05 road king custom help(ping)
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05 road king custom help(ping)
this pinging is driving me nuts i have good fuel even tried octane boost still same thing ...roll the throttle an nothing but pinging.....Now the bike has a stage 1 harley download.....I was thinking about putting on a vance an hines fuel pack can i do this with the download
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Pinging can be caused by a number of things. Running too lean. Running with timing too far advanced. Carbon buildup in the chamber causing excessive compression. The later requires a top end rebuild. The others can be fixed by tuning. Stage I downloads rarely do much if anything. If it were mine I would go for either Power Vision, SE Pro Super Tuner, Thundermax, or TTS. They're all capable of tuning the ECU directly. And if you decide to have it dyno tuned most shops are familiar with at least one of those. You can do the tuning yourself. But it takes a lot of time to get good at it. Lots on this forum rely on Fuel Moto for help. Look into it. They may just have what you're looking for. The problem can be solved. But it'll cost a few $$.
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as it has been said, pinging can be from several things.
It is pre ignition timing ping, generally from running to lean or can be too hot.
I think it is detonating before it should basically.
Depends on what mods you might have done, meaning, new air cleaner, or pipes or both?
Any messing with your ecm, flashing maps and other settings to it?
My stock bike will ping under heavy load or past 4k rpms with a passenger on etc..
which is why I am doing a stage 1 to help the motor run cooler and adjust my settings to help eliminate the pings.
You need to figure out if your bike is all stock or if it has been modified/adjusted in any way first to know what your working with.
many ways to diagnose it, but a dealer can check your ecm for you or even dial it in if you bring it in and talk to your local service manager.
Pinging sucks, I think just about everyone has dealt with it at some point.
Lump
It is pre ignition timing ping, generally from running to lean or can be too hot.
I think it is detonating before it should basically.
Depends on what mods you might have done, meaning, new air cleaner, or pipes or both?
Any messing with your ecm, flashing maps and other settings to it?
My stock bike will ping under heavy load or past 4k rpms with a passenger on etc..
which is why I am doing a stage 1 to help the motor run cooler and adjust my settings to help eliminate the pings.
You need to figure out if your bike is all stock or if it has been modified/adjusted in any way first to know what your working with.
many ways to diagnose it, but a dealer can check your ecm for you or even dial it in if you bring it in and talk to your local service manager.
Pinging sucks, I think just about everyone has dealt with it at some point.
Lump
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Pinging (detonation) is a clandestine explosion of gas in the chamber that happens after the spark starts the burn. It happens due to high heat, or high compression, or too much spark advance, or possibly carbon buildup. As what was said before, you need to get the bike tuned to eliminate the problem.
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But yes, higher ambient temperature will affect pinging. Heat, load, fuel, etc. all contribute to ping. As others have said, whether at 5C or 15C, you need to get it tuned...