Exhaust Muffler Back Pressure Issue

MikeH686

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Im having issues in my 91 mustang ever since i dropped my car off to have valves worked on it may be an awkward coincidence but running straight x pipe car runs flawless no surging or anything i put my mac pro dumps on and it immediately hunts at idles from 600-1200 rpms before slowly creeping down and bogging out wondering if a clogged up muffler would do this? Not letting enough air out and all

 

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pull codes?

 

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Did you weld on the car? I have heard mixed reviews regarding welding on a vehicle and its effects on the electronics if they are left attached. No idea if there is any truth to that.

Joe

 

MikeH686

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Nope havent pulled codes yet and no i didnt weld on the car at all but ill pull codes this weekend and return to this

 

stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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Can you unclamp the muffler and see of that's the case?

 

MikeH686

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What you mean? Im saying with just x pipe it idles fine and all put the mufflers on it bogs itself out

 

stykthyn

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If everything is good without mufflers on I would think you may have a defective unit.

 

MikeH686

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I think a test i could do is leave it bolted and unbolt them one as a time to see if i cant get it to straighten out

 

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you need to pull the codes. After you pull the codes you should reset the base idle. That's what I'd do.

 

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TOOLOW91

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Sounds like maybe the inner baffles blew out of the muffler and are causing a major issue. If you pull the mufflers is there a way to pass light in to see if there is anything in there or shake them and see if you hear metal in there ?

 

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You could also be running rich at idle (rich mixture or insufficient air from the IAC) and the extra back-pressure of the mufflers is just enough to put the IAC into hunting / surging mode. You might just want to try the whole IAC setting procedure to see if that helps. Clogged mufflers would probably keep you from idling at all.

 

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And the answer is...

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for a video on how to check exhaust system and catalytic converters that are restrictive or clogged. Watch the last half of the second video for tools and techniques that will work on a 5.0 Mustang.

 

MikeH686

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I pulled the mufflers yesterday and one muffler seems alright bit the other one i shook it and it sounded like i threw changed in there that was after i dropped it to the ground to get it to break loose

 

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Mike even if you dropped I don't think it would make it do that , they are flow masters right ?

 

MikeH686

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Nah macs but i dropped it to the ground to see if i could break something loose when the backfire happened

 

MikeH686

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Yeah forgot to say ive been contemplating what may have happened ... after the valves were worked on the motor builder cranked the motor with the key but left the coil unplugged so steady put fuel in cylinders enough to wjere i had to hold it full throttle to get it to kick over and when it kicked over it back fired real bad

 

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I would swap the mufflers out . I think that back fire is what did it

 

MikeH686

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Yeah me too i got a new set of mac pro dumps just gotta swap em out today

 

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MikeH686

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Well swap didnt happen yet gotta shorten up the lengths a few inches but that shouldnt be to hard to do

 

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