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

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 23:53:26 EDT


Still stock. Assuming I get my truck back from the body shop Friday
(bumper being repainted), I will be making a run home to see my parents,
so I'll do a swap then. If not, maybe some other weekend.

Jon Steiger wrote:
>
> 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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-- 
-andy

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