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Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler
04/09/12 at 19:39:44

Since I have gotten my Savage I noticed that the exhaust pipe and the end of the muffler was starting to turn blue. But since I have been riding it more the pipe and muffler are almost completely blue. Is this bluing of the chrome due to the motor running lean? And if so, how can I fix it without spending any money (trying to do this on the cheap to keep the wife happy)? I don't have anything but wax and compound, and I don't think that either will take the blue off the pipe and muffler.

And yes I searched under "blue exhaust pipe" and "exhaust pipe turned blue" and got nothing. So if there is not one, maybe we can sticky this one for a while.

Thanks in advance.

Jim B Cheesy

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Cavie Full Member Offline My wife made me do it Posts: 107 Port charlotte Fl Gender:	Re: Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler Reply #1 - 04/09/12 at 20:14:39 Google is your friend. Google search "How to clean blue motorcycle exhaust" the savage exhaust will turn blue for the first 12" or so at the bend. It is single wall pipe. Note like double wall or shielded as on some other bikes like my Volusia .The muffler should not turn blue.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler Reply #2 - 04/09/12 at 20:18:55 You need blue job if you want it to look like it did before. then never put any kind of wax or oil on it... cuz it turns it blue. or just be cool and keep doing what you're doing... turn it all blue
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Re: Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler
Reply #3 - 04/09/12 at 21:32:21

Cavie--The entire pipe IS blue. The muffler too.

verslagen1--I just don't want to screw the motor up by running it too lean. I have done that on my turbo charged car before and blew the motor when it boosted up top. Liquid pistons don't work worth a flip! I just did not know (at least not just yet) if there was a set screw on the carb to fatten it up.

Anyways, I will see about posting up a pic tomorrow to show you guys what I mean. I just don't want to have to rebuild the motor just yet.

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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler Reply #4 - 04/10/12 at 09:40:39 The stock pipe is double and triple walled.
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Re: Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler
Reply #5 - 04/10/12 at 09:54:51

Jim,.. is your muffler stock?... how old or rusted?...

It may have come apart internally, and be restricted...

Pipes usually blue at the head, and then at "hot spots" where internal restrictions are...
For the entire length to blue, seems like an internal blockage... or,.. some cleaning product has been used on the pipe that reacted to the heat...

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler Reply #6 - 04/10/12 at 09:57:58 I agree,, full length blue is not normal, Is it holdin its breath?
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Re: Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler
Reply #7 - 04/10/12 at 10:23:24

Well, it runs pretty good. It looses a little bit of steam when I hit a hill with a head wind (about 5-7 mph). But I am a hamburger over 300#, so that might have an affect on it slowing down also. But over all everything looks stock, I have not changed anything.

Serowbot--There is still chrome on it. It looks new, well except for the fact that it is blue. I am sure that the muffler is the same age as the bike (an 02). The only cleaning product that I used on it was soap and water at the car wash 2 weeks ago when I washed it. But everything got wiped down and dried off before I started it back up. And I even let it warm up just a little bit to dry the motor off before I rode it home. It is getting great gas mileage still, so I am at a loss.

Let me see about some pics and then you guys can try and figure this one out for me.

Again, thanks in advance.

Jim B Cheesy

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Re: Blue Exhaust pipe and muffler
Reply #8 - 04/10/12 at 10:42:52

Such a sudden event,, hmm,, if theres no obvious change in the way it runs, then Id have to wonder if there wasnt some wax accidentally squirted on it,, you may not have intended to wax it, but if you started with hosing the muffler & the last thing thru was some kind of windshield treatment or wax,, you may be seeing the effects of chemicals cooking off.. either way,, lousy deal, man,,

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