Smoke driving up hills?

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Smoke driving up hills?

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Hi there, just thought I'd ask a quick question...

I noticed today when driving up some pretty beefy long hills, some black smoke coming from the exhaust. It's not a lot, but can be seen from my nearside mirror. I'm driving a 1989 1.6 diesel with full load. If I drop down from that gear to the one below to give higher revs, then it's not as bad. I'm guessing that for a 20 year old engine pushing 2.5 tonne brick up a hill I'm always going to get some smoke...

Any thoughts?

Ta, Adam

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Re: Smoke driving up hills?

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Clean out your air filter
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Re: Smoke driving up hills?

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yeah..it happens
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Re: Smoke driving up hills?

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Roger that, I'll clean it out this week.

Thanks

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