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pks17 · 02-13-2008, 08:29 PM

Yah are you guys sure you arent hearing it, you gotta turn off the stereo for this one, helps to open the window and go drive somewhere not noisy, up hill if possible.
then put it in a high gear, eg. 4th or 5th and coast then gas it fully, lagging the engine.
It pings for about .5 seconds to 1 second before either the timing is changed by the computer, or the engine revs come up higher.
It sounds like when you manually advance the timing too much on a car, if anyone has done that before.
I think its normal for this engine, but just want to hear it from honda.

02-13-2008, 08:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
pks17 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,544	Yah are you guys sure you arent hearing it, you gotta turn off the stereo for this one, helps to open the window and go drive somewhere not noisy, up hill if possible. then put it in a high gear, eg. 4th or 5th and coast then gas it fully, lagging the engine. It pings for about .5 seconds to 1 second before either the timing is changed by the computer, or the engine revs come up higher. It sounds like when you manually advance the timing too much on a car, if anyone has done that before. I think its normal for this engine, but just want to hear it from honda.