# 2019 Hyundai Sonata is black inside the tailpipe

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-hyundai-sonata-is-black-inside-the-tailpipe/168295>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, sonata\
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-hyundai-sonata-is-black-inside-the-tailpipe/168295 "2020-08-05T00:13:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rubymartin1951](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rubymartin1951](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rubymartin1951)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-hyundai-sonata-is-black-inside-the-tailpipe/168295/1 "2020-08-05T00:13:01Z")

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Inside tailpipe black

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**Author:** ![oldnotdeadyet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a6a055/32.png) [@oldnotdeadyet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldnotdeadyet)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-hyundai-sonata-is-black-inside-the-tailpipe/168295/2 "2020-08-05T00:15:56Z")

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Some black is probably normal. Black comes from unburnt gas. How is your gas mileage?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-hyundai-sonata-is-black-inside-the-tailpipe/168295/3 "2020-08-05T18:47:52Z")

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Yup, that’s gonna happen.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-hyundai-sonata-is-black-inside-the-tailpipe/168295/4 "2020-08-05T19:06:50Z")

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Not uncommon at all, especially because you have direct injection. I wouldn’t worry about it.

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-hyundai-sonata-is-black-inside-the-tailpipe/168295/5 "2020-08-06T00:36:22Z")

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Dry soot is OK. Welcome to direct injection.  
Oily soot maybe a problem. A sign of oil consumption.  
Don’t mistake water condensation for oil.  
How many miles on it?