No air equals black smoke
Could also be late injection timing, bad nozzles, low compression, or
any combination of these.
Peter
There's also the control rod adjustments -- that engine (OM605) has a
throttle plate - if the rods are out of whack, it might be closed
more than it should, thus restricting the air. It's covered in the
manual, which I no longer own ---
On 12/8/06, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No
When car is idling and running what can Black smoke indicate?
Truly voluminous clouds and a fast idle too? The manifold
vacuum line to the injection pump is open and the engine is
getting WOT fueling at all times, only the throttle butterfly
is keeping it from redlining. BTDT. You can
When car is idling and running what can Black smoke inidicate?
Regards Tom Scordato
Bellefonte PA 1979 240D
Dirty air cleaner. Yours is the oil filled, must be cleaned by hand, type
air cleaner. It may have been overfilled if someone else did it and this is
aggravated by parking on a slope.
Been there, done that.
Jim Friesen
Phoenix AZ
79 300SD, 264 K miles
98 ML 320, 146 K miles
I thought black smoke indicated that the fuel mixture was too rich. Oil was
blue.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When car is idling and running what can Black smoke inidicate?
INCOMPLETE combustion. Maybe more fuel then there's air to burn OR the
fuel is being incorrectly atomized or injected OR compression is low.
Marshall
--
Marshall Booth Ph.D.
Ass't Prof. (ret.)
Univ of
Jeff Zedic wrote:
I thought black smoke indicated that the fuel mixture was too rich. Oil was
blue.
If the air cleaner is dirty and restricting airflow it will richen the
mixture.
Thanks Jim/tom
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Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1972 220D Black smoke
Dirty air cleaner. Yours is the oil filled, must be cleaned by hand,
type
air cleaner. It may have been overfilled
