Re: Head for the hills! Ugh, the damn thing pings

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 22:06:40 EDT


At 09:14 PM 5/31/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Now, what can I do to eliminate this in the future (knowing that
>actually getting the knock fixed is a pipe dream)? Carry a bottle of
>octane booster and toss it in when I get to the hills? Top off the tank
>with Premium?

   Do you still have the stock 195 degree thermostat? If so, dropping down
to a 180 degree should help a lot, if it doesn't eliminate the problem
completely.

                                               -Jon-

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