zooey
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I am hyper sensitive to any change of anything. Noticed a puff of black smoke on start only a while ago.
so spent hours reading. Live in a doubtful area for quality of fuel. First consideration. Waited until just about empty...and put in a "quality additive".
My reading says black smoke could have a few simple causes. Some less disastrous than others.
One outstanding is the lack of air into the turbo mix. So idiot me I changed the air filter; probably should have been more attentive....then read that changing the air filter is actually counter-productive.
That said. Fuel additive that is designed to clean injectors etc. (the usual spiel)...plus filter change.
Took it for a run and the turbo is kicking in more than my previous experience at high speeds. And the smoke puff (which my reading says is carbon)...is more noticeable at start only.
So idiot question? Could this be that the fuel additive is actually cleaning the carbon deposits and that is what I see?
Second speculation? Noticed a slight crack in the exhaust leading to the muffler....can that influence? (not talking about a hole but a crack....e.g. pre-hole)
Third thing...opinion on changing air filters? as per this discussion here?
http://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/air-filter-observations.775497/
so spent hours reading. Live in a doubtful area for quality of fuel. First consideration. Waited until just about empty...and put in a "quality additive".
My reading says black smoke could have a few simple causes. Some less disastrous than others.
One outstanding is the lack of air into the turbo mix. So idiot me I changed the air filter; probably should have been more attentive....then read that changing the air filter is actually counter-productive.
That said. Fuel additive that is designed to clean injectors etc. (the usual spiel)...plus filter change.
Took it for a run and the turbo is kicking in more than my previous experience at high speeds. And the smoke puff (which my reading says is carbon)...is more noticeable at start only.
So idiot question? Could this be that the fuel additive is actually cleaning the carbon deposits and that is what I see?
Second speculation? Noticed a slight crack in the exhaust leading to the muffler....can that influence? (not talking about a hole but a crack....e.g. pre-hole)
Third thing...opinion on changing air filters? as per this discussion here?
http://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/air-filter-observations.775497/