This guy e-mailed me and I answered him best I could. Has anyone else heard
of this problem? The original message and reply are below:
>Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 4:33 PM
>Subject: Your Website
>
>
>I am new to the DML, and saw your pages. Very nice job.
>
>I have a stock '98 5.2L 5-spd Dak CC, and starting at about 8K miles
>it began pinging under load, especially when hot. I started to use
>Plus gas in it, and it was OK for awhile, but now with 16K or so, and
>running high-test, it pings like an old Vega. I cannot get Dodge to
>fix it, so I guess I'll have to sue them for a new one.
>
>Have you ever heard of anything like this before?
>
>Good Luck,
>and TIA,
>Brian
>
>
>YES!
>I,ve heard about the bottom pan of the intake blowing it's gasket and
>sucking in oil vapors (it can not be seen without removing the intake).
This
>can cause pinging under load or poor performance with a black sooty deposit
>inside the t-body. This problem is listed in the book "Magnum Engines" by
>Mopar performance. There is a way to check it, but I'm not completely sure
>how. I noticed a black deposit on my old t-body when I removed it, my truck
>had about 3000 miles on it. When it was new (2 days) it was stalling and i
>suspected a problem. the dealer replaced the t-body and told me if he
>problem remains, I will have to live with it. It has not stalled since but
I
>still believe that I have a small leak. E-mail me by sunday and I'll tell
>you how to check it out yourself.
>
>Mark
>http://home.att.net/~flyboy01/
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