Hi everyone,
I am hoping that someone may be able to help me.
I have a 2012 2nd Gen Maz 3 (28' ks on the clock) which is blowing black smoke under "heavy" acceleration.
As I am normally in the drivers seat I am not entirely sure how often it is occurring but suspect regularly.
I have become more aware of the problem of late as my hubby mentioned it when he followed me home one afternoon.
The problem was mentioned with the dealer when it was in for it's 20k service however I was told that there was nothing to be concerned about as it was simply unburnt fuel from the turbo and generally occurs after sitting idle for several minutes.
However after seeing the footage from my hubby's in car camera I am concerned that I have a problem on my hands.
Certainly the times that I have seen the smoke in my rear view mirror was after take off at the lights but on this latest occasion I was travelling at 110kms + & a large plume of smoke appeared when I changed up to 6th - I had not been idle for some 15 minutes prior to that (travelling on Pt Wakefield Rd & NEXY).
I have had a quick look on the forum and there seems to be lots of comments going back to 2008 but nothing recent so not sure if comments are still relevant.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I suspect the dealer is not going to be great help.
Cheers
Mel