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• Lots of black smoke on Acceleration by ravendubber on 22 Jun, 2008 18:47
• Hi All,
  
  I'm fairly new to Deiseling.  I recently bought an 85 jetta turbo diesel imported from Germany by a serviceman.  When I get on the accelerator hard ( 1/3 to WOT) the car pours out the black smoke.  Is this normal?  The car runs excellent.
  
  Fixes??
  
  thanks
  Kade
• #1 by jtanguay on 22 Jun, 2008 19:21
• maybe the fuel is turned up.  don't smoke too much or EGT's will skyrocket and burn the valves and or turbo.
• #2 by Op-Ivy on 22 Jun, 2008 20:19
• As JT said, the full load screw may be turned up. Especially if the serviceman knew what he was doing.
  
  Also, the injectors may be plugged up a bit. Do a search here and find some info on some fuel conditioner to free them up.
  
  
  PS: Welcome to the forum!
• #3 by smutts on 23 Jun, 2008 02:31
• Check the air filter first, it might be bunged up.
• #4 by ravendubber on 23 Jun, 2008 14:52
• thanks all.  I'll check everything over in the next day or two.
  
  Thanks for the warm welcome.