Maxie Complaint

[911KSM]

At the recent Goodwood Supercar Breakfast event Maxie complained that my pipes needed polishing. During a subsequent phone call he recommended that I use Autosol. Just given it a go with amazing results with a pic attached.

Right one polished, left one not.

Thanks for the advice Maxie!

Kevin.

 

[HarryH]

He'd hate mine then!!

 

[Maxie]

At the recent Goodwood Supercar Breakfast event Maxie complained that my pipes needed polishing. During a subsequent phone call he recommended that I use Autosol. Just given it a go with amazing results with a pic attached.

Right one polished, left one not.

Thanks for the advice Maxie!

Kevin.

Welcome Kevin!! You have to keep on top of them now as they tarnish pretty quickly. However, with your new arrival about, am sure this is going to be next to impossible!

He'd hate mine then!!

:floor:

- Maxie :thumb:

 

[apw2007]

He'd hate mine then!!

That should come with a warning, it's not for the faint hearted :hand:

 

[michelin]

He's getting as bad as me! :grin:

 

[GT4]

He'd hate mine then!!

That's the price of the DFI MA1.01 route to a peaceful night's sleep.

 

[Megatron]

He'd hate mine then!!

Are those sports exhaust tips Harry?

 

[Zingari]

:hand: Fear not my chum with the Range Rover would not go near those clean ones as he prefers the 'ring of confidence' :thumb:

 

[HarryH]

He'd hate mine then!!

That's the price of the DFI MA1.01 route to a peaceful night's sleep.

GT4 - actually, can you explain that a bit please for the non-technical. Is that the designation of my engine type, and this is normal for that engine? Is that engine less prone to some of the issues that I read a lot about on here?
Funnily enough I took those pictures three days ago intending to ask if these might be a warning of potential bore scoring (albeit both sides are as bad as each other - the photo is of the right side, but you knew that)

Megatron - AFAIK they are what comes standard on a C2S, without PSE. If that makes them sport tips then I guess that's a yes.

 

[Zantaz]

Autosol is a great product. No excuse for dirty pipes! they transform the car when clean.

 

[GT4]

He'd hate mine then!!

That's the price of the DFI MA1.01 route to a peaceful night's sleep.

GT4 - actually, can you explain that a bit please for the non-technical. Is that the designation of my engine type, and this is normal for that engine? Is that engine less prone to some of the issues that I read a lot about on here?
Funnily enough I took those pictures three days ago intending to ask if these might be a warning of potential bore scoring (albeit both sides are as bad as each other - the photo is of the right side, but you knew that)

Megatron - AFAIK they are what comes standard on a C2S, without PSE. If that makes them sport tips then I guess that's a yes.

Yes, your block designation.

The fuel stratified injection or dircet fuel injection used in the Gen2 blocks gives the car it's higher power with lower consumption and emissions.

The downside is sooty valves internally and dirty tips externally.

You should try to run the best fuel possible (grade and cleaning additives, and NO sulphur) to remove or reduce valve bulid up.

But the upside is that, because of the fact it is the Gen2 block design, it also has no IMS and runs cooler and more effectively (head cooling particularly) so as to mitigate bore scoring too!

 

[HarryH]

Thanks very much. You really are the guru.
I always use premium unleaded, usually BP or Shell, is that a sensible choice?

 

[Ekona]

Anything 97 or over is fine. I use either BP or Tesco, but that's only because they're my local two. I've shoved just about anything and everything over those magic numbers in mine, doesn't bat an eyelid.

As a rule, you're better off finding a busy petrol station that has a high turnover of fuel than worrying too much about choice of brand, as fresher fuel will always be more preferable to stuff that's been sat there a week.