Jack,
Check your exhaust manifold bolts/nuts, Mine were loose from the factory!!
Better yet, put those headers on!!
BKB
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Hilton III [mailto:HEMI@charter.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 8:04 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: RE: pinging:used to be DML: MPG
Well , it only happens at WOT and when the engine is warmed up .
I was in bumper to bumper traffic the other day due to a Caravan and an
Aerostar mixing it up on I-85 which closed four lanes of traffic .
I sat there for almost an hour and it was about 75 degrees outside .
My a/c was off .
After I broke free , I noticed the pinging more pronounced than ever at WOT
.
It wasn't the kind of pinging I am used to hearing , it almost sounded like
a small exhaust leak or something .
At any rate , if some guy at a dealership tries to tell me that the
solution is to run high octane when the manual says that only 87 is
required , then it will suck to be him .
At 07:29 AM 10/27/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>Jack,
>I long to hear the ping, but at 87 CA octane gas its quiet, even with the
>JETII... I got all the othe TSB issues covered though!...
>BKB
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Hilton III [mailto:HEMI@charter.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 5:04 AM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: pinging:used to be DML: MPG
>
>
>Well , guess what ?
>
>I have noticed that with increasing regularity that when my R/T is hot and
>I get on the throttle hard that I can hear it starting to ping !
>
>Yes , I am running 87 octane , but I don't have my JET chip on the truck
>right now and basically all I have is the 180 stat and the FABM .
>
>I did notice a TSB on this listed ;
>
>
>Service Bulletin Number: 971231183497
>Bulletin Sequence Number: 488
>Date of Bulletin: 9805
>NHTSA Item Number: SB600487
>Make: DODGE TRUCK
>Model: DAKOTA
>Year: 1998
>Component: ENGINE
>Summary: CONDITION WITH ENGINE MAY SPARK KNOCK WHEN WARM UNDER
>MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCELERATION. *YC
>
>
>This is exactly what mine is doing .
>
>Anyone else with or without an R/T having this problem ?
>
>Mine has almost 9k on it now .
>
>At 06:14 PM 10/26/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>>I have noticed recently that alot of people are complaining about
>>pinging. Just to let everyone know if you use 87 octane fuel in a car
>>with a bunch of mods you are probably HURTING your gas milage. The
>>higher the octane the better the fuel burns in the combustion chamber
>>and thus better performance. There are alot of people that are
>>complaining about pinging. If you have done some performance mods and
>>you are still using 87 octance fuel try 92 for a while and see if it
>>goes away. I know from personal exsperience that it helps with pinging
>>and performance. Well thats just my $.02.
>>
>>--
>>Michael D.
>>
>>Wants a 99R/T RC
>>Got a 84 Chrysler LaserXE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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>
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