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Removing carbon deposits from Machine Gun tips

MoparGuy68

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My Machine Gun tips have carbon deposits on their lips. That rhymes!

I was able to get most of it off the driver side tip by rubbing it with a damp cloth. I used water, followed by a bit of Windex, then more water. The carbon is not wanting to come off the passenger side tip. I even tried a little bit of Bug & Tar Remover, which didn't help.

Next I'm going to try scraping it off with the edge of an old, expired credit card. The plastic edge shouldn't scratch the chrome surface.

Has anyone had success removing carbon deposits from chrome exhaust tips? If so, how did you do it?

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Carb cleaner? It's what it's designed to do.

Some white polishing compound.

Use a good wax afterwards to keep the carbon from sticking next time.
 
I’d use carb cleaner and gently scrub with steel wool. Steel wool is made from soft steel, much softer then chrome. Use the fine or extra fine grade, scrub softly. I use it on guns all the time.
Definitely don’t scrape with any sort of metal tool. And no Scotchbrite pads. They have abrasive in them.
 
Thanks guys, I'll look for some soft steel wool at my Ace Hardware store. I have a spray can of Lucas Multi-Purpose Parts Cleaner and Degreaser. Says to use for cleaning air intakes, throttle bodies, carbs and chokes, brake calipers and rotors. Do not spray on plastic parts or painted surfaces.

I bought the Lucas cleaner to try to clean carbon deposits off the engine heads, around the exhaust ports, which it didn't do very well..

Maybe the Lucas would work instead of carb cleaner, since I already have it. But not sure.. If this stuff didn't take carbon off the heads, then maybe it won't on the exhaust tips either. Guess I'll try a small area and see..

If this Lucas stuff didn't take carbon off the heads, I doubt regular carb cleaner would have either.
 
The 0000 steel wool does most of the work. I like to use some sort of lube to protect the chrome from the micro scratches that dull it over time. Any lube will work, even butter from the fridge.
 
Flitz polish. Follow the directions for the metal type.
 
I had good luck removing paint overspray from my windshield moldings with 000 steel wool and Windex.

Didn't see any scratches.
 
MoparGuy68 said:
My Machine Gun tips have carbon deposits on their lips. That rhymes!

I was able to get most of it off the driver side tip by rubbing it with a damp cloth. I used water, followed by a bit of Windex, then more water. The carbon is not wanting to come off the passenger side tip. I even tried a little bit of Bug & Tar Remover, which didn't help.

Next I'm going to try scraping it off with the edge of an old, expired credit card. The plastic edge shouldn't scratch the chrome surface.

Has anyone had success removing carbon deposits from chrome exhaust tips? If so, how did you do it?

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The fine (by the Carbon Deposit Police) for having visable carbon deposits on your machine gun tips is severe. If left untreated or unresolved may result in having to remove the offending tips which, in itself, is a real travesty........somewhat sarcastically mentioned....
BOB RENTON
 
RJRENTON said:
The fine (by the Carbon Deposit Police) for having visable carbon deposits on your machine gun tips is severe. If left untreated or unresolved may result in having to remove the offending tips which, in itself, is a real travesty........somewhat sarcastically mentioned....
BOB RENTON
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Can't have an uneven amount of carbon on each side (the result of my trying to clean them). The carbon was about even on both tips before the cleaning haha. The tips were hung way unevenly when I bought the car. I had them fixed at the muffler shop when I had the custom head pipes fabricated. Uneven exhaust tips annoy me and I just won't tolerate that on my car.
 
Mother's polish or perhaps Nev'R Dull.
 
I use some turpentine and a soft brush, then I take some degreaser and then I use some 000 grade steel wool to remove anything that is left
 
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