Thread: oil out the tailpipe - OM616
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Old 05-07-2008, 07:52 PM
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Ok, got home and ran my finger around the inside of the tailpipe (saved myself a paper towel!) and there was nothing but dry soot. So, your answers must have been right: after starting, water blown out the tailpipe is carrying some soot with it and speckling the ground, which then stays until a good rain.

Whew! Thanks, guys!
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