2000 Dodge Dakota black exhaust smoke

2000 DODGE DAKOTA
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DALEBAKERSR
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Engine Performance problem
2000 Dodge Dakota V8 Four Wheel Drive Automatic

my dodge is developing a rough idle at times and its also putting out a lot of black smoke when it does
Nov 8, 2009 at 11:40 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

The black smoke is excess fuel, the rough idle is the engine struggling with the excessive fuel load, you may have a leaking injector causing this problem, often a on car injection clean can fix this or at least prove that there is a faulty injector that need investigating, start here.

mark (mhpautos)
Nov 9, 2009 at 1:48 AM