Backfire on one side

[Rick Parker]

This thread is 6 years old.

[madmaxx]

Fantastic, I needed some collector gaskets!!!!! Home run, this should be documented on SCOF also!!

Originally Posted by ekrupa2

Had a similar backfire on deceleration...collector gaskets completely blown. So far I have been extremely happy with these...www.remflex.com.

Will switch my copper header gaskets with these someday too.

[ekrupa2]

Max - if you search the archives on SCOF, there was a post about the Remflex collector gaskets which is how i originally found out about them. Someone must have sent Remflex a template and they added to their inventory. Replaced before the summer driving season and so far no issues. Havent needed to retorque yet either. If they hold up, I will be ordering several more sets as a backup along with some header gaskets as well.

[BAsque1]

have noticed also the right side pipe poping from 1st to 2nd gear not while slowing down, could it be the side pipe-header gasket? they are fairly new... they are a pain in th rear to change no room change opinions there...sigh

[CowtownCobra]

Originally Posted by Rick Parker

This thread is 6 years old.

More like 8 now, but a backfire is timeless

[CowtownCobra]

Originally Posted by BAsque1

have noticed also the right side pipe poping from 1st to 2nd gear not while slowing down, could it be the side pipe-header gasket? they are fairly new... they are a pain in th rear to change no room change opinions there...sigh

That doesn't sound like an exhaust leak.

[YerDugliness]

Originally Posted by CowtownCobra

Car is running great, but recently it has developed a backfire on the left side (none from the right). Letting off big time leads to a big pop, while normal slow downs lead to mutiple smaller pops. It didn't use to do this. What do I check for, fouled plug, bad plug wire, or what. I'm clueless...

Ideas?

I developed the same problem very suddenly yesterday, except the popping was coming from the passenger's side. I had been swapping out the valve cover gaskets right before the problem began...when I got it back home I found that somehow I had "dislodged" the distributor cap and it was "cocked" slightly rearward....naturally, the sparks were flying all over the place. Once I had it secured again the problem went away.

Check yours...it doesn't need to be off by much.

Cheers!

Dugly

[LG57]

I've had this problem intermittently on the right side. Also, wouldn't start sometimes. Pulled the distributor cap and yee gods! Corrosion all over the place! It's a wonder it ran at all.

Larry

[BAsque1]

This should become a Sticky, it is a timeless problem. The first diagnosis of a leak between the header and the dead was dead on. It is fixed now no more side backfires.
Lou