overly rich petrol.in short black smoke overly rich.blue or grey smoke oil burning.white smoke water which is usually a head gasket.some times the power brake tube will allow brake fluid into #4 cylinder causing much smoke.
--- On Sat, 7/16/11, Ahmad J Durrani <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ahmad J Durrani <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Alfa Spider '74 and tailpipe smoke To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "Ahmad Jan Durrani" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 2:10 PM I had my Alfa restored and the engine rebuilt three years ago. I remember the mechanic had some goof up when getting the block bored. Since then I have not run it much because I was overseas on an assignment. The exhaust from the tail pipe always leaves a black mark on the floor when starting or idling. I was told that over time this will go away, but it hasn't. Could it be a tuning issue or a more serious trouble with the engine? Ahmad -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
