pinging????

[Mustanggt108]

if a car is pingin , will i definatly hear it???
is it really loud??
sorry but i've never experienced it , so i gotta ask ...
describe the sound please

 

[john_324]

You often can hear detonation, but not always unfortunately.

It sounds like valve clatter on a OHV engine...kind of a marbles in a can sort of sound.

It's usually heard in our cars if you're lugging the engine in too high a gear at low speeds, or at while sharply hitting the gas at high highway speeds.