225 popping out the exhaust, but...

Sorry I'm late to see this, that's EXACTLY what a bad condenser will do, not sure why....but it seems to store & not release a charge when hot. Then discharges and starts
to function again after a handful of seconds, I limped home in My '71 Olds 30 yrs. ago at 1:30 AM with a fresh leak in the crossover pipe,....suddenly I'm coasting then
KA-POWW!!!, then it ran for a little stretch.......LOL I'm sure the neighborhoods loved Me!