knock sensor
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Re: knock sensor (6spd)
I only disconnect my knock sensor @ the dragstrip. On my 87 it doesn't hurt anything. On my friends 92 f-body it throws a code 43 immediately and runs poorly. I plug my 87's back in before the ride home. I don't know what the car would do if left unplugged. Im sure someone will chime in and explain. :crazy:
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Re: knock sensor (6spd)
Mine is disconnected. It has been for several years. Are you disconnecting the ESC when you're checking the base timing? How do you come up with:
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...20 degrees of knock retard at 2000 rpms.
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Re: knock sensor (6spd)
i diconnected the wire to the knock sensor now i have 20 degrees of knock retard at 2000 rpms. i thought these can be diconnected???
Threw an ESC FAILURE code and I frove home from Fla in Limp home mode.
If you are disconnecting because you are getting a lot of false knocks and therefore retard, try replacing the ESC with a NAPA ESC 209. They are les sensitive to noise.
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Re: knock sensor (jackdaroofer)
Jack,
If you got a code, maybe it was because the loose wire grounded. A code will set if the if the ECM sees low voltage for too long. The knock sensor grounds that circuit when it detect knocks. If your connector was grounded for too long, that could have caused a code. Mine has been disconnected for years... No codes.
6spd,
When you check your base timing, you need to have the ESC wire disconnected. When you are through, you need to disrupt the power to the ECM, to clear codes.
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[Modified by CFI-EFI, 6:24 PM 2/28/2004]
If you got a code, maybe it was because the loose wire grounded. A code will set if the if the ECM sees low voltage for too long. The knock sensor grounds that circuit when it detect knocks. If your connector was grounded for too long, that could have caused a code. Mine has been disconnected for years... No codes.
6spd,
When you check your base timing, you need to have the ESC wire disconnected. When you are through, you need to disrupt the power to the ECM, to clear codes.
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[Modified by CFI-EFI, 6:24 PM 2/28/2004]
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Re: knock sensor (6spd)
:cheers: The best solution seems to be to replace the ESC module with the ESC 209. Gorden Killebrew, the guru of C4's recommends that! The stock vette ESC module is too sensitive to false knocks, headers are a particular problem
The ESC module is a simple swap, it is screwed to th e heater housing on the passenger side
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The ESC module is a simple swap, it is screwed to th e heater housing on the passenger side
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Re: knock sensor (jackdaroofer)
:cheers: The best solution seems to be to replace the ESC module with the ESC 209.
The ESC module is a simple swap, it is screwed to th e heater housing on the passenger side
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The ESC module is a simple swap, it is screwed to th e heater housing on the passenger side
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Basically, I agree. In MY situation, I tested with 93 octane gasoline and base timing set at 0. I was getting knock counts, revving it in neutral. My long block is all stock, never disassembled. No headers, either. Now, I run 14* base timing on 85 octane gasoline. No knock... No counts.
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Re: knock sensor (6spd)
:cheers: No, you are not changing the knock sensor, you are changing the ESC module that interprets noise and sends it to the ECM!
If you oreder NAPA ESC 209, you will see the whole thing
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Jack
If you oreder NAPA ESC 209, you will see the whole thing
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Re: knock sensor (6spd)
Like Jack said, the module on the side of the blower motor housing, not the sensor, itself. Check the "Tech Tips" and maybe that will make it more clear.
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Re: knock sensor (6spd)
i checked napa did not show it?? also i didn't know 91's came with the module.
Sorry for the bad info, and also sorry for lack of better info
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Re: knock sensor (jackdaroofer)
thats okay, it happens do you think i should put so teflon tape around it to desenitize it?? or i can do what my friend did he bought a custom prom.
