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Originally Posted by jsmeltser
lol, I'm not sure if it's a 'poot' or a pop, but I definitely describe it as a 'front-fire'.
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I just don't know about you young rookies...........
A real back fire comes BACK through the carb. That is why it is called a BACK fire.
What is now commonly called a backfire really isn't; it is an AFTER fire.....in the exhaust system.
EDIT: OK, that really isn't right either. One just needs to distinguish between an exhaust backfire and an intake backfire......which has all but disappeared with widespread use of fuel injection.
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