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will bad or clogged mufflers cause the car from idling and flames out of mufflers ?

Submitted: 132 days and 10 hours ago.

Category: Car

Value: $23

Status: CLOSED

Year: 1985
Make: Chevrolet
Model: corvette
Engine: 350

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checked fuel filter checked fuel injectors pulled exhaust from cataletic back I thought because it would not hold an idle and I also got a flame out of the mufflers that melted the paint that something was clogged in the exhaust. Every thing looks okay in the cateltic but I can't see into the mufflers but when I picked up the mufflers alot of black carbon poured out could they be clogged causing the flames and not letting the car idle?

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Normally a restriction in the exhaust is caused by a catalytic converter, but anything in the exhaust that restricts air flow can cause the vehicle to run rough. If the vehicle is not running right it can backfire and have a flame, but this normally doesn't happen.

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Expert:	brownjeff
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Answered:	7/13/2009

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Normally a restriction in the exhaust is caused by a catalytic converter, but anything in the exhaust that restricts air flow can cause the vehicle to run rough. If the vehicle is not running right it can backfire and have a flame, but this normally doesn't happen.

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Normally a restriction in the exhaust is caused by a catalytic converter, but anything in the exhaust that restricts air flow can cause the vehicle to run rough. If the vehicle is not running right it can backfire and have a flame, but this normally doesn't happen.

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