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sho · 08-05-2012, 08:54 PM

Hi Guys,

Just wondering if anyone else here is hearing or getting engine ping with their brand new 86's.

I started to hear my motor pinging at about 850kms and initially thought it was a bad batch of fuel and coincidentally I had less than 1/4 of a tank to go and figured I'll swap over to V power to see if it was a bad batch of bp ultimate but it turned out that fuel wasn't the case.

The pinging occurs intermittently between 2000 to 3000rpm when you have no load on the throttle and apply throttle loading. I think it has happened a few times over 3000rpm for me. I've been able to replicate the ping in all gears besides first gear with anywhere of full load on the accelerator/throttle to even as low as 10% loading on the throttle with 5th gear being the easiest to replicate as your pretty much sitting in that rev range when your on the hume hwy at 70km/h.

I took the car over to the service center as I was booked in for the first service on Friday and advise them about the issue as well and if they can take a look at it. They went for a long test drive and didn't hear anything at first (typical) but then the foreman jumped in the car with me and I managed to get the motor to ping with him in the car.
After a few talks in the car as he didn't think it was pinging, he drove the car again and finally we were both on the same page and the diagnose is that it was definitely pinging.

We then took the dealerships demo car out and replicated the issue on it as well and I also manage to meet up with one of my mates with his blue 86 who also have the ping as well.

I was advise by the service advisor to place some octane booster for now to see if it helps but no joy at all over the weekend and so I made the call this morning to inform him of the results and he told me that they tried some of the other 86's they had at the dealer since then and they all have the ping and have inform toyota australia of the issue.

Is anyone else experiencing engine ping?

Its sad to have such an issue with a brand new car which I have been waiting for a while for now

08-05-2012, 08:54 PM	#1
sho Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: s2000 Location: Sydney Posts: 159 Thanks: 7 Thanked 57 Times in 33 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Engine pinging (rattle noise) under acceleration Hi Guys, Just wondering if anyone else here is hearing or getting engine ping with their brand new 86's. I started to hear my motor pinging at about 850kms and initially thought it was a bad batch of fuel and coincidentally I had less than 1/4 of a tank to go and figured I'll swap over to V power to see if it was a bad batch of bp ultimate but it turned out that fuel wasn't the case. The pinging occurs intermittently between 2000 to 3000rpm when you have no load on the throttle and apply throttle loading. I think it has happened a few times over 3000rpm for me. I've been able to replicate the ping in all gears besides first gear with anywhere of full load on the accelerator/throttle to even as low as 10% loading on the throttle with 5th gear being the easiest to replicate as your pretty much sitting in that rev range when your on the hume hwy at 70km/h. I took the car over to the service center as I was booked in for the first service on Friday and advise them about the issue as well and if they can take a look at it. They went for a long test drive and didn't hear anything at first (typical) but then the foreman jumped in the car with me and I managed to get the motor to ping with him in the car. After a few talks in the car as he didn't think it was pinging, he drove the car again and finally we were both on the same page and the diagnose is that it was definitely pinging. We then took the dealerships demo car out and replicated the issue on it as well and I also manage to meet up with one of my mates with his blue 86 who also have the ping as well. I was advise by the service advisor to place some octane booster for now to see if it helps but no joy at all over the weekend and so I made the call this morning to inform him of the results and he told me that they tried some of the other 86's they had at the dealer since then and they all have the ping and have inform toyota australia of the issue. Is anyone else experiencing engine ping? Its sad to have such an issue with a brand new car which I have been waiting for a while for now