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ne14914
post Mar 19 2003, 05:02 PM
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Hey Guys,

I was driving home today and started hearing this ping noise - like when you put bad gas in your car. When I started going up a hill and needed to accelerate I noticed more. The car runs fine - but did seem to lose power going up the hill.
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post Mar 19 2003, 05:31 PM
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Cheap gas? the timing slipped so its overadvanced now? I use premium gas so I can run the most advance I can-32 degrees BTDC @3500rpms

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ne14914   Whats That Noise?   Mar 19 2003, 05:02 PM
Bleyseng   Cheap gas? the timing slipped so its overadvanced ...   Mar 19 2003, 05:31 PM
ne14914   I thought it may be timing. I use 91 octane gas so...   Mar 19 2003, 05:42 PM
airsix   Pinging can be caused by several things in combina...   Mar 19 2003, 05:45 PM
Bruce Allert   What does advancing the timing do? Does it give yo...   Mar 19 2003, 06:41 PM
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