How do you know if your engine is Pinging?

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Originally Posted by STiR

Some people claim to be able to hear it. I find that difficult with road noise, loud intake and exhausts etc. Your check engine light will come on if there is significantly harmful knocking/pinging occurring in your engine. There is an excellent device called 'Knocklink' which uses a bosch donut sensor (essentially a microphone) which is fitted to your block, connected to a series of green/red LEDs that will light up according to knock levels. Effectively used by many many modified EVO/WRX owners, highly recommend it if your car is modified.

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orrr you can save your money and just put the metal part of a scew driver on the block and the plastic part to your ear then you can hear wats going on inside a lil better :D

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Originally Posted by trism

look at its headlights.

if its pupils have gone massive, you know its pinging

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lmfao!!!!! i lke this the best :D can i quote u on that :D

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Originally Posted by Mr_will

its pinging, rather than pinking:thumbsup:

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Proper terminology is "Pinking", over time people have started saying "Pinging" :thumbsup:

I also found this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9d6gMYcrFk you can hear the knocking faintly in the background

Pinging makes more sense though, as you get a 'pinging' sound

lol the car is pinging so hard its off its head gasket :D lol duznt make sense but for a second there it sounded funny

I'd liken the pinging sound to a tin can with a couple of small ball bearings thrown inside and then shaken around.

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Originally Posted by dwn_boi

orrr you can save your money and just put the metal part of a scew driver on the block and the plastic part to your ear then you can hear wats going on inside a lil better :D

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Pinging happens usually under load. So unless you are hanging on to the engine bay with a screwdriver between the block and your ear with the car driving uphill at high gear, you won't be hearing it. :)

lol - a DIY stethoscope with a long screwdriver (ear to head) is to listen to valves or injectors...not "pinking" as above :)

it will only happen when there is load on the engine , as stated by myself and others - uphill , too high gear etc.

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Originally Posted by trism

look at its headlights.

if its pupils have gone massive, you know its pinging

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hahahaha, thats gold!

after watching the video...i still cant hear the pinging or pinking.

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Originally Posted by vincikwan

after watching the video...i still cant hear the pinging or pinking.

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I could hear it, sounded quite bad actually. And that was an older model BMW 3 Series too.

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Originally Posted by dwn_boi

lmfao!!!!! i lke this the best :D can i quote u on that :D

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Originally Posted by KLOUD9

hahahaha, thats gold!

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:D my pleasure

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Originally Posted by bennjamin

lol - a DIY stethoscope with a long screwdriver (ear to head) is to listen to valves or injectors...not "pinking" as above :)

it will only happen when there is load on the engine , as stated by myself and others - uphill , too high gear etc.

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My brothers turbo integra would ping its head off under any type of load IF it was a really hot day. it would ping then when it hit boost it would disappear(or maybe could not hear it vtec+turbo)

so Ben, could pinging also happen with a bad tune/heat buildup?