Okay
I've been reading through this topic and saw a lot about the pinging, but I
was more interested in what is causing the clatter. I've got a 96 V6 (Which
is the same as the 97 & up) doing the same thing. Is there a nylon
tensioner for the timing chain that might be worn or something like that?
You should know that one Bernd, seeing how your timing chain is laying
around in your garage somewhere now. :) There is also an occasional
clatter sounds like it might be the lifters, I'll have to give the ATF trick
a try unless some one thinks in would be extremely bad.
_____
Kenneth M. Berntsen
eMail - kenneth@berntsen.cc
ICQ - 574819
-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Weems [mailto:wweems@fix.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 12:26 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Pinging/clatter/ God only knows what else
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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