It's alive, It's alive !!!

Ah, the sweet sound of a running engine, ah the sweet smell of oil, and gas...

Those of you who don't / can't ride their jeep all year long know the feeling. My jeep was stuck in an icy driveway, two month without running, and I felt it was the time to give it a ride around the block.

So Wednesday night I poured gas into the carb, also in the tank, putted back the battery in its place, and I waited 'till yesterday. I came from work, plugged the jeep (I have a block heater), and inside I was, putting some warm clothing.

It started at the first turn of the key !!! I was so happy I think iIyelled, à la frankenstein, ``IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE !!!```

I took the jeep for a short ride around the block, When I came back in my driveway, I got out to check my rear flat tire (something more to fix), and it stalled. The idle is somewhat eratic. So i started it so I could park it, and there was this loud BANG. coming from the exaust. It was a he%&... of a backfire. I guess the exaust pipe became loose, there was a new sound after that coming from there...

So what do you think is the cause of this sort of behavior ???

Can it be fixed ???



Thanks for listening

Bob in Sherbrooke, province of Québec

p.s. i was asking earlier if I could modify a yj top for my cj-5, but not a top on earth will fit the first time. I looked at my tub yesterday and it is homemade, so I'm afraid that if I want a top, I'll have to make it fit anyway

 

The back fire could have been caused by a sticking valve or lifter. Or it could have been a electical issue. I would lean towards the valve since it only happend once. The force of the blast probably caused some trauma to your older exhaust system causing a leak and ta dah a new noise.

 

Might have been excess fuel in the muffler too.