At 09:40 PM 5/7/2000 , you wrote:
>OK, I'm a little ignorant, but I don't really know what pinging
>sounds like. My truck never made any odd noises, so I figured it
>wasn't pinging, but maybe it is now? It makes a rattly noise.
>Actually, it sounds pretty much like the rattle it makes if I try to
>drive in way too high a gear (ie, starting in 3rd. I'm not very nice
>to my tranny), until I get up to speed. But now it rattles a little
>sometimes when it IS in the correct gear- especially uphill, or if
>I'm otherwise pushing it a bit. So I decided maybe that was what
>pinging sounded like, and today when I was driving through
>Washington, which has slightly cheaper gas, I tried using 89 octane
>instead of 87. It didn't make that noise at all, but that could have
>been just coincidence. Whaddaya think?
>Flip
>(truck abuser)
Yeap, uhh huh, that's what it is... yep yep :)
Startin' off in third ehh....must love that cluch :)
Mike Schwall
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