Yeah, mine did that a couple times after I rebuilt the engine too. Very hard
acceleration a couple times when it was a little cold and still choked, but not
since then. Probably a little rich, but I wouldn't worry about it either.
Perry Smith
'68 2K
RacerY@comcast.net wrote:
Sounds
like
normal
rich
running
on
the
choke!
Me, I wouldn't worry much about it, except maybe to check the spark plugs and
make sure they look ok after a nice, long highway drive.
hth,
Toby
> Hi Roadsters,
>
> Wanted to get a few opinions on black smoke coming out of the exhaust. I
> have a 1969 1600, the car was cold, still on about half choke. I pulled into
> traffic rather quickly trying to shoot the gap. When I looked into the rear
> view I noticed a big cloud of black exhaust smoke. When the car warmed up and
> choke taken off the car ran fine with no visible exhaust smoke. This is the
> first time I have noticed this since having the top end of the engine redone a
> year and a half ago. What would cause this and is there anything I need to
> do? I have very little mechanical knowledge so try not to get to technical on
> me. I also can't read very fast so please type your responses slowly.
>
>
> Jones Barton
> Steilacoom Way
> 1969 1600
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