new car - dodge 600

[kittypiller]

Hello, I just bought a 86 dodge 600 convertable yesterday and have noticed it seems to be running rich, it smokes some when started and has a strong fuel smell, any ideas??

[K-CAR_WAGON]

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[kittypiller]

Thank you I will do that.

[kittypiller]

One other question, the heater doesnt put any warm or hot air out and I know I dont need it this time of year but would like to have it working, any ideas on this??

[grannys84reliant]

Have you taken a look in the radiator? What condition is the coolant in?
Not that I have had (yet) any problems with the Reliant cooling system - I do know from past experience that a car of this age may have a lot of cooling system build up... rust, scale, old attempts at a quick fix with "stop leak". If (when totally cool) you remove the cap and notice anything other than clean antifreeze - you may try doing a cooling system flush.
One other thing to look at..... are the heater hoses hooked up? Sometimes on older cars , a previous owner may have "fixed" a leaky heater core via a bypass of the core itself.

Have a good one! From one "New Guy" to another.
Jim

[grannys84reliant]

Or "Gal" ---- Sorry!

[kittypiller]

No problem lol. No I havent checked any of that just yet, I do know that there is just water in the radiator but havent checked anything else just yet but will be in the next day or so. Thank you for the advice

[K-CAR_WAGON]

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[kittypiller]

Its a 2.2l, tbi engine. No super snail on it lol
We'll look at the cooling system for bubbles, when we do a flush and fill to put antifreeze back in it.
Is there a valve that shuts flow off to the heater?

As for the smoke, its black, sooty, and reeks of gas, BAD. We looked down the throttle body, and the injector is just dribbling constantly. Gas is puddling on the blade. No doubt its running way too rich. It runs good once it warms up tho. Im going to put some fuel system restore in it and hopefully it will clean the injectors and it will work properly.

[kittypiller]

Ok Ive done a full tune up, ran fuel system restore through the car and checked the codes- its showing the codes 12, 13, 23, 52- and still missing, any ideas?