on my exhaust tips? I clean them one day, and a couple days later, the ends are covered again. My car has 144,xxx miles.

 

o2 sensors? what octane are you running?

 

89

I read an old thread that its normal for a car with so many miles on it.

 

if its not exessive, you still get good gas milage, and its not sluggish, then i wouldnt worry.

 

87 instead of 89

 

Does it with. When I got the car I put in 87, but then a couple months ago started putting in 89 and the carbon built up on the exhaust on both.

 

ive been putting 87 in since ive owned my car. only because this is what the car was designed for.

 

did acura tell you that?
it runs much better with a higher octane i think..

 

this is what octane is.... octane-- how fas tthe burn rate is higher the octane the slower the burn. now some cars are ment for 91 octane some are meant for 89 or 87. in your case try putting 91 with techron. we did a couple tests at school with it and it cleans alot of carbon build up. its actually pretty good.

 

seafoam worked really well for me, you can put it everywhere gas tank, oil (100 miles before change), intake everywhere. i saw a big difference in performance and engine operation after i did it on my 01 cl

 

there was about two or three threads on here about this. i know that higher octane should last longer but next week will be the real test, im going to do some fuel saving mods.

 

Seafoam your car yo

 

seafoam

 

i read that seafoam will clean out the carbon but wont it also open up holes that are plugged up with carbon which will cause more leaks?

 

If you have leaks maybe

 

as a matter of fact they do.. check the manual

 

lol i was saying it sarcastically....

 

Does it burn any oil?

 

cant gauge sarcasm over the net very well

 

as a matter of fact, yes
I took out the dipstick the other day and it was kinda low

 

um..... no- thats not how octane works- it has to do with the compression ratio/ timing for the spark to ignite. High performance cars need high octane because they ran at a higher compression ratio, and low octane would ignite too soon.
Thats why anything but 87 in our stock f22/ 23, even 3.0s is a waste of money

 

That's your problem, hope your headgasket isn't leaking