Toyota 18RC ping

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From: Grant Rostig
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1985 05:51

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It appears that the old Toyota 18RC engines seem to ping badly
when they get old does anyone have any specialized information
on the problem?  I have tried using 91 octange gas, *and* severely
retarding the timing.  This still did not work.

The car does have 140K miles on it though.

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Grant E. Rostig		Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California
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Subject: Toyota 18RC ping
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