The official "Why is there black smoke coming out of my exhaust?" thread
May 29, 2008, 12:36 PM
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The official "Why is there black smoke coming out of my exhaust?" thread
For some reason, that happens to me all the time, like wenever i hit over 5000 rpm or if i suddenly floor it smoke comes out, my car has 1000 miles, should i change the oil or wat , i dont know wat the problem is .
thank you to whoever might help.
thank you to whoever might help.
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May 30, 2008, 05:53 PM
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take your car to the dealer and have them put the newest update on and that will clean up the richness a whole bunch. I had this done today and it seems to have taken care of the the extreme richness.
Apr 22, 2009, 08:20 AM
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there is a TSB (technical Service Bulletin) out for this problem. The common complaint is that the car has a very slight amount of hesitation when you step on it at 5k. The problem is caused by the car running too rich, dealer can fix the problem. IIRC the problem is with evo X's produced before april 08.
(it's not a bad problem at all, just the fact that you're running a little more rich than you need to will decrease the life of your cat, if that matters to you)
(it's not a bad problem at all, just the fact that you're running a little more rich than you need to will decrease the life of your cat, if that matters to you)
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+1, My car is tuned and still spits out black smoke. My AFRs run in the mid 11s under hard acceleration through the rev band. The X just smokes. Tune or No Tune.
