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Old May 18, 2002 | 05:06 AM
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I changed my plugs and wire today. And ofcourse I put the cabels back wrong :( So the car dident start. I cranked it just 2 times. Then I saw my fault and changed the cabels. When I then cranked the enigen a BANG! Then it fired up nicely. Whas that unbur fuel that "exploded" ?

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Old May 18, 2002 | 05:56 AM
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That would be my bet.
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Old May 18, 2002 | 07:33 AM
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bad? :confused:
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Old May 18, 2002 | 09:50 AM
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Old May 18, 2002 | 10:27 AM
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Default Re: Ooops, is this bad? (devilfish)

It's not bad, but just don't do that too often. It sounds like you had some unburnt fuel right at the exhaust manifold that blew out. It didn't hurt anything.
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