Xsara Black Smoke on Startup

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Langers
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Xsara Black Smoke on Startup

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Went to start the Xsara this morning, it poured black smoke out the back and smelt heavily of fuel. I shut it down and tried again, this time when I revved to 3000rpm the car just died. Took it to the mechanic (on the way there there was a heavy fuel smell), he couldn't see, hear or smell anything unusual about it, and the check engine light didn't come on.
Mechanic thought it could be something to do with the cold start circuitry. Any ideas as to what it could be?
Thanks in advance.
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*Bump*
NiSk
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A glitch in the software . . .
Disconnect the battery for 5 mins (after first checking that any radio or alarm codes are available) then reconnect and see if teh problem has gone away.
//NiSk
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Post by Langers »

Thanks for the help!
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