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    car shooting flames! need help

    well my rad. blew up and my car died the middle of the road after shooting out a 2 foot flame after driving it 15 miles in 90 degree heat with no radiator. I put a new rad in and and changed the plugs and it ran fine. I took it out on the road and the car seemed to run normal if not a little better. I went to move it today and i gave it a rev to like 4 grand and it shot out another flame but kept running.

    could the engine have gotten so hot that it heated up the timing belt and it jumped a tooth? The timing belt is as tight as it always has been
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    Re: car shooting flames! need help

    Video!!!!!

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    Re: car shooting flames! need help

    im going to maryland in an hour (from tennessee) so i wont have a chance to untill sunday night. but i will have one up.

    I think its awesome but i just dont want to burn a vavle or something. If it cant hurt anything then im leaving it cos it runs better now.
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    Re: car shooting flames! need help

    would the bocsh +2 plugs i put in make it do this? I dont think it would but i dont know.
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    Re: car shooting flames! need help

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c4xiKTozzE

    The Vid. sorry its in the dark. ill have a new one up soon.

    nevermind the dumbass that recorded it.
    Last edited by OldSkoolA20accord; 08-03-2008 at 06:10 PM.
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    Re: car shooting flames! need help

    your backfiring mine did that when i seafoamed it. check your timing with a light

    "Weight is relative to power like time is relative to speed"

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    haha thats cool (Y)

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    Re: car shooting flames! need help

    oooo shooont.. flame throwazzzzz
    one day I'll return.

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    Re: car shooting flames! need help

    well i guess im lucky that there is no traffic in east tennesse cos my radiator fans dont work for some reason. im gonna pull the fuse later.

    as for it shooting flames i still dont know whats up. its running better than it use to
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    Re: car shooting flames! need help

    well i got my fans to turn on.

    turns out it was a funked up relay.
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