Sooty exhaust tip... normal?

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Sooty exhaust tip... normal?

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My exhaust tip is pretty sooty, not like a diesel, but just making me question it. It is carbon build up, definitely not oil. So, what is yours like?
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My stock 4.0 has some soot.
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The stock 4.0L in my ZJ has some soot, but the stroker in my XJ has quite a bit more.
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when i met my wife her cavalier had a chrome tip. 2 yrs of me beating that poor little car and its black. all the SOS in the world wont make it chrome again :lol: ive long since given up (5yrs now :shock: )
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The Gibson SS tip on my exhast looks like a coal stack on a locomotive.
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