blebo
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Was driving to work this morning along the motorway. I floored the aelerator (sp) in fith gear and the engine started pinking very bad, then the engine managment light came on....when I lifted off the acelerator it stopped.....this happened intermitantly 4 or 5 times this morning....could this be a dodgy lamba sensor???
Any ideas on cause and cost peeps??
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Gavin
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took my car down the motoway as well the other day and it was pinking abit when flooring it or when the car was working hard.
the engine management light didnt come on though.
how can fix it
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Gambit
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quote:
Originally posted by blebo
Was driving to work this morning along the motorway. I floored the aelerator (sp) in fith gear and the engine started pinking very bad, then the engine managment light came on....when I lifted off the acelerator it stopped.....this happened intermitantly 4 or 5 times this morning....could this be a dodgy lamba sensor???
Any ideas on cause and cost peeps??
if the engine managment light came on then read the fault code
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d0gz_bollox
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airplane fuel
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blebo
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WHat the process for reading the error code etc....I cant find it on FAQ
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Big Col
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quote:
Originally posted by blebo
WHat the process for reading the error code etc....I cant find it on FAQ
Here > http://www.knighta.f9.co.uk/info/fault_codes/fault_codes.htm
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Redcorsa69
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what is pinking?
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Baz-Zico
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^ My thoughts exactly lol
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ainsley_brader
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Could be knock sensor detetcing knock and altering the timing? actually do the corsas have knock sensors? how do they detect knock,
Unlikely to be o2 sensor as pinking is caused by incorrect timing not fuel, perhaps try looking at cam and crank angle sensors as these directly affect the spark!
Pinking is a sound created when the ignition timing is out.
Ains
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Big Col
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I'm by no means an expert but here goes..
Pre Ignition (pinking) occurs when the air fuel mixture ignites early. By early I mean when the piston is not at the top of its stroke and the valves are fully closed. The rattling noise is your partially open valves getting rattled in their guides when the air fuel mixture ignites.
[Edited on 25-02-2003 by Big Col]
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Gavin
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ok...is there any solutions to the problem
pew pew pew pewwwww
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SRi_m00k
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try higher octane fuel to start wi there are other solutions sure someone will post em
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Corsa^Dan
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That opimax shit killed my car  it mad eit run worse than before!
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blebo
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Just back from Vauxhall. It was the Temp sensor. This was tricken the ECU into thinking that the car was running hot and therefore the engine was ajusting the timing to stop the car from pinking.........but as the car wasnt running hot it was pinking
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jjcymru
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only the 16v's have knock sensors.
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