No subject

open and when it is 
> subject to the specific high frequency
vibration that spark-knock 
> produces, a piece of metal on the
inside makes contact and completes the 
> circuit. The computer
detects this as knocking and retards the timing 
> until such
signals cease. 
> 
> ~Scott S. 
> 
>
cobram at juno.com wrote: 
> 
>>Last time I got a bad
knock sensor code (Left bad), I swapped the 
>>connectors (L to
R and R to L), still got the same code (Left bad.) 
>>Ended up
being a bad ECU, swapped it out with ECU from V8Q #2 and no more 
>>codes, put #1's ECU into #2 and got the bad knock sensor code.
It was 
>>definitely very detrimental to performance and fuel
economy, car felt 
>>like it had a new engine, I think the rest
of the ECU was defaulting to 
>>pre programmed timing etc.
because of the reported bad knock sensor. 
>> 
>>BCNU, 
>>http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/ 
>>Democracy: 3 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for lunch. 
>> 
>> Scott Simmons <indischrot at gmail.com>
writes: 
>> 
>> 
>>>I'd check the
sensor before removal. The manual has resistance 
>>>checks

>>>you can do, and since the connector is RIGHT THERE on
top of the 
>>>motor... I'd do that first. 
>>> 
>>>~Scott S. 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>

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