It may not see any codes until you put some miles on it. If the block has 2 knock sensors, it's a 9A block. The Motronic ECU wants to see both sensors. The previous owner has left you a real mess. As I said before, I would just find a test station that offers free retests and go for it. You really don't have any other options at this point. The reduced power and smoother idle is probably due to the stock cams.
~Holland On Apr 8, 2016 20:31, "damac2004" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/bf619b1d-e178-44ff-980b-9b358cf533fb%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CABrbKB%3D86e8LRc2xKeDy_045sNX1O-s_ZBBR0_bxD_2C2WZreQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
