Mufflers got hot.....Turned Blue

[Guest Safari]

As mentioned in the subject line.... My nice chrome mufflers on my 84 Venture got extremely hot awhile back and the chrome got a blue tint to it. Has anyone else experienced this, and if so, how do you get the blue off the chrome and restore it to the bright chrome finish?

[KeithR]

I used a product called Autosol years ago. Worked fairly well

 

Just google it and you will get lots of info.

 

Keith

[MasterGuns]

There is another product called "Blue Away". I used it years ago when I was young and didn't know about jetting when I installed a set of RC

Engineering headers on one of my first sleds, a 1975 Kawasaki 900. It removed the blueing but left the chrome really dull. Google it and find out where it may be available. Also, I am really curious as to why your mufflers got so hot. Chrome has got to be really hot to blue and since the mufflers are so far from the exhaust ports, your exhaust was/is really, really above normal temps. What did you do to lean it out so much?

[Guest Safari]

There is another product called "Blue Away". I used it years ago when I was young and didn't know about jetting when I installed a set of RC

Engineering headers on one of my first sleds, a 1975 Kawasaki 900. It removed the blueing but left the chrome really dull. Google it and find out where it may be available. Also, I am really curious as to why your mufflers got so hot. Chrome has got to be really hot to blue and since the mufflers are so far from the exhaust ports, your exhaust was/is really, really above normal temps. What did you do to lean it out so much?

 

 

 

As best I can determine, the Carbs were really whacked out and the mufflers were really carboned inside. It appears that a backfire got the carbon burning inside which is probably what caused it all. I have since removed the carbs, reworked them and reinstalled, sycn'ed and adjusted. It runs fine now, not too lean, not too rich. I don't know a lot about the mechanics of it all but everything is running fine now. I am replacing the fuel tank and figured now was the time to clean & shine the mufflers before putting it all back together. Thanks for the "Blue Away" tip. Not too crazy about the idea of no shine after the treatment. Might try to research the AutoSol idea also. Again, thanks.

 

Les