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Old November 12th, 2009, 4:12 PM
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My 97 dodge caravan spits and sputters and black smoke just pours out of tail pipe black spots all over drive way can any one help
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Old November 12th, 2009, 4:28 PM
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This is a Chevy forum, not Dodge.
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Old November 12th, 2009, 4:40 PM
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but we can still help him mud,

-trade in that polution dodge on a new chevy!
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Old November 12th, 2009, 4:52 PM
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but we can still help him mud,

-trade in that polution dodge on a new chevy!
My bad. You offered some excellent advice.
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Old November 14th, 2009, 3:34 PM
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Hi gumbute,

Welcome to the Chevy Forums.

Do a compression test, you might have a blown head gasket. MAP sensors on those old Dodges are crap, aside from that, what kind of mileage are we talkin' here?
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Check to make sure there is vac to the map sensor.
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