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    Default black smoke???

    I'm about to trade my Ls swap for a jdm d15b... i met up with the guy and i saw him run and when he redline shifted a small cloud of black smoke splurted out... is that a sign of a bad motor??????

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    why are u down grading to a 1.5. but anyway it was probably just a hard shift and if u didn't smell oil u are probably good cause usually it's clear blue smoke
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    Black smoke is fuel...

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    unburned fuel
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    kool thnx urbody!!! oh and im downgradn cus im movn to AZ and this motor won't pass emmissions ovr there...

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    no, black smoke means that the engine is not jdm and is about to end itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rizzler
    unburned fuel
    x2. If you look at high performance cars shifting hard they usually will have that common trait. Most engines run rich anyway on the safe side.

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    same with diesels. just the unburned fuel.... but I guess that answer has been covered a few times already.
    Back to being stock and slow

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