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My car (02 GT) detonates extremely bad in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gear at full throttle. Does anyone else have this problem? My car is bone stock with 38 thousand miles.

I thought the knock sensor would retard the timing to eliminate this but it doesnt. Is there anything I should check, or is it just time to switch to premium fuel? Thanks in advance for the assistance and input.
 

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Yellow 281 said:
My car (02 GT) detonates extremely bad in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gear at full throttle. Does anyone else have this problem? My car is bone stock with 38 thousand miles.

I thought the knock sensor would retard the timing to eliminate this but it doesnt. Is there anything I should check, or is it just time to switch to premium fuel? Thanks in advance for the assistance and input.
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GT's don't have knock sensors. If it is something that has recently started, you might try some seafoam to clean out any carbon deposits that may have built up.
 

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bad tank of gas?
 
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jstreet0204 said:
GT's don't have knock sensors. If it is something that has recently started, you might try some seafoam to clean out any carbon deposits that may have built up.
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Really? No knock sensor...that's a bummer. It recently started and has persisted through 4-5 tanks of gas.

These questions might be dumb, but what is seafoam and where would I be cleaning?
 
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Does it sound like marbles rattling around in there?
 

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Does it sound like marbles rattling around in there?
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Does it matter? I don't see where reverse thinking is really needed here as he's already defined the sound he's hearing as detonation. Appears that he knows what he's hearing...
 
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Well, it could be a loose heat shield on the cats. Or it could be detonation which is caused by a great number of things.

Try switching to premium gas. Its cooler out now so detonation should not be much of a problem...
 
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