Re: [DML] Re: car pings when accelerating

[DANIEL SHANE <daniel.shane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could be the heat shield that is bolted onto the cross
over pipe that connects the two manifolds being loose.
 It can vibrate and make a pining noise under hard
acceleration.

Dan


--- sweetp01569 <paul.sweet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Not sure.  The engine is quiet when gently
> accelerating, but if I push 
> the pedal to the floor, I hear what sound like
> pinging, like the 
> engine can't quite keep up with me gunning it.  Then
> if I ease up on 
> the pedal, the sound vanishes.
> 
> What's the difference between pinging sounds and
> rocker chatter?
> 
> Paul
> 
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