Need a 1.8 cvh ....

[geeman]

Originally Posted by Enoch

Well, if it's not blue smoke that's good news, blue smoke comes from burning oil - black smoke comes from a mixture problem. The fact that it reduces when you open the choke is good, as soon as it has some warmth in it the choke should be fully open - I assume yours is autochoke? Try disconnecting it and keeping the choke open for starters. Is the choke air inlet open or do you have an air filter? If you have a filter, take it off for now, see if it makes it better. I don't know the carb on your engine but I would be about 90 per cent certain that's where your problems lie. Your car is running seriously rich - an air leak would make it run lean, the only thing that can make it run rich is overfueling which is down to the carb.
Enoch

would over hauling the carb ang giving it a good clean help as i could do that in an hour or 2..?