Pinging Issue totally resolved!

[gamefreakgc]

Oh man, tell me about it. I mean in general bad pinging like that is scary anyway, but then when it just seems bizarre and doesn't make any sense it really makes you feel like something is really wrong.

And you know it just really sucked having to get premium and then just driving it knowing that something was wrong, but that I had no idea what it was.

Don't complain too much, premium is $5.50 here where I live and I have to run it. I know you don't pay that much for premium in Georgia!

I hope your grandpa is getting the best care that he can as that's a tough diagnosis. I don't know if it's possible or not but try and spend as much quality time with him as you can. Lots of great stories and life advice can be gained from those that have lived long lives before us.

 

[pluton]

Don't complain too much, premium is $5.50 here where I live and I have to run it. I know you don't pay that much for premium in Georgia!

I was a premium user in my 97 until CA gas prices went super high a couple years ago. I tried the "mid grade" as an experiment and so far it's been fine. Regular always caused a light pinging when accelerating uphill.

 

[jross20]

Mostly if the cat webbing is not all melted to a blob. Or just gone it's from running too rich. Newer vehicles will tell you that cat is burned out by giving you a too fast airflow error. The o2 sensors can tell the cat isn't functioning properly or gone.

What lead up to this? Like you put high flow injectors in and the cat couldn't compensate.

Was it buring coolant for a while?
Burning large amounts of oi?

If not, I am wondering if this is the long term effect running ethonal in the gas and thus damaging them.

Just a thought and can be nothing.

As something plugged that cat up..

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The only thing I can think of, is that time I one of the ignition coils died on a trip and I was forced to carefully drive for a while to get closer to home and to a shop. Other than I cannot think of anything.

I doubt it’s ethanol. Or my fleet of vehicles would all require them.

Burning oil, running rich. Yep.

Driving with a flashing check engine light. Most defiantly yes.

Antifreeze. Not really or mine once again would be shot and at 299,890 miles it’s doing fine and sets the cat readiness monitor on my first drive cycle test.


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Well, I know newer cars are "supposedly" designed to handle ethanol. But for cars from the 90s I think they "claim" they can, but it still does harm.

 

[jross20]

Don't complain too much, premium is $5.50 here where I live and I have to run it. I know you don't pay that much for premium in Georgia!

I hope your grandpa is getting the best care that he can as that's a tough diagnosis. I don't know if it's possible or not but try and spend as much quality time with him as you can. Lots of great stories and life advice can be gained from those that have lived long lives before us.

Premium is around... $4.00 to $4.30 depending on where you go. I just get non-ethanol now which is around the same price, but Non-Ethanol has value, in my mind where as premium does not. (Unless you actually need it for high compression)