Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message news:<f850ea444c.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com>. ..
> In message <a8a578a8.0310210645.3724c473@posting.google.com >
> warp2_shadow@yahoo.com (C.R. Krieger) wrote:
>
> > Blaufergnügen
>
> Something grates everytime I see this - surely it should be
> Blauvergnügen?

Sorry; he spells it this way. As a born-&-raised Wisconsin boy, his
German spelling and grammar isn't very good; but it *is* a made-up
word, after all.
--
C.R. Krieger
"Ignore 'em, m'dear; they're beneath our dignity." - W.C. Fields

 

I am using 92 or 93 octane, nothing but.

Adjust the valve timing? There's no way to retard the ignition timing
that I know of.

Gene


"Chris Mauritz" <ritz@mordor.net> wrote in message
news:J1blb.16160$6j.1259638@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.ne t...
> Or alternatively, retard the timing a degree or two. Though that will
> have performance consequences.
>
> Cheers,
>
> C
>
> JP Roberts wrote:
>
> > Make sure you're using high-Octane gas.
> >
> > JP
> > "Gene" <spam_pit@earthlink.net> escribió en el mensaje
> > news:Xd0kb.863$Uz6.206@newsread1.news.atl.earthlin k.net...
> >
> >> I have 1995 Audi 90 with the 12V V6. I bought the car used 4
years
> >>ago and I haven't been able
> >>to diagnose this problem yet.
> >>
> >> The problem appears mostly in highway driving on level road. The
> >
> > valves
> >
> >>seem to be very happy to just clatter and ping away at just the exact
> >>throttle required to just maintain my speed. It seems most noticable
> >
> > above
> >
> >>60mph and seems worse at higher speeds. Just a hint more throttle to
give
> >>an almost inperceivable acceleration and it very quickly and sharply get
> >>worse and then stops pinging.....until the car speed catches up with the
> >>throttle again and guess what, pinging. The same happens with just a
hint
> >>less throttle. Again, with an almost inpercievable decelleration and
the
> >>pinging stops....until the car slows to the throttle. This is all
within
> >>fractions of 1mph. But, it's loud enough and disturbing enough that I'm
> >>always having to adjust the throttle away from a constant speed, just a
> >>whisper, to keep the valves from clattering away.
>

 

Wow this thread is still on a server?! Anyway I fixed the
pinging....and yes, it really was pinging, not drive-train noise.

I pulled the heads and replaced valve guides and all the gaskets. The
pinging I detailed in this thread is now completely gone, replaced by much
better highway accelleration. I'm guessing that oil being sucked past the
valve guides was fooling the O2 sensors into thinking the mixture was rich.
Also, the valves may have been clattering around a little in loose guides.


Gene


"C.R. Krieger" <warp2_shadow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a8a578a8.0310211306.79483c4a@posting.google.c om...
> Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:<f850ea444c.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com>. ..
> > In message <a8a578a8.0310210645.3724c473@posting.google.com >
> > warp2_shadow@yahoo.com (C.R. Krieger) wrote:
> >
> > > Blaufergnügen
> >
> > Something grates everytime I see this - surely it should be
> > Blauvergnügen?
>
> Sorry; he spells it this way. As a born-&-raised Wisconsin boy, his
> German spelling and grammar isn't very good; but it *is* a made-up
> word, after all.
> --
> C.R. Krieger
> "Ignore 'em, m'dear; they're beneath our dignity." - W.C. Fields

 

Wow this thread is still on a server?! Anyway I fixed the
pinging....and yes, it really was pinging, not drive-train noise.

I pulled the heads and replaced valve guides and all the gaskets. The
pinging I detailed in this thread is now completely gone, replaced by much
better highway accelleration. I'm guessing that oil being sucked past the
valve guides was fooling the O2 sensors into thinking the mixture was rich.
Also, the valves may have been clattering around a little in loose guides.


Gene


"C.R. Krieger" <warp2_shadow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a8a578a8.0310211306.79483c4a@posting.google.c om...
> Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:<f850ea444c.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com>. ..
> > In message <a8a578a8.0310210645.3724c473@posting.google.com >
> > warp2_shadow@yahoo.com (C.R. Krieger) wrote:
> >
> > > Blaufergnügen
> >
> > Something grates everytime I see this - surely it should be
> > Blauvergnügen?
>
> Sorry; he spells it this way. As a born-&-raised Wisconsin boy, his
> German spelling and grammar isn't very good; but it *is* a made-up
> word, after all.
> --
> C.R. Krieger
> "Ignore 'em, m'dear; they're beneath our dignity." - W.C. Fields

 

Wow this thread is still on a server?! Anyway I fixed the
pinging....and yes, it really was pinging, not drive-train noise.

I pulled the heads and replaced valve guides and all the gaskets. The
pinging I detailed in this thread is now completely gone, replaced by much
better highway accelleration. I'm guessing that oil being sucked past the
valve guides was fooling the O2 sensors into thinking the mixture was rich.
Also, the valves may have been clattering around a little in loose guides.


Gene


"C.R. Krieger" <warp2_shadow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a8a578a8.0310211306.79483c4a@posting.google.c om...
> Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:<f850ea444c.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com>. ..
> > In message <a8a578a8.0310210645.3724c473@posting.google.com >
> > warp2_shadow@yahoo.com (C.R. Krieger) wrote:
> >
> > > Blaufergnügen
> >
> > Something grates everytime I see this - surely it should be
> > Blauvergnügen?
>
> Sorry; he spells it this way. As a born-&-raised Wisconsin boy, his
> German spelling and grammar isn't very good; but it *is* a made-up
> word, after all.
> --
> C.R. Krieger
> "Ignore 'em, m'dear; they're beneath our dignity." - W.C. Fields