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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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Default Ping in Neutral?

Once in a while if I'm idling for a minute or two in neutral or with the clutch in (no load at all) and I roll on some fuel to rev it a little, I think I hear a ping. Why would this happen?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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Either running lean at Idle or Just above Idle, or Ignition Timing too advanced.
 
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