87 Bronco II running rich

Sep 18, 2003 3 Replies

My cousin called asking advice on his 87 Bronco II that is running very rich. It's been in the shop 4 weeks and the "mechanic has changed most of the sensors, checked fuel pressure and even changed the ECU". It starts and runs but after a few seconds it starts to miss and blow black smoke. It will sometimes clear up for a few seconds but then go back to missing and smoking. The computer does not set any codes. If you pull plugs, all 6 are sooty (he thinks it is multiport injected, but not 100% sure. Air cleaner is on the fender thought) so unlikely a leaky injector.



My first advice was find another shop. If anyone can shed some light on what to check or verify, I'd appreciate it.



Thanks in advance for all responses.



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************************ Fuel injected and most likely multiport (not throttle body).

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My cousin took it to another shop. They changed the O2 sensor and that appears to have fixed it. Go figure.......... I would have assumed the first guy changed this long before working his way to changing the computer. Is it uncommon to get a bad O2 sensor out of tbe box when replacing them?

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