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Old 10-08-2015, 11:41 AM
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Post Exhaust Smoking

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Originally Posted by cooljjay View Post
Actually if you own a euro model, removed the ADA, EGR and/or ALDA. You will see a black cloud behind the car if you have the peddle smashed to the floor and climbing a hill.....Its normal, not enough oxygen in the air.....Typically a person will back off the throttle to not allow so much fuel into the cylinders....
Jason ;

Not an attack here , O.K. ? .

I currently have three M-B Diesels and have had more .

My European Spec. 300TD turbo has no EGR and it is not modified from stock in any way .

It's not only faster and more powerful than all my other (U.S. Spec.) Diesels , it smokes *ZERO* although it consumes more fuel .

Using clapped out and deliberately mis tuned Semis as examples is irresponsible ~ I know O.T.R. drivers who make a point of installing bigger injectors to get more power at the cost of black smoke and higher fuel use .

As I said before : when new , visible smoke was a serious no - no and often caused forced exhaust opacity checks before the vehicle would be allowed to hit the road again .

Yes , there's particulate matter and yes there's a small amount of smoke to be visible when you stamp the throttle at low speeds under full load conditions but NO it's not supposed to smoke constantly in daylight , never .
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