Don't think Chuckie would be the jinx, but looking at that S4 just might do it
G/L and hope things stay on the uptick

 

well literally at my wits end FN car is still knocking( 7) and pulling 7 deg of timing, No vacum leaks at all , just used aWHOLE can of carb cleaner all over the place and iddle didnt change a bit! Also trying some Lucas "deep" clean injector and fuel system cleaner, other than this I'm out of thoughts, ANYONE?

BTW knocks on my base tune as well :/

 

have you changed knock sensors?

 

No trying plugs first , my mafs had water spots on them :/ plugs look :/

 

Mafs water spots:/

 

I also had a lot of oil in the TBs and in the plenum pics when in done

 

hopefully these maintenance items does the job and the knock goes away

 

So here's a pick of the TB with oil in it

 

Cars runs a lot better!! Still knocking tho

 

if you haven't already I'd get some BG44K it's far better than anything in parts stores. At least that's what I've read. I've used it for 10years on all my vehicles and never had a knock issue. Carbon build up on your cylinder walls could be the culprit and looking at those plugs it doesn't look like you were getting a clean burn. Obviously if your knocking your aren't. Changing the plugs and having the car run better is a good sign. Get gas a newer Shell station 93 octane and run the BG44k through for two full tanks and that may solve your problem. Maybe the gas you were getting was ****ty thats why is go to a newer station as their tanks should be cleaner.

 

I hope you get it back up and running perfect. We need to line them up this spring. If you get an S4 you will smoke me LOL.

 

As far as plugs I used the stock Denso plugs, 3457, I tried some Lucas, Deep clean stuff that one other guy here recommend. I tried 3 different stations since this started, 2 Shells , a Sunoco and even threw in some 100. I'm not sure when I get logs again, Kinda tired of making runs up to 120 and watching for police.

besides a have had a horrible creak/EH-EH noise that's been coming from the front end for 3 weeks not and I need to find out what that is first. I can't drive the car more than 5 MPH with out hearing the noise,

 

sway bar bushing? sub frame mount maybe?

 

I order the sway bar bushing kit from Kyle shout be here he end of the week, Sub frame, never thought of it, I can push down on the car and recreate the noise also. I'll look at those maybe just need some grease

 

Actually that very well may be your struts. You have OEM struts lowers on Swifts right? Now may be a good time to pick up a used set of Fortune 500 coilovers or new ones for that matter. If you don't like them or that doesn't fix the issue you could resell them pretty quick is bet and only lose a little. Just a thought.