Cody came down on the starter a second time; the engine backfired, caught and faded, fired up again with a throaty growl.

Should the engine backfire at any time during a race, the fuel pump is automatically shut down, and the parachutes are deployed.

This is like suggesting that if you let your kids play in the car, the engine will backfire.

The engine backfires fiercely from lack of oxygen and threatens to stop but never does.

Hoobler gave a mighty swing of the handle, but instead of starting, the engine backfired.

The engines coughed, spit, backfired, and finally hit a rhythm.

But just as he turned to serve them to the soaking pair, he heard an engine backfire.

The engine gasped three times, backfired, and died.

The engine kicked twice, backfired again, and then started up.

When his father tried to hand-crank the tractor, the engine backfired.