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Old 02-04-2011
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I concur with Turbo on the black smoke thing - better being black smoke rather than white as it should be a rich fuel problem, not a burning oil problem.

I would check your MAP (Manifold Absolute Pressure) sensor as if this has died or the wire or vacuum line has come loose/broken it will run like a hairy goat and blow heaps of black smoke.

When I replaced the head gasket on my previous car (EF Farimont) I forgot to put the vacuum line back on it and it ran like yours sounds. At first I crapped myself and thought I had put the head back on with the timing out 180 degrees because it sounded like it was firing on 2 cylinders! Noises from the engine didn't sound too good either....
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