black smoke?

[spikerS]

IT'S NOT A DIESEL!

LOL! anyways, I was washing the truck, and noticed a bunch of black powder carbon on the inside and outside of the exhaust pipe. I know that some carbon and such is going to be normal, but this a little extreme.

I can wipe it off with my finger, and kinda shrugged, and blasted it off with a pressure washer. Fast forward to yesterday, and I parked the truck, turned it off, and as I did, I noticed a fairly large puff of black leave the exhaust in my passenger mirror...

Now, I know what white smoke, and blue smoke means. I don't think this was thick enough to be oil smoke, but who knows...This is the first turbo'd vehicle I have owned, and this is twin turbo'd. The truck only has 21k on it now, and We are not aggressive with it, we drive pretty tame for the most part, so I can't think that valve guides or rings are done in this quickly...

anyone want to offer ideas?

[sr20s14zenki]

Turbo vehicles will enrich more under load, which could be responsible for added carbon deposits on your tailpipe.

[Cos]

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[sr20s14zenki]

Well i hear they are pretty buttery as far as when they come on boost, and there is virtually no lag, so i can see even under normal driving conditions, it burning a bit more fuel.

[baygirl]

Originally posted by Cos
That is the nice way of saying baygirl be floorin' it. Lol
What are you talking about? I drive like an angel, never more than 5km over the posted limit:angel:

[Tik-Tok]

You mentioned in another about possibly getting a tune didnt you? Have you done that yet?

Ive got a twin turbo in my panzer, the exhaust soot doubled after I got a tune.

[benyl]

Every car runs pretty rich in calgary due to the density altitude being so high.

21K?!? Damn, I had my truck 30 months and it only has 34K kms.

[black300]

I have an Ecoboost F150 as well and yes if you do put the pedal to the metal there will be a big puff of black smoke and it is normal due to the vehicle running richer with the turbos but that black smoke should just be a puff and gone and should not keep smoking afterwards.

[lilmira]

My speed6 would puff black smoke once awhile when I went pedal to the metal, then I would see the guy behind me backing off my ass. Well either that or I was leaving his ass.

[Rat Fink]

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[darthVWader]

I read the title and thought the new Pope had died.