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Title: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Radar on 25 July 2011, 21:36:50

Does anybody else get a fine black soot on the bottom plastic bit that runs under the doors and around sides (mainly) of rear bumper? My car is silver and it is beginning to p me off. Does it come from the exhaust or tyres?

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: feeutfo on 25 July 2011, 22:44:55

Brake dust?

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Radar on 25 July 2011, 23:01:19

Good point chris :y I don't know what make the pads are only that they are not genuine gm - whether that makes a difference without knowing the make installed is anyones guess

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: sticka_v8_init on 26 July 2011, 09:25:07

Have you got grooved discs fitted by any chance 'cos they eat pads!

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: millwall on 26 July 2011, 09:55:18

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Have you got grooved discs fitted by any chance 'cos they eat pads!

your not wrong ive got them on my mig and the brake dust is horrendous  i am going to try better pads rather than the motor factor ones

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Radar on 26 July 2011, 11:50:17

No I believe the discs are not grooved

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: feeutfo on 26 July 2011, 14:10:27

Can't think what else tbh. I guess the wheels are covered in similar?

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Radar on 26 July 2011, 21:11:22

Strangley they do not seem to gsther at the same rate. I washed the before driving 250+ miles and the sills/bumper were quite sooty but the wheels were still almost mint

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Gaffers on 27 July 2011, 08:08:53

I had similar when my camshaft seal was pissing oil.  I guess it was mixing with water on the road and getting deflected up when driving along.

Since the oil leak stopped I havent had it again.

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Brikhead on 27 July 2011, 09:46:08

Is the car a diesel?
Maybe the exhaust is holed? Diesels don't make the same noise as petrol engines when the exhaust is shot.

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Radar on 27 July 2011, 10:02:21

Its petrol mate

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Teebee on 27 July 2011, 10:49:03

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Good point chris :y I don't know what make the pads are only that they are not genuine gm - whether that makes a difference without knowing the make installed is anyones guess

I think I remember someone saying there are two types of GM pad, all I know is the set that my VX dealer sold me weren't a patch on the original ones and I was forever cleaning the wheels after fitting them.

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: bestie26 on 31 July 2011, 21:51:38

do you by any chance use tyre shine ect after washing it, mine used to have the same after "dressing" the tyres especially in the rain

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Del Boy on 31 July 2011, 22:42:24

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do you by any chance use tyre shine ect after washing it, mine used to have the same after "dressing" the tyres especially in the rain

Took the words out of my keyboard, had this with my white Corsa after washing it the other day.

Title: Re: Black soot around door sills and rear bumper
Post by: Radar on 01 August 2011, 09:14:03

No, but thanks for the suggestion :y