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1984 GMC Pickup Backfires

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Gmconyx
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Mar 9, 2007, 2:00 PM

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1984 GMC Pickup backfires when i left off the gas on the freeway. Even in my driveway the pickup backfire when i rev it up. It backfires so bad that my catalitic converter blew.

steve01832
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Mar 10, 2007, 5:54 AM

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Start with a compression test across the board. If it is low on all cylinders, check the timing chain to see if it jumped or has excessive slack in it. If your vehicle has an air pump and it is operational, make sure the solenoid is diverting the air in closed loop. If it is sending the air downstream you will have the makings for heavy combustion in the converter. One way to check this is to pinch off the hose at the air pump that goes to the converter and drive the truck. If the backfire stops, you know which system has failed. Good luck and keep us posted on what you find.

Steve

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black bear
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Mar 10, 2007, 2:50 PM

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if you have a large enough exhaust leak it will back fire

PTEC
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Mar 19, 2007, 9:03 AM

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explain to me what is a backfire and how can you tell if it is a backfire, then i will see what i can do for you.

Gmconyx
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Mar 21, 2007, 10:32 AM

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The truck backfired and blew the catalitic converter and the muffler expanded them. The sound that the truck makes is that of a canon going off. On the freeway, when I let go of the gas you can hear a big boom and feel like a big firecracker just blew under your ass.

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