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It blows out smoke from the exhaust pipe, any idea of what it is?

My Cavalier chugs as we go up hills, and I just got the spark plugs replaced today. It also is blowing out smoke from the exhaust pipe? Any idea why and what the problem is?

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Check the firing order and the Timing. If the firing order is correct and the timing is correct at idle you may have a leaking head gasket or sticking valve.

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Check for engine's compression...the problem might be due to the valves too. smoke indicates incomplete burning of fuel. hope this helps

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If not then the likely cause of your problem is turbo related the most common cause is one of the pipes going to the turbo has a small split in it causing this problem.

Nearly all the diesel turbo cars with your problem usually means a pipe needs replacing for the turbo this will need to be checked as it can be difficult to find the damaged pipe because they work under high pressure so actually seeing the damaged part can be difficult so check properly.
If you are unsure then get a garage to check this as they will know the fault and will have a good idea exactly which pipe is damaged.
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What happens is when you acelerate the turbo builds up pressure giving you more power when you need it but when the pipe becomes damaged this pressure is lossed and you then lose power and will cause black smoke coming out of exhaust.

Hope this is some help to you but if you have any problems or questions then give me a shout back and ill be glad to assist you further ok
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