how to make a gas truck smoke black

1988 DODGE DAKOTA
3.9L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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NENE1808
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How to make my gas truck smoke black whit out harming the engine.it already blows.sometimes black smoke out of my stack..ill be getting a diesel engine a cummins4bt .but for now I want it to smoke.and I wont but oil on exhaust. .please help its a 1988 dodge Dakota
Jul 13, 2014 at 6:57 AM
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Hello,

You will need to rig up a small tube that will allow a small stream of extra diesel fuel to enter the throttle bore when the engine is running only. This extra fuel will make the black smoke you are looking for.

Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken
Jul 18, 2017 at 5:56 AM
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