hard starts and black smoke

2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
105,000 MILES
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ESTEBANMEDINA2101
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i have a 2006 Chevy silverado 4.3 v6 it struggles to start and when it does it shoots out black smoke from the muffler, and u have to push the gas pedal to make it start I have already changed the air filter, and used a gas treatment on it lucas and it didnt work what else could it be?
Jan 8, 2012 at 2:14 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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Do you have any codes in the computer?Have you checked for codes yet?
Jan 8, 2012 at 2:56 PM
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