[s-cars] S6 pinging woes - the continuation

Taka Mizutani t44tqtro at gmail.com
Tue Jul 28 09:50:42 PDT 2009


You've just contradicted yourself, Brett- if the fuel/air charge ignites
prematurely, you get a large increase in cylinder pressure, which causes all
sorts of bad things to happen to the engine.

You've stated this below as well as stating that it doesn't.

Anyway, the bottom line is that it's bad, the OP may have damaged his/her
engine and it should be checked out. Having that happen with all of the high
boost mods taken out is a bad sign.

I'd also check the fuel system to make sure that you're getting the proper
amount of fuel actually delivered- if the pump or FPR or injectors are not
doing their jobs, the computer might think it's sending enough fuel when
it's not.

Taka


On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Pre-ignition does not increase cylinder pressures and temperatures
> much beyond normal values (I think).  Pre-ignition is bad because it
> puts more force on the engine internals, and in ways it wasn't
> designed...for example, if power is developed at exactly TDC, all the
> force goes against the rod, crank, bearings, and head gasket/bolts,
> instead of applying torque on the crank.  Detonation does increase
> pressure and temperature, massively- it melts and bends things.
>
> Cody's recommendation to drain/filter the oil and check the engine oil
> filter are sound.
>
> Brett
>


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