is this pinging? help please
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is this pinging? help please
Only when the car is cold, under low rpm light acceleration I think I hear pinging. I've only really noticed it after I installed a RB engine brace. It definately sounds like pinging, but could be a vibration I guess. How do I know? Can't feel it in the shifter, and it runs very strong after it's been warmed with no pinging at all.
I use 91 oct gas and have brand new plugs. The car is a tII bone stock correctly tuned (I hope).
How do I know for sure if it's a ping?
I use 91 oct gas and have brand new plugs. The car is a tII bone stock correctly tuned (I hope).
How do I know for sure if it's a ping?
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The sound is coming from under the hood (duh), I can't say exactly where, maybe driver's side.
It sounds like a light ping, is random, and only occurs when motor is warming up (at light throttle). I swithed to 91 from 89 octane and still heard it.
It sounds like a light ping, is random, and only occurs when motor is warming up (at light throttle). I swithed to 91 from 89 octane and still heard it.
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With these engines detonation is not a light pinging noise. If the motor detonates, you'll know it. It's unlike the piston engines you may be accustomed to, where you may hear some noise under heavy acceleration, but doesn't do any harm. Rotaries a different breed in that you don't get that piston rattle.
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thanks guys....new plugs, wires and grounds. If it is missing slightly what should I go after next? I'm thinking check timing, knock sensor......
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timing is a good idea. and make shure you use the L1 wire to use as a pick up. the wire you hook the timing light up to. thats where the ecu gets the tach signal from.
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