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Jun 24, 2001 | 12:30 AM

jakegypsum

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Sep 17, 2001 | 12:18 AM

alwaysmessedup

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ok i have a 89 f150 4x4 302efi 4speed stick and it just started messing up like ucan be driving down the road at 55 and all of a sudden it will loose speed act up and u can see all the black smoke come out the exhaust and actually watch the gas gauge move. it will do this for about a 1/2-1 mile and clear up then do it again. now i have no idea what the prob could be and help would be great. this is what i have done to the truck so far, new o2 sensor, checked egr, checked iac vavle, cleaned throttlebody and none of this has helped so i am at a loss. so if anyone could help i would be much greatful thank u

Sep 17, 2001 | 07:38 AM

theleetbeagle

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Sounds like too much oil to me. It's getting up into the combustion chamber and burning away. The excess of oil screws with the combustion (kills it, really) and that is why you get the sudden loss of power. The oil then burns and releases the smoke you're seeing. The problem goes away as all the oil is burned away and it runs fine until the next delivery of oil arrives.

My go-kart, while significantly different, does the SAME exact thing when I overfill it...as should any vehicle.

In short, check your oil. If that isn't the problem, maybe bad rings on the piston, if not THAT, then I can't help you. :-(

Sep 20, 2001 | 11:30 AM

ACLTEX

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Does the "Check Engine" light come on?

Does it ever do this at idle?

Can you sometimes drive a few days before it does it again?

Does the smoke have a strong fuel oder?

Sep 24, 2001 | 06:19 PM

cbwarrior

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I thought excessive fuel was black smoke, oil was blue-grey, water/coolant was white.
One thing you can do is pull the plugs right after it acts up and smell them. There should be plenty of residue left on them to ID the type of fluid.

88 F-150 4X4 XLT Lariat w/5.0 EFI 5 spd (DAILY DRIVER)
86 Ranger 2WD w/2.3L EFI 5 spd to be 351W 4bbl C4 (NEW TOY- DETAILS WHEN FINISHED)
85 Old Cutlass Supreme 350/TH350 Holley 4160,Edelbrock Performer intake, el-cheapo headers, General Kinetics 270H series cam, 15.588 best 1/4 mile with original 10 bolt 2.41 gears (OLD TOY)

Sep 25, 2001 | 01:02 PM

winfordr

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Sounds like defective of dirty injectors to me. If the smoke is black, most likely it is fuel, not oil. Also, you indicated that the fuel gauge moves in concert with the problem.

I would buy some Techron Fuel system cleaner and run it in about a half tank of fuel. Has done wonders for me.

Winford

Sep 29, 2001 | 10:20 AM

cbwarrior

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Maybe a loose connection to the in-tank fuel pump? If gauge drops same time fuel system does, maybe a power loss or something.

88 F-150 4X4 XLT Lariat w/5.0 EFI 5 spd (DAILY DRIVER)
86 Ranger 2WD w/2.3L EFI 5 spd to be 351W 4bbl C4 (NEW TOY- DETAILS WHEN FINISHED)
85 Old Cutlass Supreme 350/TH350 Holley 4160,Edelbrock Performer intake, el-cheapo headers, General Kinetics 270H series cam, 15.588 best 1/4 mile with original 10 bolt 2.41 gears (OLD TOY)