Hmmmm....man I have tried everything with this pinging.
Cap(borg-warner),Wires,Plugs(factory and Platinum+4), 91 octane gas, octane
booster....not a bit of difference....what next?
Mike Guzinski
1999 CC 4x4 SLT+ 318 Auto
Colorado_Kota@Prodigy.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Schwall" <mschwall@flash.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Pinging?
> 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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