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Sounds like detonation to me, maybe just one cylinder doing it instead of all. Don't continue doing it unless you really want to rebuilt your engine. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >...The sound comes up >only when going uphill and the engine under pretty good load. >Like 3rd gear, wide open throttle, med RPMs and 35mph. It >lessens or goes away when I slow down and downshift. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/