That's pinging.
Doug
fdedip@whale-mail.com 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)
>
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