Thread: Sudden problem, truck dies at idle and some black smoke from the exhaust

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Yea the plugs were kinda dark but that may have been because of that issue. It had never smoked or run all that rich before. Just a sudden problem. The one wire was burnt into the core

Originally Posted by 1923tbucket

Yea the plugs were kinda dark but that may have been because of that issue. It had never smoked or run all that rich before. Just a sudden problem. The one wire was burnt into the core

Yeah, but that one wire burnt would at worst create a miss either under load, or if totally burned even at idle. I'm pretty sure you've got some type of fuel thing going on. I'd look at any type of dashpot or solenoid that you might have that affects idle related to the AC first, and if nothing there then something that's changed in the carb idle circuit or float level.