Am I running too rich?

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Stealth
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Post Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:51 pm

Took the car for it's first long run the other day..

When it's been running on the drive, it always leaves a black / watery mess out the exhaust, can't smell petrol..

After the long run, the back was covered in black exhaust "stuff"

Is this running too rich, if so, how do i adjust it..?

Thanks guys.. :D
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Post Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:53 pm

Stealth wrote:Took the car for it's first long run the other day..
I'd see if it keeps on doing it. It could just be clearing out
some old rubbish. The last car I saw doing that had a cracked piston ring
though, so you might want to check
a) fuel consumption,
b) oil condition
and
c) compression.
to get a picture of what is going on there. Check coolant condition
too while you are at it. 8O
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Post Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:52 pm

Mine smokes and drops shite too... But mine stinks of petrol really strongly. I'll fix it soon :roll: . Just do what I do drift the shit out of it and when it breaks get a new engine :)
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