Ok, I think I know the general concept, but I have always wondered what EXACTLY is happening.

You know when say, you are just starting to go up a hill, and you are probably in a higher gear than is recommended....meaning it's slightly bogged down. And you can hear your plugs(or coil) firing. It sounds like sparks.

I'm assuming it means that something isn't igniting, either lack of air/gas etc.........The curiousity is killing me.

thanks

 

it is probably pinging which is bad!!

 

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It can't be that bad though, I have heard it in hundreds of cars

 

i never heard anything like that from my car.

 

I went back down to regular gasoline....maybe my octane is too low?

 

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it's def. not LOUD, you have to listen for it with the windows down.

I think it has to be my octane, cause it just started happening when I switched from Premium to regular

 

FOUND IT

http://www.csaa.com/global/faq....html

It's either the octane......or, I just put a breather on my head over the winter, but now that the weather is heating up, I bet my head is running too hot without the help of the intake sucking out the gas buildup. I'll fix both of em today. If problem still persists, it's gotta be my dizzy....it's bound to need replacing soon anyways.

 

interesting