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supercat

posted on 15/8/07 at 02:45 PM Reply With Quote
Backfire when stopping engine

When ever I park up and stop my engine, it does a single backfire very loudly, which can be quite annoying.... any ideas what can cause this? Pinto with twin webers.....

James

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ash_hammond

posted on 15/8/07 at 02:51 PM Reply With Quote
Does it have electronic ignition?







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coozer

posted on 15/8/07 at 02:56 PM Reply With Quote
Excess fuel in the exhaust? Running rich perchance?





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David Jenkins

posted on 15/8/07 at 03:03 PM Reply With Quote
I used to get this problem - never did find out why it happened, as everything was operating as it should.

Eventually I took the exhaust wrap off because of some work I was doing - and it never popped again!

Very strange...






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supercat

posted on 15/8/07 at 03:20 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ash_hammond
Does it have electronic ignition?


Yes it does. Emerald ECU.

James

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mookaloid

posted on 15/8/07 at 03:31 PM Reply With Quote
Unburnt fuel in the exhaust. Mine did this for a while till I gave it a bit more ignition advance.

More advance means that the fuel burns more completely and is not wasted - and gives a bit more power.

less advance can mean that the combustion is still taking place as the exhaust valves are opening which in turn causes the exhaust valves to get hotter (and in very retarded cases the manifold can glow red) in these cases the engine will back fire after the ignition is turned off as the partially burnt charge ignites as it leaves the combustion chamber by the exhaust port.

HTH

Mark





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mookaloid

posted on 15/8/07 at 03:39 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I used to get this problem - never did find out why it happened, as everything was operating as it should.

Eventually I took the exhaust wrap off because of some work I was doing - and it never popped again!

Very strange...


Not strange at all - see above





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supercat

posted on 15/8/07 at 03:44 PM Reply With Quote
Ok cool. I'm having the car rolling roaded in a couple of weeks anyway so hopefully they can fix it

Cheers, James

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BenB

posted on 15/8/07 at 05:09 PM Reply With Quote
Supercat- were you braking in the avatar photo or do you run seriously little ride-height on the front of your car?
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