Re: Pinging/clatter/ God only knows what else

From: Wes Weems (wweems@fix.net)
Date: Thu Sep 28 2000 - 01:25:30 EDT


Trucks not under warranty.. but I will see what its gonna cost me... My
truck rarely pings I really notice it when I get in 1st gear and get up to
like 3k rpm it pings a bit, then I can slam it... and it will burn the tires
nd the pinging stops...

Wes
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuong Nguyen" <dester223@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 9.28 P
Subject: Re: DML: Pinging/clatter/ God only knows what else

> Have you tried the 180 degree stat? the 3923 plugs (that did it for me
> finally) and the computer flash?
>
> The flash is basically covered under warranty until 8 years 80 k miles or
> something like that.
> -Dester
>
> PS. This is something my friend told me to do. He said "before you do
your
> next oil change. Pour in an extra quart of ATF and let it run for about
10
> minutes before you drain out the oil. It has a bunch of additives that
just
> get rid of sludge and stuff in the motor and in the lifters, so if you had
> anykind of mechanical lifter noise, it'd help it." So.... I tried it
out
> and it did help out the mid-throttle uphill ping a bit.
>
>
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