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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 10:53 PM
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In the past few week I've been getting some black smoke from the exhaust at a cold start. It's a 2007 5.4 chipped with Cai and dynamax bullet exhaust. The truck runs fine and its not throwing any codes. Any ideas?
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 12:02 AM
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black smoke can be a rich indication. possible leaky injector?
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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 10:44 PM
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black smoke can be a rich indication. possible leaky injector?
Is there any way I can check the injectors?
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Old Apr 24, 2013 | 11:12 PM
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Old Apr 25, 2013 | 06:00 AM
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Pull plugs and look at them...
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