1983 Other Chevrolet Models backfiring and cylinder running

Tiny
DONNA M. DITTMER
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C-60 Dumptruck that backfires when you turn it off and one cylinder runs too hot.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 AT 8:16 PM

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Tiny
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How do you know one cylinder is running to hot? If it backfires when you turn it off, it may be getting to much fuel and idling to fast causing it to diesel then fire the cylinder from to much fuel.
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