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Fire needs three things to start and sustain itself... fuel (matter), Oxygen and heat. Take away one of the three and no fire. The amount of energy needed to start something on fire is known as it's flash point.

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Fuel is not being completley ignited in the ingnition chamber. Excess fuel flows through into the exhaust.

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