At 04:52 PM 2/19/97 +0000, you wrote:
>At 04:36 PM 2/19/97 -0500, Rader wrote:
*SNIP*
> I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but I'm not exactly sure what
>pinging sounds like. I have noticed that recently, in the winter, under
>times of hard accelleration, the engine will do something that I'm
>interpreting as pinging. The sound is hard to describe. 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?
>
> If so, I'm experiencing the same thing with 87 octane here. This didn't
>happen last winter though. I haven't tried higher octane yet. I just figured
>I'd gotten a bad tank of gas.
>
> -Jon-
>
Imagine a Folgers Coffee CAN with about 20 marbles in it, put the lid
on, and shake... That's what it sounds like!
..Sam '95 SLT ( Jon- DID you get my picture I did of YOUR truck?)
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