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Old Feb 21, 2004 | 06:15 PM
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Good-Day Everyone!

I'm having a problem! My 2.9 liter is pinging under a load?Is this the fuel I'm using or is it timing?????


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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 04:38 PM
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My guess would be that your 2.9 has some mileage on it & could stand more octane.
You could retard the timing just a little bit then test drive it to check for pinging and amount of power loss if any.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 09:35 PM
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there has been another post about this problem. It seems as if you are having the same problem...take a look https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...hreadid=100739
 
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Old Feb 23, 2004 | 04:44 PM
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Thank you guys! I plan on doing an extensive tune up this weekend.Soup to Nuts.I'll let you know how it works out.

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