[s-cars] S6 pinging woes - the continuation

[Brett Dikeman]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Doug Landaeta<dlandaeta at gmail.com> wrote:

> Put a A/F ratio gauge on it and see if it's really rich and what the
> figures are across the range.

...or just pull the codes, because if the ECU can't compensate, it'll
throw a code.  The adaptation values will also be all sorts of
wrong...

> And yes, check the timing marks...

I would think a mechanical timing misalignment would result in a
nearly instant code on the AAN's due to the cam position sensor?

Lastly, Vittorio, DO NOT continue to run the car with pinging loud
enough to hear. If you can hear it, you are doing damage to the
engine.

Brett