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blowing smoke
Posted:
September 7th, 2009, 7:15 pmby joe
the EA is blowing smoke when i plant the foot..
and a small puff of black smoke comes out the exhaust after starting the car...
any ideas fellas??
thanks
Re: blowing smoke
Posted:
September 7th, 2009, 7:18 pmby Michael (HYPOEB)
Rings
MAP sensor
Oxy sensor
Re: blowing smoke
Posted:
September 7th, 2009, 7:39 pmby Commando
and a small puff of black smoke comes out the exhaust after starting the car...
It's running rich when cold.
Re: blowing smoke
Posted:
September 7th, 2009, 9:14 pmby ed4ltr
seeing as its on topic,whats a set of rings worth to do on an I6?
Re: blowing smoke
Posted:
September 7th, 2009, 9:21 pmby Michael (HYPOEB)
wouldnt get much change out of $800 drive in drive out.
Re: blowing smoke
Posted:
September 8th, 2009, 10:30 amby Troutman
My EA did this due to a faulty thermostat that was making it run in 'warm up' mode all day. Definitely the first thing to change as a genuine, new dual acting thermostat was (is?) available and cheap from Ford.