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Old November 15th 04, 09:58 PM
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Well... got another can of Seafoam cleaner today. Put a tiny bit over 1/3
into the PCV valve. I'll be damned if it didn't smoke like a SOB. ****ty
thing is... I saw smoke coming out of the first catalytic converter on the
passenger side. Oh well. I planned on getting a new H-pipe anyway with
hi-flow cats. I poured the rest of the Seafoam into the gas tank (which had
91 octane in it). I followed instructions... shut it off for 5 mins..
restarted it.. smoke came out. I hammed the **** outta it & smoke stopped
coming out after a little bit. But I heard pinging. Boy was I ****ed. So I
go to gas station & put in 89 octane instead of 87 or 91... and pinging is
*completely* gone on 89. Going to try 87 next time. I only put in a little
gas to mix in with the seafoam (which I guess was too strong with such
little 91 octane.. 2 gallons in there max.).

-Mike

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A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
Cold air intake
FRPP 3.73 gears
Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
Full Boar turbo mufflers
Hi-speed fan switch
255/60R-15 rear tires
Subframe connectors


> wrote in message
om...
> Car is pinging every new and then at full throttle... maybe 1/5 times.

It's
> very unnerving. Also, I'm losing about a 1/4 of a quart of oil every 3k
> miles. I'm going to clean the air filter today, clean sensors, I already
> replaced EGR valve. What else would you recommend I do? Thanks in advance.
> Btw, running 91 octane (designed for 87, but on 87 it pings worse).
>
> -Mike
>
> --
> A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
> Cold air intake
> FRPP 3.73 gears
> Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
> Full Boar turbo mufflers
> Hi-speed fan switch
> 255/60R-15 rear tires
> Subframe connectors
>
>
>
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