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noticed some black/grey smoke come from my exhaust today under heavy acceleration from first to second.

what could this problem be. anything i can check before sending it to the mechanic?

and if so, is it an easy enough job to fix myself or with a mate.

cheers.

I suggest you switch your car from camels to a mild brand, preferably with menthol

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previous owner told me it is running rich, which i have noticed aswel. cheers for the help, just worrying as first turbo ive had

best serious advice i can give, is to take it to a qualified tuner to check your o2 sensors, the afm ratios reported by an external sensor, and then give the car a good tune up...

i know of many places north of the city that can help you

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who do you reccomend dohmar?

road and track dyno services in 19 Thomas St, Cavan (8344 8930)

They have extensive experience with all types of motorsport, and I personally dont trust anyone except these guys...

while boostworx is around the corner, i'll still be going to these blokes, no disrespect to bw tho (ive never been a customer)

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it's just running rich like chad said, you can take it to some one to check your AFR's (Not AFMR's)but there is nothing they can do about it anyway because you can't tune anything with the standard ECU, all they can do is play with your timing.

Just take it to anyplace that has a dyno and get them to run it up to check the AFR's get the print out and post it up here and we'll go from there.

Shop around because you shouldn't be paying more than $80 for a few quick runs, otherwise wait till someone is holding a dyno day and do it then.

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I only use & recommend Boostworx

new years they are moving to cavan from pasadena

Awesome! Closer to me. :)

I'd been a customer of theirs since back in the day Craig ran Mad Dat from there ... when I sold my house down south and moved to the Regency area, it was just too far to travel to get there. Thats good news ... for me anyway :)

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burning black is too rich, the grey is more water in tailpipe MOST of the time.

if you car is cold when you boot it the mixture will be really black, grey

your O2 sensor is prob dirty, and the intake plenum is prob caked with carbon as well.

spark plugs, otherwise it sounds normal for a turbo car.

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Awesome! Closer to me. :)

I'd been a customer of theirs since back in the day Craig ran Mad Dat from there ... when I sold my house down south and moved to the Regency area, it was just too far to travel to get there. Thats good news ... for me anyway :)

i live further away from him than you and still take my car there was pretty over the moon to hear him moving to cavan like now 20 mins away instead of 1 hr but now i cant visit Pete :banana:

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i live further away from him than you and still take my car there was pretty over the moon to hear him moving to cavan like now 20 mins away instead of 1 hr but now i cant visit Pete >_<

GOOD, I'm done seeing you anyway!!

J/K, I'll miss the lattes....and a shame that Shaun won't be just down the hill anymore :)

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