CEL for a short time...

[Hoodie]

Great to hear a positive dealer experience

[Snail Style]

A ping is a misfire - a misfire been a ignition that was not planed so it could be late / early or not fire at all.

I have never heard a car which is running normally and pings (actually it sound more like popcorn popping instead of a high pitched ping)

As Umai said, as misfire is a cylinder which is failing to fire/ignite. Although the term is abit misleading.

I've always found pinging to sound like two tiny hammers to be tapping against each other.

Has the car been serviced recently RUFNIT ? That usually occurs from either the filter being dropped, being tightened too much or someone forgetting the old seal in the housing.

[RUFNIT]

Yep the car was serviced last month...

MR

[nomadx38]

As Umai said, as misfire is a cylinder which is failing to fire/ignite. Although the term is abit misleading.

I've always found pinging to sound like two tiny hammers to be tapping against each other.

Has the car been serviced recently RUFNIT ? That usually occurs from either the filter being dropped, being tightened too much or someone forgetting the old seal in the housing.

Meh depends how you look at it

I go by what the internet, workshop manual and VCDS tell me - Misfiring is a general term used to describe an incomplete combustion within a engine cylinder - the main cause of a engine misfire been a miss-timed combustion event.

Anyway glad the problem was solved funny that it could be somthing as simple as oil pressure, just hope no other damaged has been caused as a result.