Car has no acceleration until I floor it

1999 TOYOTA AVALON
187,157 MILES • 3.0L • V6 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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SEAWOLF1227
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The car has no power until I floor it then it jumps fast like normal. Also wet black smoke coming out exhaust.
Dec 27, 2020 at 8:42 AM
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DANNY L
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Hello, I'm Danny.

When was the last time you performed a tune-up on the vehicle? Is the check engine light on signaling a fault code store in the vehicles computer? Here is a tutorial showing issues with black smoke:

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

Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.
Dec 27, 2020 at 9:58 AM
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