Engine pinging

beemer-biker · Post by **beemer-biker** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:24 am

I know this has been covered before, but, despite everything, the pinging persists. My R has about 14K mi, TBS performed, valves adjusted, new plugs, always use premium fuel, usually Chevron, if not, then Shell. It is not babied or ebused, I don't lug it. But, under hard throttle, it pings like crazy, not all of the time, but most of the time. I can usually make it ping at will. Any ideas? Otherwise, it runs perfect. Thanks

Post by **challey** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:41 am

I have experienced occasional pinging in very hot weather. I take that as a reminder to put a few ounces of Sea Foam in at the next fill up which seems to take care of things.

Post by **Rootin55** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:52 am

My 02 R would ping after I got about 9K on her. Hot in Houston too. I used the sea foam as well and made it a habit to hit the rev limiter a time or 2 towards the end of each ride.

beemer-biker · Post by **beemer-biker** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:03 am

Rootin55 wrote:My 02 R would ping after I got about 9K on her. Hot in Houston too. I used the sea foam as well and made it a habit to hit the rev limiter a time or 2 towards the end of each ride.

I have tried this as well, but still pings. I should note also that it does it whether it is hot or cold.

Post by **owldaddy** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:49 pm

Check the timing. With the electronic igintion systems, it usually doesn't change once it is set correctly, but that could be a cause. It maybe advanced a bit.
Don

ErikU · Post by **ErikU** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:54 pm

My bike pings the same way, and it's not due to hot weather. Octane boost totally cures the problem, but what a pain to put that in every time. I'd love to hear of a solution.

Post by **Rootin55** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:08 pm

Cam chain tensioner? From ADV

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142787

beemer-biker · Post by **beemer-biker** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:33 pm

Rootin55 wrote:Cam chain tensioner? From ADV

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142787

This may have to be my next try, since nothing else seems to work. At the very least, I'll have a new cam chain tensioner, one less thing to worry about.

beemer-biker · Post by **beemer-biker** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:37 pm

ErikU wrote:My bike pings the same way, and it's not due to hot weather. Octane boost totally cures the problem, but what a pain to put that in every time. I'd love to hear of a solution.

So, didn't you try the cam chain tensioner swap out? It didn't fix the pinging? Did it help with anything? I'm on the dry side, so we have a good comparison.

ErikU · Post by **ErikU** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:52 pm

Yes, I did the cam chain tensioner,.. but I don't think it has anything at all to do with pinging.

The cam chain tensioner helps a whole lost to quite down the top end.. especially during start up and hard stops. Doesn't sound or behave at all like engine pinging. The tensioner upgrade was great and easy too. I used the directions from the web but did NOT need to remove anything. I simply used a short socket extension and U joint. No more bad engine sounds. I have a thread here about it and on ADV rider.

The pinging is your typical slight loss of power and tink type sound from the engine when under high load... like wide open throttle. The only thing that has worked for me is octane boost.

Arbreacames · Post by **Arbreacames** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:18 pm

Beemer-biker,
The following thread seems a bit surprising to me, but it might be worth a shot:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142787
If you have a noisy idle when the engine gets hot, I strongly recommend this $50 upgrade.