TheSamba.com :: View topic - backfiring and blue flame coming out of carb

Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:13 am

occasionally when my car backfires i am getting a blue flame from atop the carb via the air filter.

i know i have loose/stripped rusted bolts where the exhaust meets the case and i gotta get that taken care of.

Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:08 am

did you have a question?

Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:10 pm

Ignition timing is probably not correct. Sounds like it's time for a major tune up at the least.

Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:26 pm

borninabus wrote: did you have a question?

lol

Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:08 pm

timing.

Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:09 pm

it's everything.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:19 pm

timed it better and used a coat hanger to secure the header to the block for the time being.

much bettah!

Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:16 am

If you have it timed corectly and it still backfires through the carb. then you have a intake valve problem on one of the cylinders.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:45 am

tenseventythree wrote: timed it better and used a coat hanger to secure the header to the block for the time being.

much bettah!

coat hanger...the ol' El Chuco fix. ohhhhhh yeah.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:20 pm

Madtat wrote: tenseventythree wrote: timed it better and used a coat hanger to secure the header to the block for the time being.

much bettah!

coat hanger...the ol' El Chuco fix. ohhhhhh yeah.

das where i live, holmes.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:37 am

It sounds like time to redo your engine.! If you have flames coming out of the carb i wouldnt drive it your just asking to burn your car up. At very least i would put on new heads.

Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:33 am

[quote="tenseventythree"][quote="Madtat"] tenseventythree wrote: timed it better and used a coat hanger to secure the header to the block for the time being.

das where i live, holmes.

Me too! vato- viva los locos.