0304 636 puffing black smoke

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Originally Posted by rockstar I'll lose about a quart from riding in about 300 miles especially if I'm on the freeway (moderate gearing 10 up on rear) from blow by and prolly from the kleen air mod as well (mild seepage from some gaskets of course)... Motor's got 46k on it and still running strong just starting to use oil more than it used too... as far as black smoke I got nothing... I get a bit of a white blue puff on hard pickups and quick high rev downshifts... so sorry no opinion on the black smoke issue... kinda weird... someone pranking you by puttin crap in your muffler???

I am thinking this is my problem....I am just gonna keep feeding her oil for the time being and try to narrow down the black smoke (fuel) issue. Another possible factor is that I just moved from a high altitude, warm and dry climate to a sea level, extremely humid and cold climate. I have been running Rotella T6 full synthetic 5w-40....idk if I should change it up for the different climate or not. Also do you think the octane levels could play a factor at such a low alititude?