anyone had any problems with the car pinking

 

Can you ellaborate a little more.

What car do you have?

Rob

 

My old 205 did now and again.

Welcome

 

Good question. And what colour and year is it?

 

I fear the user name might be a clue, Watson

 

i know i know i know...........a Black 95 WRX

 

It'd have to be red if it's started pinking you fool.

 

Oh, their on about a Scoob, it's just that it was that vauge !

Rob

 

Ok, 95blackwrx. Japanese import cars are supposed to run on much higher octane fuel (100 RON) than our standard 95 RON, so unless you use the highest octane fuel you can get plus octane booster, you are at risk of pinking. Worst case scenario is melted pistons or big end failure if you don't heed the warning signs.

Hope This Helps.

 

Is this some form of role reversal, Bub? Or is it be nice to the noob day?

 

It's 'lets recite what we've read in the technical forum day', Ali.

 

I don't mind newbies. He didn't use text-speak and I really don't want anyone's car to blow up, unless they are an annoying ****.

When I saw your name at the end of the thread i thought I was going to be corrected on some factual error.

 

No-one more knowledgeable was going to give the chap a break, so I thought I'd just spout a bit of the old "received wisdom".

 

I'd probably shoot myself in the foot if you copied that off one my old long winded posts

 

Has he forgotten that he posted this?

 

well i was old car was pinking when it was on rolling road. took the car to another garage they said the car had a slight misfirebut they could not hear any pinking. had the boost solenoid cleaned to help boost problem, this helped a little. i have put new coils on it now, but if i am going slow in 4th or 5th and try to accelarate the boost rises and as it gets faster the boost dies and car goes into i suppose would be limp mode. only way to get it out of this is to disconnect battery and reset ecu

 

i would say you NEED to get looked at fairly quickly or dont push the car more than 2000rpm till it is sorted, as Bubba said "Worst case scenario is melted pistons or big end failure if you don't heed the warning signs."

 

went to greer sport about this problem. it is caused by the car overboostin.mb need to change my ecu from the zero sports one. found this out after i bought 4 new coils and three port boost solenoid

 

wots the car boosting at then bud

 

Maybe so but you did the right thing and it hasnt cost you a new engine by a long shot

 

car is running at a peak of 1.2 then settles to 1.1bar

 

need an sti ECU now to run same boost