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Question about 2004 Ram 1500

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Engine Ping I am getting a loud pinging sound coming from my fuel injector area. I'm not a mechanic and this concerns me greatly. The check engine light is also on. There were no visble symptom. One ...

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Question about 1997 Mustang Cobra

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...engine starts to ping . When u rev it up the noise gets faster but not louder. Then slows down while the rpm's go down and stops pinging again at an idle you have a rod knocking this is a serious ...

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service engine light on. Ping sound. 2000 saturn GL After running the car and turning off the engine there is a ping sound that starts. Service engine soon light has just come on THE VERY 1ST THING U ...

Question about 2002 Continental

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...engine pinging noise - engine Pinging is a sign of low octane fuel in the tank or the engine may have jumped time if the vehicle has high mileage, I believe the Lincoln has a timing chain rather then ...

Question about 2002 3.5RL

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...engine makes a pinging noise.If pinging happens then add some high octane gas to compensate for regular.Unless this is a modified engine the regular gas will not do any damage it will result in ...

Question about 1997 S-10 Pickup

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1997 Chevy c1500 with 5.7 V8. Engine Pings. Had professional decarb a couple thousand miles ago, but ping is back. Do I need to buy higher octane gas? A bad EGR can make it ping..Also a low Barometer ...

...pinging" sound, and pressures increase catastrophically. Some of the possible causes: The hotter your engine is, the more likely your engine is to ping. The farther your timing is advanced, the more ...

...engine pinging. pinging is from spontaneous combustion ( detonation) and is from incorrect air /fuel ration and ignition timing. Run fault codes and check knock sensor and MAF/MAP/VAF sensors . Left ...

...it could be? Oil is fine and just had the power steering belt changed. Bad gasoline or running an octane rating that is not meant for your engine will cause pinging. Out of time engines will ping

...engine will have a pre-ignition in the cylinder (pinging).Higher compression engines require higher octane rated fuels to avoid this pinging. You can try it, but only if your car is rated to take E85 ...

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