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Car backfire Car Backfire Causes Car Backfires on Acceleration Exhaust Backfire Car Backfire Repair Car Backfires and Stalls Cause of Engine Backfire Troubleshooting Engine Backfires Symptoms of a Clogged Fuel Filter What causes a car to run rough? What does it mean when my car turns off while I am driving? What problems can the check engine light possibly indicate? Credit:   Johner Images - Kohvakka, Kari   Brand X Pictures   Getty Images Cars backfire for several reasons, including air and fuel mixing due to leaking hoses or other mechanical problems. Faulty spark plugs or wires can cause a car to backfire. It can also occur when shifting to a lower gear in a car with high horsepower.  Backfire is a small explosion produced by a running engine outside the combustion chamber. When unburned fuel mixes with air, it can ignite when an intake valve opens. Visible flames may shoot from the car's exhaust pipe and ...

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON A lit check engine light in a vehicle is indicative of one or more problems including faulty oxygen sensors, leaking hoses or manifolds, damaged fuel injector O-rings, a blown head gasket and a loose or damaged gas cap. A blinking check engine light indicates an emergency problem that requires repair. Dealing with a check engine light on your vehicle’s dashboard can be frustrating. While the little light is meant to warn you of a problem – what the problem exactly is can be a mystery. Somewhere inside your vehicle, something happened to trigger the light. Although you'll probably have to take your car to the shop to get the exact answer, there are a few things you can do immediately after seeing the "service engine soon" light turn on for the first time. The most common cause of a lit check engine light is a faulty or loose oxygen sensor. The oxygen sensor measures the oxygen content of a vehicle's exhaust, allowing the comput...

Car turns off while driving Car  Shut  off   While   Driving Car  Engine Shuts  off   While   Driving Troubleshooting  Car  Problems Engine Dies  While   Driving Troubleshooting a Stalling  Car Car   Turns  over but Won't Start Diagnose a  Car  Problem Online Diagnose  Car  Trouble CarsDirect identifies three of the most common problems that cause a car to switch off while a person is driving: broken or worn vacuum hoses, faults in the fuel intake system or an electrical wiring problem. Any one of these issues may cause a car to shut off randomly, but by following some basic troubleshooting steps, drivers might be able to pinpoint the source of the problem. Vacuum hoses maintain the temperature and pressure around an engine. Over time, they become cracked and worn, which can cause the engine to stall. A vehicle's fuel intake system pumps fuel into the eng...