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Theodore Kaplan - 27 Jun 2006 03:56 GMT

I recently left my 05 civic hybrid for about a week without driving it.
Although it started immediately, there was quite a bit of blackish/greyish
smoke for the first 10 seconds or so. Is this normal? If not, what might I
expect when I take it to the dealer? The car has about 6000 miles on it.
Thanks Ted

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budget - 27 Jun 2006 10:26 GMT

There is no need for concern if this only happened the first time you
started this baby. This black/greyish smoke is caused by excess fuel that
accumulated in the inlet system. Second start no smoke, yeah?

Good luck brother.

I need some help though. If you know of anybody that's got a service manual
for a 99 Honda Ballade Luxline 180i SO4 in PDF format please let me know.

The Horrible Dutchman

> I recently left my 05 civic hybrid for about a week without driving it.
> Although it started immediately, there was quite a bit of blackish/greyish
> smoke for the first 10 seconds or so. Is this normal? If not, what might I
> expect when I take it to the dealer? The car has about 6000 miles on it.
> Thanks Ted

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