Running with too low octane rating can cause pinking, running too lean can
cause pinking, running with timing too advanced or too retarded can cause
pinking, excessive carbon build-up can cause pinking.
However, running with too high octane rating is unlikely to cause pinking,
since the octane rating is a measure of how resistant the gas is to
detonation (pinking). The higer the number, the more resistant. I say
'unlikely' because there are different methods of measuring this and
different factors can cause anomalous results.
However, a little pinking is not going to damage the engine.
Rgds,
Simon
At 12:07 PM 10/31/97 -0800, Mike Lishego wrote:
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