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Has anyone solved a pinging problem

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Old 02-17-2007, 09:10 PM
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yea same here but what things do you put it in? gas tank? i would just use some gumout or something to clean injectors
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Old 02-17-2007, 10:00 PM
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it goes in your gas tank and into a vacuum line and they say the crank case but i never put it down there anyway its the same thing as going to the shop and getting a tune up its one of the things they do to clean carbon build up this is just cheaper and you can do it yourself
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Old 02-18-2007, 12:40 AM
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what plugs are you running in the car?
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Old 02-18-2007, 01:11 AM
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Your balancers could have walked on the rubber ring and now your degree marks areoff and your timing could be higher then you think.
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Old 02-18-2007, 04:10 AM
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What do you mean by hard throttle 3/4 or full? You could have gotten some bad gas. Try switching gas stations first. Cleaning your engine isnt a bad idea regardless though.
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Old 02-18-2007, 04:25 AM
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what plugs are you running in the car?
I'm just running some low-end Pepboys plugs, gapped at .054.. Zach, my balancer is new, so I don't think that's the cause. Chitown, it seems to happen at both 3/4 and full throttle...and it's been happening for a while now.
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Old 02-18-2007, 04:59 AM
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lower the timing until you figure the problem out!
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Old 02-18-2007, 06:18 AM
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Whats your engine temperature when this is happening?
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Old 02-18-2007, 08:59 AM
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what plugs are you running in the car?
I'm just running some low-end Pepboys plugs, gapped at .054.. Zach, my balancer is new, so I don't think that's the cause. Chitown, it seems to happen at both 3/4 and full throttle...and it's been happening for a while now.
Twisted, you may wanna try some better quality plugs, ie, motorcraft/autolite and drom a step in heat range. Here's a pretty good article explaining what the difference in heat ranges does.

http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/techinf...s/techtips.asp
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Old 02-18-2007, 12:40 PM
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yeah i never thought about the plugs that would be a good idea to change them out for some better ones im running regular ngk's and i love them runs better than when i have autolites in and i had bousch before that and they were so bad they started to misfire in about 50 miles/3 hours of driving around town
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