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Offline Diluxe

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am i suffering from pinking/knocking mk2 16v 89
« on: 03 June 2006, 18:15 »
right my car has developed a problem that i think from what I've read on this board is called "pinking or knocking", symptoms- running along at 80-90 mph theres like a misfire revs drop a couple of hundred rpm , loss of power then returns to normal, if i drop the speed below 80 or increase above 90 it doesn't occur.

it doesn't happen all the time , only seems to be on a long distant journeys,However it does sometimes happen around the 35-50 mph aswell, any idea whats causing this?

sparks ,rotor,dizzy cap and arm,leads are all fairly new.

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Offline jezza16v

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Re: am i suffering from pinking/knocking mk2 16v 89
« Reply #1 on: 03 June 2006, 19:27 »
Not pinking or knocking I'm afraid. Pinking normally sounds like a rattley jingling noise under hard acceleration around 4000-5000 rpm typically in a 16v. Might be an ECU or ignition module/coil fault, someone else will have some ideas but deffo not pinking...  :wink:

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Re: am i suffering from pinking/knocking mk2 16v 89
« Reply #2 on: 03 June 2006, 22:06 »
Mine suffered from pinking on unleaded fuel so i was told to change it to the super unleaded.Its a bit dearer but it has stopped.


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Re: am i suffering from pinking/knocking mk2 16v 89
« Reply #3 on: 04 June 2006, 17:51 »
i did think coil, but it seems weird that i can drive through it :cry:
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