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Re: [T3] Carbs popping
<x-flowed>DougG=> popping thru the carbs under acceleration.
=> ... anyone have suggestions? I'm suspecting an intake leak?
Actual backfire -- fire up through a carb -- is when an intake valve is
open as the cylinder is firing. You may be right about the intake leak,
but not, I suspect, the sort of leak you imagine. This is a timing or
valve-train problem. Very not good, it can cause carb damage and
possibly engine fire.
OTOH: To clarify, are you testing and seeing this while standing over
the motor, or while driving? if the latter, it's more likely
postignition -- fire in the exhaust system -- which is often related to
an exhaust leak.
Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
'66 343
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