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the pinging won't happen if i accel briskly. it only happens just keeping light pressure on the accel (like keeping speed on the highway. Once I reap on the gas pedal, it goes away

Guess, he is still working on it. I just changed my tensioner (PITA to unbolt) but it still has that pinging chattering noise when I apply light throttle btw 50-70mph. It would stop if i have a heavier foot on the throttle....weird???

I didn't see it mentioned here, but timing chain tensioner? I know with my car if I accel lightly and manitina it, it pings/chatters, however if I lay on the gas, it doesn't do it (creating tension lost by the tensioner) I am changing mine tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes

I'm actually going to have to change that too, but what i originally meant was the timing chain tensioner

Thank yo sir, YA DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wher can i find this tensioner, i orderd the part just can't find where it goes?

Would timing chain lack of tension possibly due to a bad tensioner contribute to oil consumption

also, check to see about your tire size. I kow for me I had beefier tires, so it underestimated my speed (and miles on the clock)

probably

still kind of confused

Not to play dumb here, but if there is a hole in the piston, wouldn't the pressure be lower?

Awesome, i suspected the circular spark plug gaskets to be the problem

Exactly my point, it won't. That is probably true for this case, conventional oil has been run in cars for many, many years. And these cars have had 200, 300, even 500k miles with no problems, so conventional oil is certainly not bad (perhaps its not the case on the newer cars)

I know what you're saying, but Amsoil is great, I agree, but it's not going to fix everything. I have it in my car now and I am glad, but it's not going to make things smoother. There have been cars that ran on conventional oil for and hundreds of thousands of miles and never had any...