Pouring kerosene in Silencer?? - xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community

amitmalve · 01-29-2012, 01:20 PM

Just the other day I went with my friend to a local garage for tightening his his bike's chain(rtr 160). After the work was done that mechanic, on his own poured some kerosene in the silencer (from silencer's outlet hole) & started the bike. When I asked him the reason for pouring the kerosene into the silencer, he said it will prevent the rusting of the silencer?

Is this true? Will this help in cleaning the silencer from inside by any means? Or will this cause any damage to the silencer? Though the bike is running perfectly fine now, I just want to know from experts here what will happen by doing this.

sunilg · 01-30-2012, 11:35 AM

Query approved.

amitmalve · 02-01-2012, 11:02 AM

knock..knock....!! Somebody reply.........

aargee · 02-01-2012, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by amitmalve

Is this true?

That is crap

Honda_CBF · 02-01-2012, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amitmalve

Just the other day I went with my friend to a local garage for tightening his his bike's chain(rtr 160). After the work was done that mechanic, on his own poured some kerosene in the silencer (from silencer's outlet hole) & started the bike. When I asked him the reason for pouring the kerosene into the silencer, he said it will prevent the rusting of the silencer?

Is this true? Will this help in cleaning the silencer from inside by any means? Or will this cause any damage to the silencer? Though the bike is running perfectly fine now, I just want to know from experts here what will happen by doing this.

never heard of it.
May damage the cat-con, will can cause more carbon buildup.
Btw, no need to clean the silencer in 4 strokes.

Abhijeet Bhattacharjee · 02-01-2012, 09:22 PM

Kerosene will evaporate after the silencer becomes hot, that's what'll happen.

Honda_CBF · 02-01-2012, 09:47 PM

Kerosene will drain out from the drain hole first..

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Originally Posted by Abhijeet Bhattacharjee

Kerosene will evaporate after the silencer becomes hot, that's what'll happen.

Mad Mik · 02-01-2012, 10:41 PM

Kero will soak into the glass wool/steel wool insulation, excess will drip out the drain hole. When the bike is started the kero will evaporate.
I hope you didn't pay for this nonsense.
If your mech does crap like this I think its time to find a new mech.

n_aditya · 02-02-2012, 02:46 PM

Maybe he (the mech) wanted a flaming exhaust.

animeher · 02-02-2012, 04:01 PM

He forgot one major step, to insert a burning beedi in the silencer after putting the kerosene. Then you would have seen what he meant by a 'fiery performance'!

Change the mech

01-29-2012, 01:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
amitmalve sports tourer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Pune Posts: 351	Pouring kerosene in Silencer?? Just the other day I went with my friend to a local garage for tightening his his bike's chain(rtr 160). After the work was done that mechanic, on his own poured some kerosene in the silencer (from silencer's outlet hole) & started the bike. When I asked him the reason for pouring the kerosene into the silencer, he said it will prevent the rusting of the silencer? Is this true? Will this help in cleaning the silencer from inside by any means? Or will this cause any damage to the silencer? Though the bike is running perfectly fine now, I just want to know from experts here what will happen by doing this.

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Abhijeet Bhattacharjee KrazzyKid Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Kolkata, WB Posts: 233	Kerosene will evaporate after the silencer becomes hot, that's what'll happen. __________________ Its the fusion of a two wheeled machine & a human being which creates a true biker. https://www.facebook.com/krazzykid.abhijeet

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02-01-2012, 11:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
amitmalve sports tourer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Pune Posts: 351	knock..knock....!! Somebody reply.........

02-01-2012, 10:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mad Mik Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 27	Kero will soak into the glass wool/steel wool insulation, excess will drip out the drain hole. When the bike is started the kero will evaporate. I hope you didn't pay for this nonsense. If your mech does crap like this I think its time to find a new mech.

02-02-2012, 04:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
animeher Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Thane/Pune Posts: 1,175	He forgot one major step, to insert a burning beedi in the silencer after putting the kerosene. Then you would have seen what he meant by a 'fiery performance'! Change the mech

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