Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Engine backfire on deceleration

From: BlackDak93 (stephen.barnett@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat May 29 2004 - 18:03:29 EDT


I pulled the intake off this afternoon. It is full of oil. The gasket was
definetly leaking. Now I just have to clean it up and put it all back
together. I got a gasket set from NAPA. Hopefully it will be OK. I am
hopeful this will fix both the pinging and the backfire. I will post the
results.

""Ronald Taylor"" <scsilverdakdml@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:BAY19-F38ZFiiVsntMQ0000be6e@hotmail.com...
>
> The 3.9 Core for my NEW Performance build up had a Blown Belly pan gasket
as
> there was a lot of oil in the bottom of the intake.
>
> That 3.9 only has about 20K or so on it, so it could very well be possible
> that the Belly pan is causing it .....the oil get's in the chamber thru
the
> intake valves and lowers the Octane level of the gasoline and you
> get........ping..ping..ping!
>
> it can sound like low level machine gun fire inside the engine, and if it
> gets bad enough the head gaskets give up.......
>
> Ron
> 01' Dakota Sport 3.9 4WD
> http://www.scsilverdak.1colony.com
>
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