"Marc W. Grobe" <MGrobe@leghorncomputing.com> wrote:
: My buddy has a 2000 Ram 2500 with the 360. He has a problem with pinging that we are trying to chase down. Now I believe he already replaced the belly pan gasket and I can't honestly remember if he told me if it made a difference. We also have run some Seafoam through the intake to try and make sure the upper end was clean. Next on my list is to try a colder range of spark plug. Looking in past posts regarding the topic the Autolite 3923's get mentioned as the best choice. Does this hold for the 36
0 as well? Only reason I ask is the 360 is meant to have the 5224 and the 5223 is the next colder range for that series.
Another thing you can try (even cheaper than spark plugs) is
to drop from the stock 195 degree thermostat down to a 180 or 185.
That made a big difference in my '96 Dakota; after I installed the
MP PCM, it was pinging even on 93 octane; changed out the thermostat
and no troubles since.
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