RE: [T3] *tok* *tok* *tok* sound

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

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.  

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