Nailing can sound like the detonation of Gasoline when you accelerate. But, at idle it will sound louder.

In general Nailing is caused by the Fuel burning at the wrong time and/or place inside of the Precombustion Chamber.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Yes, it was a typo. I was posting at work and was interrupted, so I corrected it later on. Sorry for the confusion!!!!

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

I thought about it for like 10 minutes lol trying to figure out where 6400psi injectors came from.

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