Pinging?
04-08-2007, 12:59 AM
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Pinging? Ok I was on my way home tonight and I noticed at low rpms that it had a small pinging noise coming from the engine compartment. Sounded like it was towards the back side of the motor. I know that sometimes you can get bad gas that will cause pinging but the last time I filled up was a BP station which I thought would be a good choice and it was the only thing around. But what else could be causing this pinging noise. It's in the low rpms and happens when I give it a little punch on the gas. Please help. Car has 58,000 miles.
04-08-2007, 01:58 PM
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No the fuel filter hasn't been changed since I've had it. Bought it with 54,300 miles, so I don't know if the previous owner ever changed it. But I filled it back up today after running it down and noticed that the pinging is practically gone. But I was thinking about changing the fuel filter soon anyway.
04-08-2007, 06:17 PM
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Yeah I know exactly what your talking about and no I haven't changed out the plugs or wires but I thought the plugs were good for like 100,000 miles. I mean I was gonna put in some NGK's when I did the headers along with MSD wires but I may ahead and do the plugs and wires soon if ya'll think I need to.
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04-08-2007, 11:37 PM
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I do have some extra money to spend right now so I think I'm gonna order the wires, plugs, air lid, and maybe a few other things...not sure yet though.
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Seems like a run of crap gas. I agree with thesecretformula, new plugs n wires are never a bad thing. And the fuel filter...not likely the previous owner ever changed it.
