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mopar346 · 09-14-2012, 05:52 AM

Fuel squirt when you stroke the throttle is controlled by the accelerator pump not the power valve. I have never known a backfire to damage an accelerator pump.

09-14-2012, 05:52 AM	#11
mopar346 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Quincy, FL Posts: 533	Re: Fire in the carb Fuel squirt when you stroke the throttle is controlled by the accelerator pump not the power valve. I have never known a backfire to damage an accelerator pump.