i think i might record this noise and send it out... anyone interested
before i dump in the kerosene?
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> From: Sean_P_Meldrum@Auto.ittind.com
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re[2]: Back to the gas question...
> Date: Wednesday, February 19, 1997 4:09 PM
>
> I'm also not sure what 'pinging' sounds like exactly. I DO know
that
> if you're experiencing a lack of power at the same time then that's
> probably what it is. It's also called detonation or pre-ignition or
> 'knock'. The motor has a knock sensor that pulls timing when it
> detects anything that sounds like knock whick protects the motor
from
> damage. The problem with the knock sensor is that it sometimes
> translates other noises into a 'knock' reading and pulls timing and
> killing power. Some drag racers disable their knock sensors at the
> track and run high octane fuels to guarantee no ping while the
sensor
> is disabled. Am I headed in the right direction with this anyone?
>
> sean
>
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> I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but I'm not exactly sure what
> pinging sounds like.
> I'm not sure, but I think it is accompanied by a loss of power. It
> sounds very much as if it were in fifth gear and trying to go up a steep
> hill... Its not so much what I'd call a "ping", maybe more of a "knock".
>
> Is that pinging?
>
>
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