black soot frm tailpipe!!!!! rich lean how to solve???

[TI-CAVA]

i was replacing the exhaust tip and it was all black -i wash it back to aluminum shine... like a week ago, so it's recent..- ... does it mean that my car is running rich or lean???

how do i solve it???

thanks!

[topnotch]

is your car releasing black smoke or any smoke at all.... when you drive or idle?

[Flashmn]

Yes an exhaust pipe has black soot, its normal, do you think it would be pink?

[topnotch]

lmao hes rite its normal unless your splewing out black smoke or white smoke while driving then you would have and issue ther

[TI-CAVA]

it was purple before

i mean, no smoke but a sticky black thing...... i dunno... i don't remember it being like that before

[topnotch]

sticky??? hmmm probaly its from all the build up from normal driving... well just moniter it for a while and see what happens if it was running lean or rich it would affect you fuel comsumption.

[TI-CAVA]

mpg are like if the fuel tank had a leak of the size of america......... today i almost had to push it to the gas station bc from a 1/4 to nothing was like lightning fast

[topnotch]

wow man thats fast well it sounds like a fuel problem it could be your fuel injectors probaly need cleaning or replacing a friend of mine has a honda and his car was running lean because one of the fuel injectors had a tear in the basket inside the injector when he replaced it his mpg was back to normal so you can check on those or you can research it.

[TI-CAVA]

injectors...... ok tomorrow first thing will be head to the shop and have them checked...
plus i need an RH axle shaft... i guess after 17 years things tend to wear

[cipher93]

My car has a little carbon by the exhaust too. It's normal on any internal combustion engine over time and can be sticky because all calls burn a little oil and it builds up over time.

[topnotch]

yea they do am currently having a full engine overhaul

[TI-CAVA]

inyectors are fine... i ran them on the shop machine..... everything looked good... did a ultrasonic clean on all 4, bought new o'rings....

let's see what happens....

[gomes512]

Interesting about the injectors turning out to be fine, thought for sure it would be a bad injector.

How are your O2 sensors?

[TI-CAVA]

stock.... 17 years old

[Rip The E Brake]

Run lucas injector treatment with a full tank of gas.