mine doesn't sound like the conventional "marbel" sound. it is more of a
crackle.
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> From: Sam Parthemer <samp@king.cts.com>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: Back to the gas question...
> Date: Wednesday, February 19, 1997 7:58 PM
>
> 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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