backfires when letting off gas
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backfires when letting off gas
usually my car will backfire and pop a little when i let off the gas... happens more often when i keep it in third. i leaned it out a little for WOT, should i lean out the idle maybe?
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Re: backfires when letting off gas
Are you talking a for-real backfire, or just a popping noise when you let off the gas? Some popping is quite normal on ANY car (aftermarket mufflers really bring this sound out). If you're hearing something that sounds like a shotgun firing though, then you could have a problem. If it's just a mild popping noise, I wouldn't hose with the mixture...
The only real way to tell if you're running too rich or too lean is to capture some AutoTap data. Cheers! <img src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
[ January 15, 2002: Message edited by: Nightclaw ]</p>
The only real way to tell if you're running too rich or too lean is to capture some AutoTap data. Cheers! <img src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
[ January 15, 2002: Message edited by: Nightclaw ]</p>
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Re: backfires when letting off gas
I was backfiring so bad that I blew the bellows that connected the piping from the turbo to the throttle body into pieces 3 times.
Turned out to be a backed out spark plug.
Turned out to be a backed out spark plug.
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Re: backfires when letting off gas
I get that problem all the time, I guess its just how you are with the gas pedal, It only happens once and a while...it gets the people though if im in a public place... <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
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Re: backfires when letting off gas
well, auto tap said that its all good at WOT <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
its not a large backfire, sometimes its more of a small backfire, then some burbling. i have longtubes, but a stock muffler. just as long as nothing bad is going on.
its not a large backfire, sometimes its more of a small backfire, then some burbling. i have longtubes, but a stock muffler. just as long as nothing bad is going on.
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Re: backfires when letting off gas
Popping when you let off the throttle can come from three sources:
1) Your air injection pump is on (normal for first two minutes of a cold start). This is causing unburnt hydrocarbons to burn rapidly in your pipes = popping noise.
2) You have an exhaust leak and/or open cutout. See cause 1).
3) You are running a large cam and unspent fuel is passing through during overlap.
Anyone know of any others?
Also, I assume you mean exhaust backfire. Something in your intake manifold can be pretty serious since it's hard to do that on an EFI engine.
[ January 15, 2002: Message edited by: WeatherGuy ]</p>
1) Your air injection pump is on (normal for first two minutes of a cold start). This is causing unburnt hydrocarbons to burn rapidly in your pipes = popping noise.
2) You have an exhaust leak and/or open cutout. See cause 1).
3) You are running a large cam and unspent fuel is passing through during overlap.
Anyone know of any others?
Also, I assume you mean exhaust backfire. Something in your intake manifold can be pretty serious since it's hard to do that on an EFI engine.
[ January 15, 2002: Message edited by: WeatherGuy ]</p>
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Re: backfires when letting off gas
Yeah, you are running no cats so the fuel pops when burnt. I get it, I like it, it is like a guy. What kind of a guy does not fart or burb every once in a while, hehe! <img src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" border="0" alt="[jester]" />
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Re: backfires when letting off gas
[quote]Originally posted by Pro Stock John:
<strong>Open cutout Roy? Yeah that's normal.</strong><hr></blockquote>
i havent run an open cutout on the street since the converter-just too loud when reving off the line. i do have the off road pipes on though <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
can you believe i got pulled over for loud exhuast out of a toll booth with this setup <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> I told the officer that the muffler was stock (which it is). i still got a written warning though. bastard cops.
<strong>Open cutout Roy? Yeah that's normal.</strong><hr></blockquote>
i havent run an open cutout on the street since the converter-just too loud when reving off the line. i do have the off road pipes on though <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
can you believe i got pulled over for loud exhuast out of a toll booth with this setup <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> I told the officer that the muffler was stock (which it is). i still got a written warning though. bastard cops.
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Re: backfires when letting off gas
I noticed that my car popped in the stock exhaust during deceleration with a cold engine. Now that have installed the Corsa system, the noise is a little louder. I have yet to drive with the new system and see how it is after warmup (car is off the road for winter). I think the thing is running rich until the O2s heat up and it goes into closed loop.