um.. my muffler exploded...

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10-04-2007, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MudHippy

I found this on another website. It's a reply to someone asking why their vehicle "back fires" so much.

After fire is the cause of a muffler explosion. Back fire blows your air filter up.

in the FSM it also states that it can be the fuel cut solenoid or the choke.

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10-04-2007, 02:55 PM

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Muffler Explosion

I have seen this happen before when a baffle in the muffler comes loose and blocks the outlet of the muffler ................and yes the plump potato in the tailpipe could do this also hehe .