Back fires thru intake

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Asked by Chris Oct 20, 2013 at 07:08 PM about the 1988 Ford E-Series E-150 Econoline Ext

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

did a full tune up and changed tranny filter and fluid. it has old gas, but we added new gas (90 octane) with sea foam. Backfiring thru the intake. idles with a small miss, but backfires thru intake when you accelerate medium to heavy. just miss's with easy acceleration. I did some checking and found the EGR sol. got no change when i unplugged it. What do u think?

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stuck intake valve, vacumn leak, cracked distributor cap, firing order wrong. if not for the miss, i would suggest accelerator pump. a few things to double check.

3,400

oops, thats injected isn't it. forget the accelerator pump.

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200,925

Did you change plugs wires? If so are they in the correct order? Which engine do you have 4.9 , 5.0 or 5.8?

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yeah i double checked by the book. its all new plugs, wires, cap and button (MSD). I checked for vaccum leaks and didnt find any. the only thing i could find was the EGR sol and in the book it causes all the symtoms. so thats what led me to that.

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200,925

http://autorepair.about.com/library/firing_orders/bl-fo-11184.htm ---

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200,925

Had it been sitting for a while without being driven? Or was is driving ok before the tune up?

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What ended up being the problem? I have the f150 but same engine same problems after tune up

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