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sean
 Post subject: Black smoke
PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:35 pm 
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Any solutions to plumes of black sooty smoke from exhaust - is it too rich and if so how do I fix, please help.

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sean
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just had a quick look at choke linkage - not returning by itself fully - could this be something ?

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Gezo
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Hi,
If your choke is staying on whilst your motor is on, you will almost definitely get a nice puff of black smoke out the exhaust. Sometimes you can be lucky and spray with WD or equivalent around the choke area (on the carbie) and you may free it.
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sean
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yeh will try that tommorow - what else can i adjust to get it right ?

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You can check the choke cable moves freely and hasn't got a bend or kink in it where it goes into the outer cable .

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Well its definately not a Lucas Electrics problem....they use white smoke :D

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sean
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played around with the mixture adjusting nut under the carb, it has helped a bit but not totally, what else can I fiddle with

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Gezo
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Hi,
Is your timing spot on.
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Not running nitrous are you ? The black exhaust puff is a dead give away.

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