| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,876 | You've got a blown or badly leaking head gasket between 4 and 6. You're getting enough gas/flame transfer between cylinders that one cylinder or the other is lighting the mixture off too soon, before the spark plug fires. I check for a restricted exhaust system by simply loosening the pipe flange at the exhaust manifold and doing a test drive while watching intake vacuum on an uphill pull. An engine that won't pull the hill easily with the exhaust connected will fly up the hill with a leaky exhaust, and have a lot more manifold vacuum. Jerry
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