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Old Aug 4, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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noises driving me nuts

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i have a 1995 150 4x4 5.0 E4od 160k
when i go to pull out or go up a hill i am getting the knock from hell it isn seeming to effect the performance but it is annoying as hell. just changed the plugs and it didnt seem to make a difference at all. what do i do i was told the timing cant be adjusted on a 95. what is doing this?! and how do i stop it?!
- ian
 
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Old Aug 4, 2006 | 06:10 PM
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run premium gas, or reset the timing.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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so the timing can be set on 1995's?
 
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Old Aug 4, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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Smile knock

Try another type of gas. Mine runs good on most, but if I put Gulf in it she sounds like a woodpecker. For what it's worth my outboard runs great on Gulf.
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Old Aug 4, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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I take it from your post that it has not always done this. It may be carboned up. Run some water through it.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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i dunno i have had the truck since december and i bought it and drove it in tallahassee for 6 mo. now i (and the truck ) reside just north of pittsburgh pa

i started noticing it shortly after i got here ..it did it a little in tallahassee

when you say run some water throught it bdox ...what do you mean?

1 mistake was listening to the dip**** at autozone when he had me try seafoam i initailly though "well i did hear paul harvey recomend it " so i tried that. oh no was not a good idea it seemed to run worse after that.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 08:37 AM
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p.s. as for gas, having dual tanks i tend to run what ever is cheap usually sheetz or getgo (i have been running getgo a lot lately as they are still 2.89pg)
id love to run this th on e85 as its $2.65 near me.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 09:09 AM
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some things it could be:

clogged air filter, clogged exhaust/cat convertor, bad o2 sensor, bad wires, worn dist. cap/rotor

just putting in high test will not fix it and it will only get worse. find out what is wrong.

if you try to time truck remember to remove spout first.

truck is not set up for e85 so do not use it.
 
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