Pinking under load?

[_Nathan_]

"It only happens when I probably should be in one gear higher and when there's a load on the engine like a hill"

But a lower gear would be less load on the engine?

[dave wilkinson]

the vanos unit does alter timing slighty when running low octane fuel. it could cause pinking but its unlikely. fingers crossed for you tho

more than likely head gasket, get a compression test done. from my experience they normally go between cylinders 1 and 2 or 5 and 6. its important you get the compression test done but someone who knows what there doing. for example if they don't remove all the plugs and do a compression test one by one it will still show good compression because the gasket blows between the cylinders. there not a bad job to do if taking a indie budget about a grand.

if you've just bought it have a word with the seller as i'm quessing he may know about this already

[sjb]

Cheers all, I got the low/high gear wrong, if im in 4th and it pinks i change down to 3rd etc!!



Emissions light now on...... dealer is aware and says he is willing to help.....

[outnumbered]

That's a bummer - hope it gets sorted quickly.

[digi]

is the petrol cap on properly? I know I know, but try to cover the easy bits first.

[sjb]

Originally Posted by digi

is the petrol cap on properly? I know I know, but try to cover the easy bits first.

I will check but I'd say yes. I've put fuel in and it hasn't changed.

The seller is having it checked by a guy with some diagnostics gear tomorrow morning so now the emissions light is on there will be a fault logged.
I just want to drive it !!

[digi]

reason I ask this is that if the cap isn't on properly and gas vapor is leaking, according to the manual, it will light up on the dash as per your photo.

[sjb]

Just checked, it's on ok.