High fuel consumption and black smoke from exhaust

Tiny
RONI WAISWA
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  • 2005 TOYOTA VAN
  • 3.0L
  • V6
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 102,013 MILES
My Alphard consumes a lot of fuel than normal and it as well puts out black smoke and there is black residue in the exhaust. How can this be rectified?
Thursday, October 17th, 2019 AT 5:19 AM

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Tiny
SCGRANTURISMO
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Hello,

Black smoke coming from the exhaust is usually a sign of too much fuel being burnt in the combustion chambers of your vehicle's engine. Here is a link below to a guide on this problem below:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-black-smoke

Please go through this guide and get back to us with what you are able to find out.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros
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Thursday, October 17th, 2019 AT 4:54 PM

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