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Does altitude affect ignition timing?
My Volvo AQ130C 4 cyl/130 hp engine (a factory rebuild with about 85 hours on it now) pings when I am at sea level and running above about 4400 rpm...not a real bad ping but a ping none the less that concerns me...this despite using 91 octane gas with octane booster added to it. It does not ping at all at on Lake Tahoe (6200') using the same gas/octane booster. I checked the ignition timing today while out for a cruise on Lake Tahoe and it was right on spec, which does not surprise me since the engine was installed and tuned at Lake Tahoe. My question is this...does altitude affect ignition timing? I guess one way to find out is to put the timing light on it next time I have it down at sea level. Any other ideas why it might ping at sea level? Thanks! |
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