anybody know how long it should take to throw a code? i just warmed the car up one cycle on the driveway and it didn't throw any codes after, i'm guessing i have to go take it on a nasty drive?
i am close to taking it in for smog. i had to go back and trace wires, etc. and fix previous owner crap. i was worried about the moving timing light so i got another distributor, cap, rotor and wires with the #4 sensor that i didn't have, and the car still wanders with the light making it hard for me to get exact :( i tried to leave it in a happy spot based on sound. it turns out i have 2 knock sensors attached to the block. #1 inbetween 1 and 2 cylinders. then #2 between 2 and 3!!! i'm guessing this is incorrect no matter the engine and either it gets one over on the left side, or a second one to the right of the breather? this is probably going to confused the car if i leave it as is? they had #2 sensor hooked up correctly to the harness. but they hooked #1 up to the ignition reference sensor from #4 spark plug, and they cut the harness side of #1 knock sensor. that damn car really did run great to me, it was faster then than it is now, just a bit more lumpy at idle. so that is with the screwed up sensors and no 02 sensor hooked up. it wasn't getting good mileage and stunk though. i can't imagine that car being some kind of "limp mode" if thats supposed to effect performance. if the car is basically working ok i shouldn't worry about leaving the knock sensor #2 hooked up right? its just tricking it into thinking its coming from inbetween 3 and 4? would hate to ruin something, i was planning on pounding on the car tomorrow and hopefully take into smog on monday. thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/bf619b1d-e178-44ff-980b-9b358cf533fb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
