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Preserving New Silencers

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Spitfire:
In the olden days we used to pour 2 stroke oil into new silencers and swirl it around, don't really know if it helped as we did not keep bikes long in those days.

Cheers

Dennis

hairygit:
The best thing you can do for exhaust internals is avoid short journeys, run for at least half an hour and give it some stick to get them really hot to boil all traces of moisture out of them. Short journeys or just starting it for a few minutes is truly the worst thing possible for bikes full stop.

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adespin:
I've just had a eureka moment !! i have bought in the past a gallon of black Waxoyl, i intended to buy it in clear, used a bit on a car underside but it was to messy, the clear is much better. So to use it up i could thin it down considerably with thinners, the thinners will evaporate leaving a thin film of Waxoyl, what do you think ??

Simon46:
I  cannot believe how much rusty water came out of my USA 2 trumpet exhausts on my 750k. Was blowing out of the joints too

hairygit:

--- Quote from: adespin on June 20, 2018, 02:37:13 PM ---I've just had a eureka moment !! i have bought in the past a gallon of black Waxoyl, i intended to buy it in clear, used a bit on a car underside but it was to messy, the clear is much better. So to use it up i could thin it down considerably with thinners, the thinners will evaporate leaving a thin film of Waxoyl, what do you think ??

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Waxoyl is as the name suggests, wax based. Will probably burn off first time the pipes warm up properly, may even get you a tug from the Police for excessive smoke! Waxoyl is wonderful stuff, and if you were laying the bike up for 6 months or so, fine, but it will burn off very quickly when the pipes heat through. Engine oil and 2 stoke oil etc will also burn off quickly, and again the smoke issues.

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