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Anyone ever deal with a "pinging" sound at low rpms? Research tells me it might be premature detonation in the cylinders, which = very bad and needs to be addressed.
I'm not sure, as it occurs immediately when I start driving in the morning once I hit 1600 rpm, and then stops by the time I'm at 1800 rpms...so it doesn't 'last', but it definitely occurs each time I hit that cycle of rpms. I only notice it in lower gears (1 or 2), probably because I'm never at that low a level of rpm in gears >2.
Any thoughts on what this could be? How critical...any fixes I might try before taking in?
Thanks
I'll try to get a sound file recorded...although I wouldn't classify it as a "tatata" as you described.
This is more like a bunch of small pebbles being shaken in a tin can. High pitched...almost like a phone ringing. It's brief...by 1800 rpm, it stops...
I have the same problem with my 03 C4S. When I come to a complete stop and blip the throttle, it will ping. Sounds like detonation. Sometimes it will the make the sound on start-up when the engine is warm. I have taken it the dealer and they can't find anything wrong. It seems to happen only when it is above 80 degrees outside. I only use high octane fuel and this has happen since the car was new.
Sorry Riad, not sure what you mean by "ms"...
Car idles normally, occasionally (only occasionally) feels a little sluggish in low gears when starting out/warming up. Really no 'roughness' felt at all.
I'm wondering if I would have some of those symptoms in addition to the pinging if it were indeed carbon buildup...
I was being an ***. Pinging is a term often used to check the "health" of a server. You would ping it to get a response, that response is measured in miliseconds.
Looks like this:
C:\>ping yahoo.com
Pinging yahoo.com [66.94.234.13] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes-32 time-82ms TTL=50
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes-32 time-78ms TTL=50
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes-32 time-80ms TTL=50
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes-32 time-82ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 66.94.234.13:.... yada, yada, yada
Rob
