[V8] Re: V8 suddenly running like a coffee grinder above 1700 rpm

[Kent McLean]

Ingo D. Rautenberg wrote:
> Sorry, Kent, but the ECU automatically retards timing when one unplugs
one
> or both knock sensors...BTTT (Been there tried that)

I think that's where I was headed. What does it do it
the KS is shorted out, i.e. if the wires to the sensor
are connected?  If a KS is cracked, and shorted out, it
might (would?) cause the ECU to retard the timing,
causing poor running above 1700 rpm.  At least, that's
my guess.

Kent