Pollution Machine

[Cory Wolfe]

Who needs fuel injection when you can have a carburettor?

If my camera had sound, I could show you more, but alas, it doesn't. Here is some pics to accompany the video. The first one anyways. The second is just a random pic of the road-salt covered Beast.

That is what you call a pollution machine. Typed words are nothing when you can see it for yourself. Isn't the black smoke lovely? Leaves the snow looking lovely, as well.

In other news, when I started it after to work to let it warm up something odd happened. After 10 minutes when I came back out to check if it was still running (has a habit of randomly stalling), I couldn't tell if it was running, but I heard this vehicle in the background revving. I figured that maybe I couldn't hear it. Getting closer, I realize that the vehicle revving was it. In the past, it generally had a high idle, but this was far higher. It was akin to giving it 30% throttle. I tapped the gas pedal when I got in it and it then slowed down. I'm thinking since the choke is already f@#ked up, that it may been the cause. Hell if I know, though. It was idling as usual when I went inside. Odd.

Edited December 21, 2007 by blackviper8891

[z28luvr01]

Seriously, it's time to do something about that carb. Pull it off and take it to someone who can rebuild it.

[FAPTurbo]

My diesel truck burns cleaner than that.

[ocnblu]

It can come from unburnt gasoline, a symptom of a f@#ked up carb. Unburnt gas can also ruin your catalytic converter, which in turn clogs the exhaust, robbing power. It's a never-ending cycle.

[Camino LS6]

Bad carb, bad cat.

Fix both, and it will be a new machine.

[XP715]

Get that carb rebuilt, and slice that cat right out of there. You'll be good to go!

[daves87rs]

Bad carb, bad cat.

Fix both, and it will be a new machine.

Agreed.

This is an easy fix....

[2005 EquinoxLS]

Get the carburetor rebuilt or replaced. Get the replacement adjusted properly and it will make a new car out of your Olds. Is it mostly fixed now? I know there were other things with it.

[76ChevyTrucker]

what everyone above has said. That could also just be built up soot in the exhaust of the vehicle from prior use getting blown out on first fire-up.