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Yellow film/buildup in intake ports

Discussion in 'Tech' started by moto316, Nov 18, 2023.

  1. moto316

    moto316 Well-Known Member

    Checking the bike over during the offseason and noticed something I haven't seen before. It was a brand new 2020 zx10r built up by KWS for Stock1000 and was crashed and then sold to me after the first round in Atlanta, so it had a few hundred miles with the VP MGP fuel in it. During my ownership its predominantly been run on 93 non-ethanol pump gas, apart from less than a handful of times when I had no choice but to put regular 93 ethanol. Bike has around 4000 miles now since I started racing it beginning of 2022.

    There's a buildup of some kind of yellow film right above the valve seats in the intake ports, tried scraping it with a pick but doesn't seem to come off. Almost looks and feels like the surface is pitted. Any ideas?

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  2. regularguy

    regularguy Always Krispy

    That's from the MGP. All of our bikes have that in the throttle bodies and the intake ports. It should clean off with brake cleaner/carb cleaner.
     
  3. moto316

    moto316 Well-Known Member

    yep, as did mine, thanks
     
  4. RM Racing

    RM Racing Tool user

    They put dye in race fuels, it doesn't burn as well.
     

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