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Old 07-09-2007, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 1983/300CD View Post
I think black smoke is okay at WOT, but white idle is not so good, IIRC. Might not kill anything overnight, but I think it will leave build up. Anybody want to correct or substantiate?
Black smoke it not ok at all at wot. That is unburnt fuel. Same with white smoke (however it looks like his is very small). Set the timing to 26 max. (This is what FI is using IIRC). and see if that fixes the white smoke. That extra clack might be preignition or a million other bad things.
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