Bad knock sensor?

[ekellock at adelphia.net]

True the V8 is its own model to us and Audi, however some insurance companies I've been with in the past have listed it as a 100 V8.

> From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
> Date: 2003/09/07 Sun PM 10:45:10 EDT
> To: auditude at cox.net
> CC: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Bad knock sensor?
>
> auditude at cox.net writes:
> > I thought a turbo car was a 200, and a non-turbo was a 100.
> > A friend was saying that a V8 would be a 100, since it didn't have a turbo.
> > I guess that is wrong then, if there is such a thing as a 100 turbo.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > Eyvind Spangen eyvind.spangen at c2i.net wrote:
> > >
> > > I just bought a '87 100T (5kT for you US guys) very cheap. It's not
> > > working correctly - when the engine is warm, the ignition control lamp
> > > will light up whenever the engine is over about 3000 rpm and I accelerate
> > > some. I get a code 2142 for bad knock sensor. The connector looks OK, so I
> > > guess the sensor is bad. I've got a new (used) knock sensor here, but is
> > > there anything more I should check about this problem?
>
> The "100 = non-turbo" and "200 = turbo" rule is valid only in North America.
> Elsewhere it is *almost* true with some exceptions.  The V8 is not a 100
> nor a 200.  It's its own model.
>
> -Ti
> 2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
> 2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
> 1984 5000S turbo
> 1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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