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06-09-2004, 02:27 PM

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Black smoke could be a lot of things. like a bad head gasket, or just an old engine. Are you burning oil?

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06-09-2004, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 92eg6

my car is a obd 1 the only codes i get is for a tps. but that shouldnt make me run rich.

Um, the TPS definately could make the car run rich. The throttle position sensor tells the ECU how open the throttle is. If it isn't sending the correct voltage to the ECU at any certain point, than the amount of fuel being injected will not be correct.
DEFINATELY replace/fix the TPS and I bet that you won't be running rich anymore.

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06-09-2004, 07:53 PM

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Black smoke could be a lot of things. like a bad head gasket, or just an old engine. Are you burning oil?

Oil is blue tinted smoke, if it was the headgasket, he'd be burning coolant, and that'd be white tinted. extra gas is black smoke.

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06-09-2004, 08:17 PM

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would the tps malfunctioning also lead to a shitty idle??

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06-09-2004, 10:13 PM

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would the tps malfunctioning also lead to a shitty idle??

It can but it has to be waaaay out of adjustment.

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06-10-2004, 06:35 AM

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I what color smokes typically mean head gasket etc. But, I have seen exceptions. When my cousins old D16Z6 was losing coolant the smoke was black, not blue or white. Also even though his head gasket was going, there was no coolant in the oil or bubbles in the coolant.

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