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Hard to explain, usually hear it best when ... (archive)
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Posted by Curt on June 18, 2001 at 09:37:46:

In Reply to: Pinging--What Exactly Does it Sound Like? posted by Tim in MD on June 17, 2001 at 21:57:49:

If what I've heard recently is indeed pinging its like a muffled rattle / clatter (similar to the sound of what I think a handful of nuts in a coffee can wrapped in a towel and rolled across the floor would make).

I can best hear it when there is something surrounding the roadway (bridge railing, trees, hills). Removing my foot from the gas avoids the noise - as does retarding the timing.

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