I have a huge problem: the updates of my feed happen not as the posts go out, but with a huge delays (2-10 hours or even more). My feed is
http://feeds.feedburner.com/piratesru/
Same happens with the e-mail list - when the daily e-mails go out, some last posts actually don't get there. Obvsiouly, they are not in the feed, so they don't make it to an e-mail.
This problem persists for several months and I have got a lot of complaints from subscrubers - as we are posting hot travel deals that can be valid for very short period of time, so they want an update instantly!
Neither ping nor recync doesn't help.
P.S. Just in case - I don't use WP Cache or Super Cache plug-ins.