Steve,
Best guess. A large "backfire out the pipes" is describing a fuel
accumulation in the exhaust system. This implies incomplete combustion
of the inducted mixture, and a very rich exhaust.
Steve
Steve Sage wrote:
>Here's the latest on my Tiger's "run on". This is less fun. Under slight
>acceleration from idle, and also just loafing in 4th at about 1500 RPM a
>few minutes ago, it seemed like I occassionally feel a "bump" from the
>car. Worse, it stalled completely while at idle a couple of times this
>morning. Worse yet, after stalling this last time, I had trouble getting
>it to start. I ran the starter for a while and it wouldn't start. I shut
>down the starter, no engine activity, except a few seconds later, POW! a
>sizeable backfire out the pipes. I then tried it again, and it did
>start. It seemed to idle fine, but I noticed that "bump" while in 4th
>(1500RPM approx.) while driving home. This, coupled with the Tiger's
>recently developed "run on" problem, has me worried. Any ideas on what
>might be going on and what to check?
>
>Thanks.
>Steve Sage
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