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Old 01-05-2020, 07:28 PM   #13
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Default Re: Flathead "spark knock" ???????

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Originally Posted by v8nut View Post
I know this is just terminology but I have always called the noise loose connecting rods make "knock", and this noise being talked about here "ping". I am I alone in this view?
Yep, rods knock. But "pinging" is also called spark knock; a whole 'nuther thing. "Pinging" is the more descriptive term. Sounds like a few small pebbles being shaken in a tin can.
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