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On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Alan W. Presley wrote: > Doug, Chris, Emily and everyone else, > > Is this what you hear? > > small pops and then a BIG one or more? In my case, it's one big bang, that incidentally, seems to get people's attention! A brief black cloud of smoke follows. I'll check out my exhaust and timing this weekend and if I solve it, I'll share it! Thanks for all of the responses! Doug H. > > My problem was a leaky exhaust system. Either the gaskets, the muffler > has a hole (even a small one), or the connection from the muffler to the > tailpipe is loose. Usually you can get under the engine and look for a > lot of black carbon around any joints or connectors to the exhaust. If > not, you may have just found it. Have someone hold the accellerator > pedal at around 2-3000 rpm and you get under and listen for the > put-put-put sound. If you find it, fix it. No good? Then try having > your helper rev it up and release the accelerator pedal and look and > listen for the pop. (Don't get real close if the popping was loud, it is > an explosion remember? Flame?) Same thing, find it and fix it, seal it, > replace it, whatever works. Buy a new gasket. Buy a new system if it's > REALLY bad. If you are (or know someone) a welder, you could seal the > hole. > > Don't wait for a long while to fix it, it will only get worse and make > your engine run worse. You'll loose power and thereby gas economy. > > There's MY 2 cents. ;) > > Big Al > awpresley@earthlink.net >