Why would my diesel 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 start blowing black smoke

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Asked by Grandmas73 Aug 27, 2015 at 02:01 AM about the 2003 Dodge RAM 2500 Laramie Quad Cab LB 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I had injectors changed a few months ago. Could this be fault injector.  Or is this
a air leakage or combustion poblem.   Also it stalls sometimes whe I apply
brakes at stop sign.   Seems to lack power.  This smoke only blows when I am
accelerating.  Please help sis I live in country.

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Black smoke means too much fuel going into the combustion chamber and not getting burned- this will take a mechanic to fix- but my advice is: dump the dodge and get a new truck- in fact, check with your closest dodge dealer, your truck may be part of the buy back program because of dangerous steering design-

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Thanks for trying to sole this black smoke issue guys. We did find problem to bolts where loose on heater. tightened them and then ran at high speed for a bit. that cleared all the old black out. Now running great and lots of power. thanks so much. Much appreciated your site and help.

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