2002 Ford Explorer "black soot gas fire" Questions

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just developed a massive miss fire smells hot and black soot in exhaust Running rich too much gas in mixture and not air this causes your problem. The black soot is carbon from the gas

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...for two hours of use, then flooded again, even the oil sump/pan. I rebuilt the carb, but now it won’t even fire. Is the spark plug black with soot?A black sooty plug will not fire most of the

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Black soot on spark plugs and exhaust pipe. Vary low gas milage 9 m/g. Has good power. Starts easy and runs good. 1984 Toyota pickup. has new rebuilt carburator and new cat. convertor. burning rich. ...

...black soot, that means the fuel/air ratio is very rich. Check for air obstructions like a dirty air filter or check the fuel pressure regulator. If it's a turbo you possibly be loosing boost through ...

...black soot (richness problem) after every time turning over. Car started when I took spark plug wire 2 off, and kept taking cylinder 1 wire on and off while turning over engine. Strange. Also, ...

...black and soot covered on the bottom that is inside the cylinder. Good firing spark plugs will have a tan or brown appearance down at the bottom, with very little deposits on them. (and if black and ...

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...black soot built up arround the inside near the butterfly valve, if there is then you probably need the engine valves reseated or replaced HI there if the check engine light is on that Menes there is ...

...black ( soot) smoke coming out of the tail pipes. It quit running so I let it sit for awhile and started it again. It idled great for 10 minutes. I turned it off and it wouldn't start. Today it ...

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...soot smell the plugs and feel the metal casings if slippery there's antifreeze if just wet water none of the conditions described are present change the mass air flow sensor and I almost forgot to ...

...BLACK SOOT OR CARBON ON ELECTRODE IF SO.YOUR FUEL INJECTORS LEAKING WHEN YOU TURN OFF ENGINE.FLOODING OUT THE SPARK PLUGS.CLEAN FUEL INJECTORS WITH A BOTTLE SEAFOAM POUR IT IN A FULL TANK OF GAS.AND ...

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