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Little bit of pinging?

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  • Start date Start date Sep 24, 2005

Ganton

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  • Sep 24, 2005
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What about a little bit of pinging under hard acceleration? Izzat normal for an '01 with low mileage? I use only 92 octane in the tank.
 

COBRA90GT

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  • Sep 25, 2005
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Read my reply in the following thread, it covers the detonation/pinging issue found in a handful of '01s:

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=560918

If your car is pinging under load/heavy acceleration with premium fuel, you might want to switch to one step "colder" spark plugs as a first step...
 
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