I've been a lazy git and haven't washed my beauty in what feels like forever. A week or so ago I noticed that tip #1 was showing no sign of soot, whereas all the other 3 were (obviously #2 and #3 had the most).
Has anyone else experienced this? Is this normal?
I rang the service department at Audi and he insisted this is normal, as the outer exhausts are effectively just there for aesthetics.
My query to this therefore, is why is tip #4 collecting soot?
I just wanted to make sure that there might not be a valve stuck or malfunctioning etc which isn't allowing the fumes to flow through all 4 tips. Alternatively (and most likely I suppose) they were correct in the garage and I can ignore this.
Anyone else who drives through the rev range in Dynamic show all 4 tips coated? Am I alone?