Rear end whine / Detonation

From: RCPL-VAN CNIWR (RCPL-VAN_CNIWR@van.reid-crowther.com)
Date: Thu Apr 08 1999 - 11:12:03 EDT


     
     
     I have the rear end whine too, at about 35-40 mph. Doesn't concern me
     too much. My 81 Jimmy with posi did that too. What does piss me off is
     the detonation (pinging) I'm getting. I use 87 octane (as recommended)
     and below 2000 rpm at medium loads (like cruising up a hill), I can
     hear it. I filled up with 89 and it hasn't been doing it. I'm afraid
     if I take it in to get "fixed", which I'm guessing is retarding the
     timimg a couple of degrees, I'll lose power. But with 89 at 56.9 cents
     per liter (2.15 per gallon) its expensive! I don't know what to do.
     Out of curiosity, if they can make diesel pistons survive detonation,
     which is how they operate, for hundred of thousands of miles, why
     can't they make gas pistons do the same?
     
     
     Chad Niwranski
     99 R/T CC Black/agate
     Abbotsford, BC



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