Pinging! (Most audible in 3rd gear)...
Ugh...
My mom has been driving my SRT for the past couple of weeks while I've been on the west coast on vacation and also working on getting my 745 traded for an Escalade...
She apparently ran a couple of tanks of regular in it, maybe more and while I don't *remember* the car pinging before, I can't actually be sure because I never really listened for it as I usually have the radio turned up.
Anyhow, I filled it up to about 3/4 of a tank with Premium and I just filled it up to full again yesterday from empty and I STILL have some pinging. The car is doing marvelous fuel economy (a little under 20 in the city) for a performance car so no complaints there, and there doesn't SEEM to be a performance loss... but that telltale little pinging noise, almost like a light valve tick or exhaust leak is definitely there.
It is MOST prevalent as I'm increasing in speed and press the throttle in 3rd gear.
Has anyone experienced this or is my car broken?
Thx.
Last edited by Playdrv4me; Jul 16, 2008 at 06:45 PM.