How the **** does this happen?

ablues10 · 08-07-2008, 02:12 AM

Any ideas? No there was not a potato in my tail pipe. This is on a 98 2.2. Oh, I started smelling raw gas and the truck started missing soon after too.

Avgas · 08-07-2008, 02:13 AM

running rich?

actafool4187 · 08-07-2008, 02:15 AM

Shotgun shell? I'm not too sure, but that's screwed up. I'm very curious to see what may have caused it. At least it was stock, not like an expensive upgrade, however you now have a reason to upgrade.

ablues10 · 08-07-2008, 02:23 AM

It was a $20 from autozone. It has been on for 4 years. Yeah I am running a lil rich but thats only because I hollowed out the cat. It was F*cking LOUD (it was louder than my 9mm handgun). I took apart the motor and I cannot see anything that might have caused it except maybe the #2 sparkplug.

beandip · 08-07-2008, 07:37 AM

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f89/um...d-lmao-317399/

cevtv · 08-07-2008, 11:44 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ablues10

because I hollowed out the cat.

Without a working cat, unburned gas built up in the muffler...... That's what the cat does - helps to burn the unburned gas.......

ablues10 · 08-07-2008, 01:43 PM

Sounds like a coil problem then huh?

MikDee · 08-07-2008, 02:15 PM

Anything to cause too much gas to end up in the exhaust pipe can blow the muffler. Shoot, ages ago, as kids we used to do it on moms car, by momentarily shutting off the ignition, then turning it back on, while going down the highway, it would make a nice Bang!

sometimes blew the muffler

shftat6 · 08-07-2008, 07:01 PM

I blew a muffler open like that years ago in a Cavalier wagon that belonged to my Dad. I was heading up a mountain, not doing anything crazy when...BANG!! Blew open right along the side seam.

We got a new muffler installed and never had another problem.

Wrkn prgs · 08-07-2008, 07:08 PM

My mufler blew open too. Dunno why.

TrYiN2LaYaDiMe · 08-07-2008, 07:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by MikDee

Anything to cause too much gas to end up in the exhaust pipe can blow the muffler. Shoot, ages ago, as kids we used to do it on moms car, by momentarily shutting off the ignition, then turning it back on, while going down the highway, it would make a nice Bang! sometimes blew the muffler

you forgot it would shoot a 4 foot flame out the tailpipe. i used to do it with my 1977 chrysler new yorker. man it was fun BANG it would go. i had the police called on me several times for disturbance and they said it sounded like a 12 gauge going off.

my blazer did this as well it built up too much and backfired threw the exhaust. get you a flowmaster and ull never have that problem again.

02s10350 · 08-07-2008, 08:03 PM

dont say that you will never have that happen again with a flowmaster.. because it does happen and it just looks like a basketball after. it just doens't split open it goes round

TrYiN2LaYaDiMe · 08-07-2008, 08:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 02s10350

dont say that you will never have that happen again with a flowmaster.. because it does happen and it just looks like a basketball after. it just doens't split open it goes round

true but i never had my flow deform any way shape or form while i had it on my 77. i used to do that all the time there is no telling how much wear and tear i put on that motor/starter doing it. i know 5 times in 3 hours every friday and saturday lol.

02s10350 · 08-07-2008, 10:07 PM

ive done it with a 383 trying to set the timming.. both mufflers expanded like basketballs and ripped the piping right off the car

ablues10 · 08-08-2008, 03:18 AM

LOL. Well it pretty much back fired since I hollowed the cat. Is there any other solution besides putting a cat back on?

ka_jd7and1 · 08-08-2008, 01:26 PM

Don't run rich?

ablues10 · 08-08-2008, 02:04 PM

how can i do that? Can I move the o2 sensor out of the stream a lil?

hammer dawn · 08-13-2008, 01:33 AM

well theres your problem!!!!!! hahahahahahahahaha

kamesama980 · 08-13-2008, 02:38 AM

put the dizzy in 180* out so it's dumping raw gas down the tailpipe... then when the engine stops cranking, the last exhaust valve stays open and the too-late spark goes out the back and kaboom goes the nice pre-mixed air/fuel with no cat.

King_Ice_Flash2 · 08-13-2008, 08:07 PM

I would love to take one of those back in for warranty.

87V8S10 · 08-16-2008, 02:07 PM

I used to see this all the time when I worked at Autozone, mufflers would come back at least 3-4 a week like that cause there cheap shit.

08-07-2008, 02:12 AM	#1
ablues10 Resident A-10 Crewcheif Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,017 Location: Springfield,MO and Whiteman AFB,MO User is: OffLine	How the does this happen? Any ideas? No there was not a potato in my tail pipe. This is on a 98 2.2. Oh, I started smelling raw gas and the truck started missing soon after too.
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08-07-2008, 02:13 AM	#2
Avgas Registered User Age: 24 Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,521 Location: Rain24/7,FL User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? running rich?
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08-07-2008, 02:15 AM	#3
actafool4187 '02 Sonoma X-Cab Age: 21 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,227 Location: Northwest Indiana User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? Shotgun shell? I'm not too sure, but that's screwed up. I'm very curious to see what may have caused it. At least it was stock, not like an expensive upgrade, however you now have a reason to upgrade.
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08-07-2008, 02:23 AM	#4
ablues10 Resident A-10 Crewcheif Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,017 Location: Springfield,MO and Whiteman AFB,MO User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? It was a $20 from autozone. It has been on for 4 years. Yeah I am running a lil rich but thats only because I hollowed out the cat. It was F*cking LOUD (it was louder than my 9mm handgun). I took apart the motor and I cannot see anything that might have caused it except maybe the #2 sparkplug.
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08-07-2008, 07:37 AM	#5
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08-07-2008, 11:44 AM	#6
cevtv Registered User Age: 40 Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 183 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? Quote: Originally Posted by ablues10 because I hollowed out the cat. Without a working cat, unburned gas built up in the muffler...... That's what the cat does - helps to burn the unburned gas.......
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08-07-2008, 01:43 PM	#7
ablues10 Resident A-10 Crewcheif Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,017 Location: Springfield,MO and Whiteman AFB,MO User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? Sounds like a coil problem then huh?
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08-07-2008, 02:15 PM	#8
MikDee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 625 Location: Milford, Pa. User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? Anything to cause too much gas to end up in the exhaust pipe can blow the muffler. Shoot, ages ago, as kids we used to do it on moms car, by momentarily shutting off the ignition, then turning it back on, while going down the highway, it would make a nice Bang! sometimes blew the muffler
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08-07-2008, 07:01 PM	#9
shftat6 Registered User Age: 38 Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 53 Location: Clermont, FL User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? I blew a muffler open like that years ago in a Cavalier wagon that belonged to my Dad. I was heading up a mountain, not doing anything crazy when...BANG!! Blew open right along the side seam. We got a new muffler installed and never had another problem.
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08-07-2008, 07:08 PM	#10
Wrkn prgs Useless posting member Age: 19 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,560 Location: Sidney Oh User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? My mufler blew open too. Dunno why.
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08-07-2008, 07:56 PM	#11
TrYiN2LaYaDiMe SFBD 4 door Age: 29 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,860 Location: Columbia, Tenakey Location: Tupelo, Ms User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? Quote: Originally Posted by MikDee Anything to cause too much gas to end up in the exhaust pipe can blow the muffler. Shoot, ages ago, as kids we used to do it on moms car, by momentarily shutting off the ignition, then turning it back on, while going down the highway, it would make a nice Bang! sometimes blew the muffler you forgot it would shoot a 4 foot flame out the tailpipe. i used to do it with my 1977 chrysler new yorker. man it was fun BANG it would go. i had the police called on me several times for disturbance and they said it sounded like a 12 gauge going off. my blazer did this as well it built up too much and backfired threw the exhaust. get you a flowmaster and ull never have that problem again.
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08-07-2008, 08:03 PM	#12
02s10350 Registered User Age: 23 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 436 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? dont say that you will never have that happen again with a flowmaster.. because it does happen and it just looks like a basketball after. it just doens't split open it goes round
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08-07-2008, 08:43 PM	#13
TrYiN2LaYaDiMe SFBD 4 door Age: 29 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,860 Location: Columbia, Tenakey Location: Tupelo, Ms User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? Quote: Originally Posted by 02s10350 dont say that you will never have that happen again with a flowmaster.. because it does happen and it just looks like a basketball after. it just doens't split open it goes round true but i never had my flow deform any way shape or form while i had it on my 77. i used to do that all the time there is no telling how much wear and tear i put on that motor/starter doing it. i know 5 times in 3 hours every friday and saturday lol.
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08-07-2008, 10:07 PM	#14
02s10350 Registered User Age: 23 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 436 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? ive done it with a 383 trying to set the timming.. both mufflers expanded like basketballs and ripped the piping right off the car
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08-08-2008, 03:18 AM	#15
ablues10 Resident A-10 Crewcheif Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,017 Location: Springfield,MO and Whiteman AFB,MO User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? LOL. Well it pretty much back fired since I hollowed the cat. Is there any other solution besides putting a cat back on?
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08-08-2008, 01:26 PM	#16
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08-08-2008, 02:04 PM	#17
ablues10 Resident A-10 Crewcheif Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,017 Location: Springfield,MO and Whiteman AFB,MO User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? how can i do that? Can I move the o2 sensor out of the stream a lil?
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08-13-2008, 01:33 AM	#18
hammer dawn Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 114 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? well theres your problem!!!!!! hahahahahahahahaha
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08-13-2008, 02:38 AM	#19
kamesama980 The Eye is watching you!! Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 806 Location: dekalb, IL, USA User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? put the dizzy in 180* out so it's dumping raw gas down the tailpipe... then when the engine stops cranking, the last exhaust valve stays open and the too-late spark goes out the back and kaboom goes the nice pre-mixed air/fuel with no cat.
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08-13-2008, 08:07 PM	#20
King_Ice_Flash2 Will work for turbo parts Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,026 Location: SE, WI User is: Online	Re: How the does this happen? I would love to take one of those back in for warranty.
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08-16-2008, 02:07 PM	#21
87V8S10 Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 94 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: How the does this happen? I used to see this all the time when I worked at Autozone, mufflers would come back at least 3-4 a week like that cause there cheap shit.
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