Sounds lightly like the vowels are typing but not sure

Asked by Guru9DY9QL Oct 29, 2020 at 08:49 AM about the 1997 Ford Taurus GL

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I only want the car gets warm
sometimes it sounds like the
vowels are tapping but when you
release the gas and press back
down easy it goes away

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callahanpoppy answered 3 years ago

Valves may need higher octane, or injector(s) may need cleaning. Tapping should be constant if it was a valve issue tho. Sounds like it's "engine knock" due to lack of good fuel supply. Try running a can of fuel cleaner thru a tank and see if it changes. Mite try going to higher octane fuel and see if it remedies the problem. Hope this helps.

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