Engine knocking is more than just irritating to listen to while you’re driving. It can also cause a lot of harm inside the engine itself. Want to know more? West Omaha Auto Service has some information you can use.
Spark Issues
Spark is a crucial part of keeping your car’s engine firing. And if there are problems with spark under the hood, your car is likely to do something called misfiring. You might hear misfires as engine knocking or pinging, and over time it can cause a lot of damage in your car’s engine. Some spark issues can be caused by faulty spark plugs, but others might be due to spark timing or problems in the wiring.
Fuel System Problems
Your car’s fuel system is a complicated set of different parts working together to make sure that the right amount of fuel makes it into the engine for combustion. If anything goes wrong, say the fuel pump isn’t working properly, that can affect how much fuel is getting into the engine and whether that fuel has a lot of debris in it or not. Any problems with the fuel system could leave the engine starved for fuel, which can lead to engine knocking.
Fuel Problems
But it isn’t just about getting the fuel to the engine that matters. If the fuel itself is contaminated somehow, that’s bad news for your car’s engine. Some types of contamination are as simple as water in the fuel. If you’re using a lower octane level of gas than your car’s manufacturer recommends, that can also cause engine knocking.
Malfunctioning Sensors
Your car’s onboard computer has to have information in order to make changes to how the engine runs and to how the fuel and air mix in the combustion chamber. It gets that information from a variety of sensors throughout the engine. If those sensors are failing or malfunctioning in some way, then the information that the computer receives is incorrect and it can’t correct the issues. From there, the engine knocking is just likely to get worse and create more damage in the engine.
West Omaha Auto Service in Omaha, NE wants your car to run and sound fantastic, and that means making sure that your car’s engine is in the best possible condition. If you’re noticing that your car’s engine isn’t sounding as great as it once did, we can help.
Make an appointment today and we’ll get to the bottom of the problem.