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Old 09-27-2004, 11:30 AM
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What causes the black smoke?

I am not sure if it is good or not, but it sure looks cool when you see a Cummins romp on the throttle and a huge plum of black smoke come barreling out. Mine doesn't do it, but kinda wish it did.
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Accelerating hard from an off-load condition, fuel is coming on before boost. The black smoke is partially burned diesel fuel - once the boost comes up, there's enough air (unless someone is grossly overfueled) to burn the diesel fuel more completely.

Factory ECM calibration and the small HY35W-9 turbo on the 3rd gen trucks is designed to prevent this from happening. Fueling comes on gradually to give boost a chance to follow closely in order to prevent/reduce visible smoke (particulate pollution in EPA jargon).

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Rusty is right on the money.

Short answer - unburned fuel.
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I've seen a few places selling adjustable presure set ups for the wastegate actuator..... would say installing this in the cab and giving the *** a twist to open the wastegate at lower than factory settings trip up the system and produce the " desired " smoke? looked like a proportioner valve / regulator not sure but could this be a quick " fix " to the lack of being able to lay down a smoke screen? Sure would be a nice way to get rid of a few thousand unwanted mosquitos or better yet the ricer at the light!
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smoke

my 03 cummins has startin smokin recently. not a lot but a little when i have it in neutral or park and i hit the gas a nice thin puff of black smoke comes out, im not complainin, im likin it... but could there be something wrong?
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i LOVE to see smoke come out. I was pulling a 35 foot gooseneck with my step dads cummins. when i was parked i floored it just to see smoke come out. The truck didnt speed up quickly because its a 5000lbs trailer but it put a cloud of smoke so i let off at like 10mph. i was like YEAHHHHH

i hope the new truck i get will smoke. I dont like it smoking on the highway, but when at a dead stop next to some ricer, i want it to blow a LOT of smoke out
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Re: smoke

Originally posted by HorseHauler
my 03 cummins has startin smokin recently. not a lot but a little when i have it in neutral or park and i hit the gas a nice thin puff of black smoke comes out, im not complainin, im likin it... but could there be something wrong?
turbo wont spin fast in nuetral or park.
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ahhh makes sense, thanks for clearing that up, im just a stupid college boy....
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How do you make a 3rd gen pull and smoke like this???

http://www.bhaner.com/videos/k_falls5_04/bbd(large).wmv

http://www.diesel-central.com/Video/...igBadDodge.mpg
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first link wont work, try it again or somthing???
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first link

http://www.bhaner.com/videos/k_falls5_04/bbd(large).wmv
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djp9747 Thats the stuff looks good win you driven.
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