Jimmy,
This is nothing significant. It's just normal start-up crud from and
old-fashioned engine. You get the puff from the engine buring the few
drops of oil that ran down the valves after shut-down, plus the rich mix
from using the choke.
There's an MG movie that we have in our club's library on VHS tape
that shows a couple touring Abingdon, then taking delivery of their car
as it comes off the end of the assembly line. They get in, fire up, and
a cloud of smoke that would put a diesel bus to shame pours out the pipe.
And that was an advertising movie!.
Bob
On Sat, 1 May 2004 07:32:13 -0500 "jimmydunn" <jimmydunn@mindspring.com>
writes:
> Hello,
>
> What does a puff of black smoke out of the exhaust
> pipe on starting the engine indicate for an MGTD. The car
> does not smoke when running. Is this normal for an MG or
> does it indicate an engine problem.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jimmy
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