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5.7 back fires through carb but timing is good.
That's a good idea ill try that I had if off before when I was turning it but it's hard to turn from the top with out removing the fan I've learned to use my inspection camera to see the timing marks of whatever from underneath hahaha. The Odometer says 98,234 I would guess 198,234. It was last...- rydog
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5.7 back fires through carb but timing is good.
Ohhh I did kind of eye ball the push rods and valves springs and none of them looked unusual as it cranked. Yeah I think my next step should be tear off the front and get to the timing chain and check it out. The chain didn't seem to make any noise while it did run- rydog
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5.7 back fires through carb but timing is good.
Ohh and for the heck of it since it seemed like every post about back firing out the carb said timing was 180 degrees off. I flipped it 180 degrees and I would say the back firing was worse...- rydog
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5.7 back fires through carb but timing is good.
I bought a 1984 K20 auto it has never started well I would have to pour gas down the quadrajet and if would back fire out the carb for awhile but eventually start and seemed to run pretty good I drove it 15 miles to get a vin inspection for it. It seemed to run rich. Then anytime after it sat...- rydog
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