Black smoke at cold start

[Jochen Woern]

What is the cause of this and what can be done to correct it? Other then that, she does not smoke at all.

Thanks in advance,

[Jochen Woern]

Still waiting for some feedback on this subject please.

Thanks.

[KallyI]

Could possibly be your glowplugs, or your glowplug relay.

[DennisG01]

I've always played under the "all bets are off during cold weather" idea. What I mean is, if it physically starts OK, and then runs well after, I wouldn't worry about it. As a precautionary measure (before it gets really cold) you may want to check your plugs - if you haven't already. There's lots of threads already on this procedure - good stuff to read.

[Jochen Woern]

Thank you All.

Since I am in California and it does not get cold (well, at least not like in other parts of the country, even though native Californian's would argue with me about that, .... :)) and it starts fine and runs great thereafter, I am not going to worry about it too much. But, I will be checking the glow plugs soon.

How often should the glowplugs be replaced?????