My Civic suddenly pings !!
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My Civic suddenly pings !!
My 1994 Civic starts pinging all of the sudden around 3k-4k RPM during one of my trip to the mountain. If it was a carbon buildup I would thought the pinging grows gradually?
So far I have:
1. Drain the fuel to rule out bad petrol problem
2. Retard the ignition waaaaay back
3. Checked fuel injectors
4. Clean using injector cleaner & also spray heaps of carb cleaner into throttle body
5. Use RON 95 fuel (premium)
6. Replaced all spark plugs & check, clean distributor & rotor.
All did not fix the problem. What could have caused this ?
Andi
So far I have:
1. Drain the fuel to rule out bad petrol problem
2. Retard the ignition waaaaay back
3. Checked fuel injectors
4. Clean using injector cleaner & also spray heaps of carb cleaner into throttle body
5. Use RON 95 fuel (premium)
6. Replaced all spark plugs & check, clean distributor & rotor.
All did not fix the problem. What could have caused this ?
Andi
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RE: My Civic suddenly pings !!
got any people that dont particularly like you? any signs of sugar or other contaminate? what ignition system do you have? could be your reluctor is starting to fail, if one fin is to short you would not fire correctly causing fuel buildup/ping. check coolant also, heat sounds same, and sometimes you can only hear it in a specific range / rpm. need more info on your ride to trouble shoot it properly. ie; what year, what ignition type,
1 last idea, try premium fuel and add a bottle of techron, a freind of mine accidently put mixed fuel in his vette, and ran like cr@p, lurching and sputtering, everybody kept telling him horror stories, and you had better do this or that, all extremes. i suggested the techron, cost $7.00 us, no labor, his car now runs better than before, a true puor in solution
1 last idea, try premium fuel and add a bottle of techron, a freind of mine accidently put mixed fuel in his vette, and ran like cr@p, lurching and sputtering, everybody kept telling him horror stories, and you had better do this or that, all extremes. i suggested the techron, cost $7.00 us, no labor, his car now runs better than before, a true puor in solution
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got any people that dont particularly like you?
got any people that dont particularly like you?
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im fortunate on this one, i've only heard story's. dont have any first hand knowledge with auto vandals other than the occassional stereo,
but java man, does any of this ring a bell for you? trouble shooting is trial and error . whats up? any changes made yet?
retarding the ignition can still give a preignite ping if go to far your preigniting the previous chamber, get it back to spec
but java man, does any of this ring a bell for you? trouble shooting is trial and error . whats up? any changes made yet?
retarding the ignition can still give a preignite ping if go to far your preigniting the previous chamber, get it back to spec
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RE: My Civic suddenly pings !!
ORIGINAL: jwsimons
got any people that dont particularly like you? any signs of sugar or other contaminate? what ignition system do you have? could be your reluctor is starting to fail, if one fin is to short you would not fire correctly causing fuel buildup/ping. check coolant also, heat sounds same, and sometimes you can only hear it in a specific range / rpm. need more info on your ride to trouble shoot it properly. ie; what year, what ignition type,
1 last idea, try premium fuel and add a bottle of techron, a freind of mine accidently put mixed fuel in his vette, and ran like cr@p, lurching and sputtering, everybody kept telling him horror stories, and you had better do this or that, all extremes. i suggested the techron, cost $7.00 us, no labor, his car now runs better than before, a true puor in solution
got any people that dont particularly like you? any signs of sugar or other contaminate? what ignition system do you have? could be your reluctor is starting to fail, if one fin is to short you would not fire correctly causing fuel buildup/ping. check coolant also, heat sounds same, and sometimes you can only hear it in a specific range / rpm. need more info on your ride to trouble shoot it properly. ie; what year, what ignition type,
1 last idea, try premium fuel and add a bottle of techron, a freind of mine accidently put mixed fuel in his vette, and ran like cr@p, lurching and sputtering, everybody kept telling him horror stories, and you had better do this or that, all extremes. i suggested the techron, cost $7.00 us, no labor, his car now runs better than before, a true puor in solution
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hmmmmm....lets see...3-4,000 rpm.. in every gear? uphill, downhill, does a load change the range of ping? going uphill sooner, downhill later? or does it stay consistant,allways 3-4,000?if that is the case i think we need to look elswhere,as that is very uncharacteristic of an engine. more like a vibration on something hollow, mimicking a ping.... your turn
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