Stop Smoking – what does smoke from your car mean?

 

Some experts like to compare a car to the human body. And if we’re running with this analogy, while that makes our line of work at OZ Auto Recycling slightly more depressing, it’s understandable why so many people find it helpful. If something’s going wrong in your car, just like a human body, it has a way of instinctively reacting. To certain problems, this reaction can take the form of emitting a certain colour of smoke. Don’t panic if you see smoke from your car – you may not have to scrap your car just yet! We’ve covered the major details of the four of the most common colours below, what they mean, and whether you should be worried.

 

What does black smoke from your car?

Black smoke is no doubt the most panic-inducing of the four, but you may be pleased to hear the problem may not necessarily be all that bad (although you should still take your car to be inspected, just in case). Most commonly, it tends to mean that your car is burning too much fuel. For whatever reason, it may not be making the right air to fuel combination – this may be the due to problems with intake components like sensors, fuel injectors, fuel pressure regulators, air filters, or even the engine manifold. It lowers your fuel efficiency quite substantially, but happily it’s often the easiest to fix. Read more Click here.