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 Post subject: Loud 'POP', Car stalled, Electrical smell...?
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:40 pm 
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I was just driving home and stopped at the lights about two streets away from our place.

All of a sudden, there was a huge POP from what seemed to be under the passenger side of the bonnet/dash, the car stalled and then there was an electrical burning smell!
It managed to start up again and I drove home.

Anyone know what this could be?

PS: Car runs LPG if that makes a difference.
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 Post subject: Re: Loud 'POP', Car stalled, Electrical smell...?
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:49 pm 
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sounds like it backfired..

 

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 Post subject: Re: Loud 'POP', Car stalled, Electrical smell...?
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:51 pm 
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Why would a backfire cause a burning electrical smell...?

Never had a backfire that's caused that.
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 Post subject: Re: Loud 'POP', Car stalled, Electrical smell...?
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:57 pm 
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possibly the inside of your air intake burning or your air filter.
have you checked your airfilter?? because if it was a backfire it may not be in place properly.. Happend on my old EF sometimes when the Gas system was out of tune (running a little lean).

 

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 Post subject: Re: Loud 'POP', Car stalled, Electrical smell...?
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:19 pm 
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have a look at your airbox clips, probably stretched to buggery.

 

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 Post subject: Re: Loud 'POP', Car stalled, Electrical smell...?
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:47 pm 
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it would be a LPG backfire could have been caused even by the sudden surge as you take off but mine sometimes backfires and either blows a hose off and then runs like crap or just the airfilter line. Hasnt for awhile now fingers crossed

May also be time for new spark plugs?
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