EXHAUST SMOKES BLACK 1.BLACK SMOKE IS AN INDICATION OF EXCESS GAS GETTING INTO CYLINDER. TAKE AIR CLEANER OUT, CRANK ENGINE UP AND NOTICE IF IT CLEARS, IF IT DOES REPLACE AIR CLEANER OR CLEAN. THE ENGINE IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH AIR. DIRTY AIR CLEANER OR FILTER WILL CAUSE ENGINE TO PULL EXCESS GAS INTO CYLINDER, ALSO CLEAN SPARK PLUG, IT WILL APPEAR BLACK AND SOOTY, ALSO RUNNING ENGINE WITH CHOKE ON WILL CAUSE THIS ALSO. THE PURPOSE OF CHOKE POSITION  IS FOR STARTING ONLY                    EXHAUST SMOKE GREY OR WHITE 1.IF YOU HAVE THIS TYPE OF EXHAUST SMOKE, YOUR ENGINE IS USING OIL, AND THE SPARK PLUG WILL APPEAR BLACK AND OILY, YOU MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY STARTING THIS ENGINE, SINCE FOULING OF THE SPARK PLUG WILL BECOME A PROBLEM. YOU SHOULD AVOID RUNNING THIS ENGINE FOR VERY LONG AFTER IT STARTS SMOKING THIS WAY, TO AVOID ENGINE PROBLEMS FURTHER. THIS ENGINE WILL NEED TO GO TO SHOP FOR INTERNAL ENGINE OVERHAUL. PISTON RINGS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. MOST LIKELY WHATS CALLED THE OIL RING IS WORN OUT. NOTE; ENGINES NEED THREE THINGS TO FUNCTION AND MOST OF YOUR PROBLEMS WILL BE IN ONE OF THE CATEGORIES. 1 FUEL. 2.AIR 3. SPARK ALWAYS REMEMBER THESE THREE THINGS IF YOU CAN ENSURE YOUR ENGINE IS GETTING ALL THREE OF THESE AND STILL WILL NOT OPERATE YOU HAVE DONE ALL YOU CAN DO FOR A COMMON REPAIR.                                                                                                                                                                                   .15
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