akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Ok so just drove to the pub to watch the royal rumble the misses was following me said my car is proper black smoking any ideas fuel issue maybe? Cheers nick Edited January 28, 2013 by akyakapotter Quote
Amjad Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Haha Black smoke usually indicates running rich? Well, dark smoke anyway Quote
Weyro Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Yea black is usually fuel, so maybe a stuck injector? Redex is £2.50 in tesco atm, might be worth a try lol Quote
pick1 Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 ^^^^^ agree chuck some red x through it give it a bit of clean through but depending how u driving u will always get a little bit of black mate cuz the emanages same as plug n plays run a bit rich which can cause a bit of sut under heavy load n shifting gear always been told nothing to worry about under those circumstances Quote
TrisK Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 is your car mapped? or is it fcd/fpr...Its mapped matt. EMB by TD Quote
Socks Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Put it this way... Slightly too richblack smokeslightly less powerless heatsafer map or Slightly too leanno smokeslightly more powermore heatpotential to blow engine... Quote
Matt1878 Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Put it this way... Slightly too richblack smokeslightly less powerless heatsafer map or Slightly too leanno smokeslightly more powermore heatpotential to blow engine...This! TD will have mapped the car to run slightly rich anyways. Rather be safe than sorry Like I said before, hope it's nothing other than it burning a little fuel Matt. Quote
akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Author Posted January 28, 2013 Well the misses said it's like someone is burning plastic proper black smoke when I'm driving slow or giving it some makes no difference. I use vpower I though that had cleaning additives in it ?I've noticed my mpg has gone down quite abit and when coming off boost its jerking quite bad Quote
Socks Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Temp Sensor and Lambda's can cause the mix to go rich... Might be worth getting fueling re-checked at TD.... Quote
akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Author Posted January 28, 2013 Ill have to replace them then no chance of getting td to check it far to much of a drive for me I hope I don't kill the car Quote
Socks Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 u wont kill the car dude... Will just be down on power and use more fuel... Quote
akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Author Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Dosen't feel like I'm down on power socks may be the lambda wasn't an expensive one ill get another and replace it defo useing more fuel though Edited January 28, 2013 by akyakapotter Quote
akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Author Posted January 28, 2013 Just whipped the spark plugs out they all look like this Quote
akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Author Posted January 28, 2013 Quick vid out side my mums house dose this alot more when driving turbo seals or valve stem seals ? http://youtu.be/iGAkUrGTVGk Quote
Socks Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Was the car cold when u filmed that? If it was up to temp... and its bluey coloured could be turbo seals yeh.... If it was cold could just be moisture in the exhaust it is very cold atm! Quote
akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Author Posted January 28, 2013 Yeah man was warm been on for about 15mins mate so maybe turbo seals that's not to bad that would explain the smoke but what about my crap fuel now lol lambda ? Quote
kbond Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Quick vid out side my mums house dose this alot more when driving turbo seals or valve stem seals ? http://youtu.be/iGAkUrGTVGkMine also smokes like this!Mine is more white than blue though but does it all the time cold or hot Quote
akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Author Posted January 28, 2013 Sucks mate really didn't need this at the moment Quote
Socks Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 White Smoke is Water.... So water is getting into the engine in some way....You'd expect this from a cold start but it should dissappear as the system warms up! Blue smoke is most likely the turbo seals... Thats the first thing to try as TD04's are cheap! Black Smoke, generally you'll only see this when your engine is under load, revving the car in neutral wont show this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWpvdFoZWOg See here at 25secs.... That is a bit excessive.... but black smoke is nothing to worry about in small doses... Quote
akyakapotter Posted January 28, 2013 Author Posted January 28, 2013 I'm hoping its turbo seals must be something else aswell due to my fuel consumption becoming crap Quote
kbond Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 How could water be getting into the engine?Could it do alot of damageI rebuild my engine back in september and its been like it ever since Quote
james@cjperformance Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 take the turbo off and have a look if you have leaky seals that woukd explain you kchoking wideband sensors and potentially killing your lambda hence the crappy consumtion that white smoke is more steam tbh just the weather i believe. my v used to do it in the colder damper months but i think the blacky bluey tinge is fuel and oil related Quote
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