ford ecu

Pat Ford pford at qnx.com
Mon Oct 25 14:36:39 GMT 1999


Previously, you (Todd....!!) wrote:

{ ALSO, just a quick note, there are finite specific conditions which will
{ cause a car to ping:
{ #1 reason for most cars to ping would be timing,
{ #2 is most likely a lean condition, 
{ #3 is low octane/bad fuel,(You've mentioned you used ONLY 93 octane and
{ it still pinged, so that's probably not it)
{ #4 Carbon build up within combustion chamber
{ 
{ That about does it in my book as to what can cause a pinging condition!

#5 hi cyl head temps (cooling system problems)

{ 
{ Anyone have anything to add?
{ 

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