Is this a normal pattern ?

[Daheim111]

Is this a normal pattern ?

After 1...2 days: it looks so...

After 3...4 days: not all is black but much more as on day 2...

 

[Odrapnew]

Yes, carbon buildup on the exhaust tips is common on the Ecoboost engines and in fact, I've seen it on all my forced induction vehicles to different degrees.

 

[Daheim111]

Thanks ! This is carbon it means (so much) soot ?

 

[cwescapexlt4x4]

Yes this is normal and if someone can advise are the EB engines DI (direct injection)? If so, this is TOTALLY common on DI engines.

 

[613GT500]

Yes this is normal and if someone can advise are the EB engines DI (direct injection)? If so, this is TOTALLY common on DI engines.

FYI, DI engines does not relate to carbon build up on the exhaust tips.
DI engines have issues with carbon build up on the back side of the intake vavles (internal carbon build up).

 

[Daheim111]

Yes, @613GT500, I also thought so / have read many articles here about carbon, but what is that on my exhaust ?

 

[PapaGary]

Yes, @613GT500, I also thought so / have read many articles here about carbon, but what is that on my exhaust ?

Soot. It's normal.

 

[peterk9]

Soot. It's normal.

Never had that on my 2014 MKT with the Ecoboost.

Peter

 

[reserved50]

the condensation in the exhaust washed out the soot you see dripping. One way to prevent this is to keep the gas floored everywhere you go, which could lead to tickets or other mishaps though.

 

[PapaGary]

Never had that on my 2014 MKT with the Ecoboost.

Peter

Uh-oh, it's got to go somewhere so it's winding up in your crankcase. Probably because you don't drive it enough.

 

[Daheim111]

" keep the gas floored everywhere you go "

I try...
Last week highway 110 mph and more about 2 hours...but, yes, in the mean time on the "Landstrasse" it is not always possible...

 

[peterk9]

Uh-oh, it's got to go somewhere so it's winding up in your crankcase. Probably because you don't drive it enough.

Probably because my exhaust tips weren't flared the same way it doesn't run out like the ones he has.

 

[Forddealz]

the condensation in the exhaust washed out the soot you see dripping. One way to prevent this is to keep the gas floored everywhere you go, which could lead to tickets or other mishaps though.

Not if you are laser and radar protected.

 

[reserved50]

kind of illegal to go around zapping every car with lasers that get in your way

" keep the gas floored everywhere you go "

I try...
Last week highway 110 mph and more about 2 hours...but, yes, in the mean time on the "Landstrasse" it is not always possible...

Not if you are laser and radar protected.

 

[Sixonemale]

" keep the gas floored everywhere you go "

I try...
Last week highway 110 mph and more about 2 hours...but, yes, in the mean time on the "Landstrasse" it is not always possible...

Please let us know how this engine performs at these speeds on the Autobahn over the long term. I'm extremely curious as to how this engine with turbos will hold up or not at these sustained high speeds.

 

[kmarnes]

I see three unusual differences here:

1. This guy lives in Germany and drives at much higher speeds than the rest of us.
2. Fuel/oil mixtures in Germany could potentially be different than North America.
3. Aftermarket chrome exhaust tips, which might be more prone to catching the soot.

I have to say, it would be pretty cool to drive on the Autobahn.

 

[Daheim111]

Pretty COOL ! Yes...

 

[kmarnes]

So just curious, was your reasoning for getting the Explorer for exclusivity reasons? I lived in the UK for a couple years and saw lots of tiny cars. We had a "giant Passat". The Explorer would be a beast there, but they do have the Land Rovers. And years ago, people here in North America were importing the cargo container shaped Mercedes G-class SUVS for the same reason... but now you can just get them normally.

 

[Odrapnew]

I see three unusual differences here:

1. This guy lives in Germany and drives at much higher speeds than the rest of us.
2. Fuel/oil mixtures in Germany could potentially be different than North America.
3. Aftermarket chrome exhaust tips, which might be more prone to catching the soot.

I have to say, it would be pretty cool to drive on the Autobahn.

Just to rebuttle(or more comment/clarify).
1. I have the same pattern on my Sport exhaust tips with normal US driving.
2. True
3. Those are standard Sport tips.
4. I agree, it would be fun to drive on the Autobahn.

 

[Daheim111]

So just curious, was your reasoning for getting the Explorer for exclusivity reasons? I lived in the UK for a couple years and saw lots of tiny cars. We had a "giant Passat". The Explorer would be a beast there, but they do have the Land Rovers. And years ago, people here in North America were importing the cargo container shaped Mercedes G-class SUVS for the same reason... but now you can just get them normally.

Family-owned some US Ford`s and this was very "different" from german cars...an "other way to drive"...(don`t know how to explain...)...