Re: Rattle Snake shake revisited

From: Thomas Vacchino (tommyv@thecia.net)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 14:31:14 EST


Scared the heck oughta me!.....I don't like it at all! I have the Performance chip
from Mopar so I run 93 octane all the time. Anything to do to fix it? or is it just
a "live with it" type of thing?

"psychonaut"

bernd@texas.net wrote:

> It could be the radical timing curve syndrome. At cruising speed, the total
> timing can be anywhere from 39-42 degrees BTDC. On a quick stab, the overly
> advanced timing can cause noticeable, if not severe, "Pinging" (gasoline grade
> depending).
>
> I found this to be the case on several Dakota's (97-99) after initially testing
> a local DML'ers '98 Dak with my scanner. We found that at cruising, he was at
> 40 degrees BTDC and on a passing "stab", it pinged pretty bad for about a
> second or two before if went away.
>
> - Bernd
>
> > Ok,
> > I probably don't want to know the answer to this:
> > I was getting on the Highway today and there was a Eighteen wheeler
> > comming up the right lane at me, and he couldn't move over. So no
> > problem, I gun it hard in third to get up to speed in front of 'em, and
> > I hear this gawd aweful noise come out of my engine right before I shift
> >
> > to fourth!!!! Sounded like a bunch stones rattling around in my engine
> > block!! Any ideas, did I break somethin??!............
> >
> >



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