Black smoke

1999 JEEP CHEROKEE
300,000 MILES • 4.0L • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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KYLE BAUGH
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Hard acceleration cause stutter and puffs black smoke. also have rough idle at times.
Dec 31, 2017 at 2:28 PM
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ASEMASTER6371
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Good evening

Black smoke could be coming from injectors. If one or more is delivering more fuel than needed, it will run rich.

Have you ever had the injectors cleaned??? Shops offer injector service where they disable the fuel pump and run a solution through the fuel rail that breaks up all the carbon deposits and makes them work much better.

Roy
Dec 31, 2017 at 3:02 PM
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PATENTED_REPAIR_PRO
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If you have too much fuel pressure, over 55 psi, maybe due to a kink in the fuel line, then that also could cause the black smoke and running too rich.
Dec 31, 2017 at 3:11 PM
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