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Excessive poppingon liftoff

Started by KALAY · 21 Oct 2010 · 4 replies

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KALAYArchived member
Hey. My vl is popping alot thirogh the exhaust Very low on power too Advance timing more???
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WoggsterArchived member
or possibly an exhaust leak? It happened in a car i was in and as soon as the exhaust was welded up properly the car was more responsive, wanted to rev more and stopped "popping" when lifting off the gas.
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KALAYArchived member
that may be it... but its soooooo sluggish, you will not believe... its constant pop bang pop pop bang pop pop bang pop pop pop its got no cat (it melted the old one years ago) i'm over this car at the moment...very close to selling it.. what a second hand motor worth to get and to get it installed (i cbf)
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freEze_dKArchived member
too rich?
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KALAYArchived member
How you adjust the mixture? On the afm is fine it's at 382 or what it's supposed to be ---------- Post added 21-10-10 at 18:51 ---------- found the problem... was running on about 5* timing... adjusted all the way it is only giving me 8* move it a tooth over, and it gives me 22*+ can't get it to 15 not happy... cam slipped a tooth maybe? (new timing belt a few months ago)
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