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Engine Controls - Tests W/O Codes: Backfire: Exhaust

  1. Check air filter for restriction.
  2. Remove vacuum hose from fuel pressure regulator. Apply vacuum and pressure and monitor symptom change.
  3. Enter self-diagnostic Mode II and monitor fuel metering system operation.
  4. For Idle Switch: Enter self-diagnostic Mode IV and perform appropriate switch tests.
  5. For Ignition Signal: Enter self-diagnostic Mode V and monitor real-time diagnostic setting of fault codes. Perform appropriate code chart in TESTS W/CODES article.
  6. Check air injection valve. See AIR INJECTION under EMISSION SYSTEMS & SUB-SYSTEMS in SYSTEM/COMP TESTS article.
  7. Check air injection valve solenoid.