Anti pollution problem message

2005 PEUGEOT 307
130,000 MILES • 1.6L • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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TRANDY2014
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Anti pollution message appeared on dash and black smoke from exhaust pipe.
Sep 21, 2019 at 12:54 PM
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SCGRANTURISMO
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Hello,

Black smoke usually indicates that there is too much fuel being burnt in your engine's combustion chambers. here are a few possible causes for this rich condition, leaking fuel injectors, a bad fuel pressure regulator, shorted to power fuel pump that is being over driven, etc.. Here is a link for you to go to below explaining this condition in more detail:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-black-smoke

Please go through this guide and get back to us with what you are able to find out.

Thanks,
Alex
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Sep 21, 2019 at 3:28 PM
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