You could also try using the next cooler spark plug heat setting?
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael & Jeannine Reynolds <jeanninemike@fuse.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Cc: fawcett@uism.bu.edu <fawcett@uism.bu.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 6:48 PM
Subject: DML: RE: DML Engine ping
>
>I am one of the guys who was having the pinging problem with my '98 Dakota
>CC 4X4 CC. There is a TSB out that is supposed to address this problem
with
>new engine management software. It didn't help in my case, but it might in
>yours. I have done the 180 t-stat, and it has helped. I hoping to do the
>JBA header deal and fix a ram air intake to my airbox to lower intake
temps.
>I think that this will help some more. The only time that I experience
>pinging is at part throttle in OD, especially on a grade. If I give it
full
>throttle, or it downshifts, I don't have the pinging. My guess is that the
>mixture is running a little lean. May be an O2 sensor acting up a little.
>I burn 93 octane gas, and this has helped also. Good luck with your
Dakota!
>
>Michael Reynolds
>'98 Dakota 4X4 CC
>5.2L Flame Red
>
>
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