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Engine pinging :(

Postby EGG80X » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:29 pm

Just noticed yesterday driving back home, my engine pings under load with little throttle and on full throttle.... on rolling start and while shifting between gears, as soon as I get off the throttle and apply about 1/4 throttle I can hear the engine ping... it doenst ping when its out of gear and reving on its own

ARRRGH Its driving me insane!!!

I dont know if it is cause by a dodgy batch of fuel or my new intake or something else

Might try resetting the ecu or even drain the tank of fuel out tonight

Please help.....
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Postby Okibi » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:46 pm

:(

When did you last change your fuel filter?

What are your plugs like?
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Postby AJ » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:16 pm

dodgy fuel matt.......drain it & then mix it back in with 98 :)
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Postby marcusus » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:28 pm

AJ wrote:dodgy fuel matt.......drain it & then mix it back in with 98 :)

See if you can hock the old fuel on eBay :P
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Postby AJ » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:54 pm

marcusus wrote:
AJ wrote:dodgy fuel matt.......drain it & then mix it back in with 98 :)

See if you can hock the old fuel on eBay :P


list it as Paris Hiltons mower fuel & get 1000 bucks for it :P :P
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Postby Bevan » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:55 pm

Have you got any mods? I have a CAI and ful exhaust. I put in 95 ince and it pinged under load. Put in 98 octace (BP Ultimate only) and it hasn't pinged since.

I'd say you've just got a bad batch of fuel.
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Postby Garry » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:25 am

I had a bad batch of fuel once in one of my previous cars. A really really bad batch. Every time I even thought about touching the accelerator it pinged it's head off. I have no idea what I filled my tank with but it wasn't petrol. Needless to say I have never been back to that servo.

Try another tank of fuel from a different brand of servo, preferably from a different suburb Eggy before you stress about it to much.
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Postby manga_blue » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:59 pm

Option1. Get rid of the fuel.

Option 2. Add one bottle of Octane booster - $10
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Postby EGG80X » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:47 pm

thanks for quick reply guys!!!

yeah I drained the fuel out and put in a new batch plus resetted the ecu

runs fine now.... from now on I m not filling up at that petrol station anymore
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Postby marcusus » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:29 pm

Which one was it incidentally? Never hurt to know.
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