Black Smoke

Discussion in '94-04 V6 Mustang' started by bluewar82, Sep 4, 2009.

  1. bluewar82 New Member

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    Can anyone tell me what the problem might be. I have a 98 3.8L and have black smoke coming out of the drivers side exhaust pipe. The pipe is all covered in black. Don't know what the problem could be.
    bluewar82, Sep 4, 2009
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  2. ChingonStang New Member

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    More than likely your cats are plugged. Replace em.
    ChingonStang, Sep 4, 2009
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  3. MustangLX-5.0 Founding Member

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    I dont know about the cats..but your stang is running very rich. Does the exhaust smell like gas? Do you have a Check Engine light on? You may wish to connect a code scanner to verify the problem. There may be short term codes that havn't registered a CE light yet.
    MustangLX-5.0, Sep 4, 2009
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