Water trapped in the knock sensor?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:19 pm
As anyone following the drama that is my life will know, Ive had a lot of water loose in my engine compartment due to various radiator foibles.
Before I was getting occasional knock codes, but now its always on, and the car has NO pull until about 4K
I dont know if the knock sensor has ever been replaced, but according to the documentation that I got with the car, it got a whole new engine about 60K ago, presumably they wouldnt have used the original sensor, but nothing is for sure.
Im wondering if its possible for some water to have gotten into the sensor, and it just needs to be removed and dried, since I really cant afford to buy a new sensor right now. I dont really want to mess around taking it out if Im just going to have to put it back in the way it is, especially with the intercooler in the way now.
If not, how safe would it be to run without a knock sensor, using some sort of trick to make the ECU think everythings ok, running on 91 Octane?
Before I was getting occasional knock codes, but now its always on, and the car has NO pull until about 4K
I dont know if the knock sensor has ever been replaced, but according to the documentation that I got with the car, it got a whole new engine about 60K ago, presumably they wouldnt have used the original sensor, but nothing is for sure.
Im wondering if its possible for some water to have gotten into the sensor, and it just needs to be removed and dried, since I really cant afford to buy a new sensor right now. I dont really want to mess around taking it out if Im just going to have to put it back in the way it is, especially with the intercooler in the way now.
If not, how safe would it be to run without a knock sensor, using some sort of trick to make the ECU think everythings ok, running on 91 Octane?