My truck has a knock problem as well. If on the highway and cruising, it
doesn't knock, push the pedal a little bit, it knocks significantly, push
the pedal to the floor, it doesn't knock at all.
Anyone else find this? This also did happen on my previous car.
Nicholas
At 09:04 AM 4/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
> I have noticed a bit of engine knock in my '98 V8 Kota... It only
> seems to happen at low speed under medium to heavy acceleration. At
> highway speeds no matter how hard I punch it I can't detect any knock
> at all. The truck only has about 1K miles on it so far. I also drive
> a '96 V6 Ford Explorer (sorry guys, I needed something to haul people
> around in) that burns the same brand/octane gas and it does not knock
> at all under any conditions... Both vehicles are unmodified with OEM
> engine components.
>
> Is this break-in related or something I need to worry about? It's not
> very loud, just annoying and unexpected in a new "high tech" vehicle.
>
> Tom
> Boston, MA
> '98 Sport+ CC 4X4, V8, Auto, A/C
> ARE Cap (on order), etc., etc.
>
>
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