Fuel Pump Relay question

[Jim Jordan]

Hi Chris,

Well, as I said before, the backfire is raw fuel that got to the cat and/or
muffler.  When we were kids, we used to blow the guts out of mufflers by
turning off the ignition briefly letting the raw fuel pass through the
engine, then, while still rolling in gear, turn on the ignition with a big
bang.  

Something is dumping huge(relatively) amounts of fuel in the engine at
times.  The waiting period, ~10 minutes as I understand it, is consistent
with letting a flooded engine clear out.  The next time it does it, remove
the coil wire and clear it by 4 or 5 15 sec on and 15 sec off start tries
with the starter.

HTH.

Cheers!

Jim Jordan

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>  By the way... there can only be -so- many things that will 
>  cause the car to BACKFIRE like it sometimes does when it's 
>  stalling, right? 
>  Anyone know what those things are?  I imagine that'd help us 
>  narrow it down...
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