1988 Volkswagen Golf "black smoke" Questions

black smoke, using alot of petrol, no loss of power, funny smell just had new cat, car done 117000,17000in the last 15mth, using alot of petrol, blowing black smoke, and not tickin over properly. ...

...black smoke then could be valves worn , that would account for rough idle , could also be piston rings , does it pull uphill in a higher gear than you might usually use ? if it does then the rings ...

Black smoke coming out of exhaust of a 05 VW Golf S SDi I have black smoke billowing out of the exhaust when I floor the eccelarator. The car has been to a VW garage, and after 5 hours trying to ...

...is located. Do you notice any smoke coming from the exhaust pipe ?? Do you seem to be adding oil more often ?? If so, the black oily stuff is "engine oil". do u see or smile smoke out from your ...

...black smoke I would suspect a fuel issue. several things will cause this... need diagnosing. If its white smoke you could have a severe issue and it needs to be diagnosed. If its grey smoke you may ...

...up. thats normal condensation burning off the pipes - rule of thumb with smoke. bluish color means burning oil, black smoke - fuel exchange is off and is not combusting correctly, white

...black smoke comes out. Is it serious? Anything I could do myself to fix the problem? Thank you very much! Herve Irion i would not worry too much about it as diesel cars do let out black sulphur when ...

...smoke is oil burning, black is fuel. There are a dozen things that could cause the symptoms you describe. Faulty fuel pump, dirty injectors, ignition system fault, cracked cylinder head, bad fuel, ...

...black smoke comming from the exhaust pipe which is choking. please help. battery light on sometimes means the alternator is going bad and not charging all of the time the car is on.Check the ...

...either from compression or a hot exhaust system. Black smoke could mean the fuel mixture is too rich. A metering component is not functioning and sending wrong data correcting the air/fuel