[jezimp]

hey guys
just wondering how much black smoke is too much??
im jsut about to get a 3" straight thruoughs system on my 03 TD42
at the moment the stock exhaust is cracked not far from the turbo due to a tree, and pumps the black stuff out.
jsut wondering if its normal, if it can me minamized, or anything that might help
thanks guys

 

[fnqcairns]

I dunno but lately i have been noticing all those newish snazzy common rails pumping blobs of black smoke as they take of from the lights and old TD42 some of which almost nothing...some lots of coarse.

How does one measure this? my wife followed me for a 500km round trip 40% of it at night with me towing the boat and I asked here how badly did the td42 smoke and she said she couldn't remember any.

 

[GUTourer]

depends on lots of things, fuel mix, air intake, injectors, pump timing, the list could go on longer than johnny holmes .........

get the basics done drop oil, renew filters including fuel, take it to an injection joint get em tested, get the pump timing adjusted.

 

[truckster]

I usually find <-----> much is too much.