[s-cars] Knock Sensors/Pinking Noise

Sean Douglas quattro20v at telus.net
Sat Jan 20 13:54:03 EST 2007


A failed knock sensor will show up Vag-com. Also, a failed knock sensor will
cause a severe loss of power.

When you say pinking, you mean pinging, as in light pre-ignition detonation?

If you are getting pinging, then it could be bad gas (petro).

Sean D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:s-car-list-
> bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of iain.atkinson at tesco.net
> Sent: January 20, 2007 9:12 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Knock Sensors/Pinking Noise
> 
> Anyway of testing these??? has anyone had a failure that didn't show up on
> vag com, i have a feeling that mine aren't working. Any ideas on other
> noises similar to pinking???
> 
> 
> Shot in dark time i know.
> 
> 
> iain
> 
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