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Re: knock sensor problem...fixed, and misc




> In message <33E7EA05.3B06@snet.net> mjs writes:

> > i asked him why i was getting all of the other indications if only one 
> > sensor was bad...his response was "sometimes that's what happens".

> The factory manual says to fix the first code that the computer presents, and 
> then re-test before tackling any others.  Obviously that _is_ what happens, 
> sometimes.

>From my experience disassembling the ECU code, this is because the tests
for some sensors depend on other sensors working correctly, so the code
that the computer presents first is the sensor that the computer is sure
about and the rest _may_ be due to the first sensor screwing up the
tests for the other sensors.

Orin.