Black smoke coming out of the exhaust of a car is usually due to oil being burned in the engine's cylinders. This can be caused by a worn piston ring or rings.
Could be a diesel? If not then replace your oxygen sensor on your exhaust. A bad oxygen sensor causes the exhaust smoke to be dark in color.
If black smoke is coming out of the exhaust of a 1986 Ford Ranger, it is likely burning oil. It's possible that a seal is leaking in the engine.
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It is buring oil this is a wrong answer whe engine burn oil to the exhaust smoke is a heavy white smoke no black
What can cause black sooty exhaust is bad valve guides. When the guides are bad oil leaks into the cylinder when the car isn't running. When the car starts it produces black exhaust.
engine tune just a major service then maybe a new exhaust system
In most cases white smoke means you are burning gasoline inefficiently, black and gray are usually oil, however, that's the extent of my knowledge.
Due head gasket worn out
Black smoke is a sign of a vehicle running rich. I would check for a bad fuel pressure regulator, bad fuel injector or very plugged air filter. A fuel pressure test could tell you much.
You are running too rich. the mixture of fuel and air has too much fuel in it,
It's probably oil, and you need to get that checked out immediately.
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