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• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:33:53 +0000
  ...What > control module would you use to receive the "knock sensor" input and effect the > corresponding spark "advance"? > -Larry > > Mark Keller wrote: > > > I'm...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:38:12 -0700
  The presence of a knock sensor doesn't enter into it. Both Digifant I and II can have knock sensors. Both I and II...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 07:00:35 +0000
  > Is there knock sensor on the 2.1 Digifant engines? I know the > Digifant II is based on Bosch's Motronic FI system and...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:54:29 -0500
  Our stock Wasser Boxer engines and Digifant system do not incorporate a knock sensor that I am aware of. -Larry Mark Keller wrote: > I...
• how does timing change by knock sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 07:40:48 -0800
  ...My knock sensor circuit is causing the problem. I either have knocking or failure of the knock sensor - both could be either real or...
• knock sensor question
  Historical mailing list - mike malkovich
  Fri, 11 May 2001 18:22:54 -1000
  ...knock sensor for resistance.Bentley says "disconnect the sensor harness connector......and test for resistance between the two terminals of the knock sensor." That...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem / knocksensor
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 6 May 2001 19:55:01 EDT
  Stan et al., To oversimplify, a knock sensor is a microphone. It listens for the sound of a knocking engine. Then tells the ECU...
• Re: 1.9L Engin Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave C.
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:12:42 +0000
  ...Does the 1.9L waterboxer engine have a Knock Sensor in it? ie. a sensor that detects whether a lifter is "knocking" A knock...
• 1.9L Engin Question
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:36:49 -0400
  Does the 1.9L waterboxer engine have a Knock Sensor in it? ie. a sensor that detects whether a lifter is "knocking" [text/html]
• knock sensors
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 14:28:44 -0700
  Hello- Does anyone know anything about knock sensors and placement on an engine? Does anyone know of any books out there that might detail...
• Re: '87 Westy shudders at idle
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:34:08 -0700
  > Sounds to me like maybe someone knocked a lead off of a sensor, like the O2 > sensor, or knocked loose a ground wire - wouldn...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 08:28:51 -0800
  At 08:09 AM 12/19/1999 -0800, you wrote: >If I install a high compression inline four with a 'knock sensor', can I...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:12:42 -0700
  ...Hi Neil, The mechanic did say he wasn't sure where the speed sensor was. Knock sensor was supposedly in place. BenT
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:12:57 -0800
  Dan Fleming wrote: > > Do the earlier water-cooled vans also have knock sensor and so might be > expected to benefit from higher octane? > > DDF...
• Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 08:09:11 -0800
  Hello List, If I install a high compression inline four with a 'knock sensor', can I burn 87 octane fuel or will 92 octane...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:38:30 -0500
  ...Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon > Greetings, > > I'm interested in retrofitting a anti-knock sensor to my vanagon. I > have found...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:17:26 -0800
  ...Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon > The knock sensor kits are designed for CIS based VWs like the Rabbit and > Scirocco. These...
• Re: sudden timing advance change/Tiico
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:53:11 EST
  Hey McNock, try re-torqueing the "Knock" sensor. No, seriously with some of the vibration's you TIICOnaut's have talked about it is...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 6 May 2001 20:36:59 -0500
  Stan, Our flat-4-powered Vanagons are not equipped with a knock sensor, so the issue does not apply to us. The I-4...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 13:28:43 -0800
  > The knock sensor kits are designed for CIS based VWs like the Rabbit and > Scirocco. These cars had a very simple ignition system. The...
• Re: I'm stumped! (misfire)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sat, 23 May 1998 14:38:04 -0700
  ...I think the knock sensor and > knock sensor electronics is a good thing and probably would help our > beloved vans with a little more...
• 82 diesel to gti conversion - knock sensor needed?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Tue, 7 May 2002 17:38:08 -0400
  ...My mechanic is going Digifant II and was saying a knock sensor isn't really neccessary due to the later Digifant being a bit...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 22:11:35 -0800
  The only correction I can make is that most 2.0L VW in-line 4 motors also use knock sensors (I wouldn't exactly...
• Re: Jokes...?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:21:12 -0400
  ...Orange Van a gone camping! And… Knock Knock Not possible we don’t have a knock sensor and can run on regular gas. Eric...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 17:42:10 -0800
  >| Do the earlier water-cooled vans also have knock sensor and so might be >| expected to benefit from higher octane? Is there knock sensor...
• Re: knock sensor question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 May 2001 09:16:06 -0400
  ...Bentley says "disconnect the sensor harness connector......and >test for resistance between the two terminals of the knock sensor." That's >it -no picture...
• Re: 82 diesel to gti conversion - knock sensor needed?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 7 May 2002 17:42:21 EDT
  ...writes: << My mechanic is going Digifant II and was saying a knock sensor isn't really neccessary due to the later Digifant being a...
• Re: Fuel with water back please
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:39:14 -0700
  ...North American vanagons with 9:1 CR never needed knock sensors. 1985 and newer VW GTIs and 16 valves got it. Basically any VW...
• Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 12:10:31 +0000
  Greetings, I'm interested in retrofitting a anti-knock sensor to my vanagon. I have found one kit, at Fast Forward, that is a...
• Re: EVC first trip
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 22:10:18 UT
  ...This should be expected, since the knock sensor will retard the timing to keep from knocking. As long as the sensor works it should...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:17:33 -0800
  Do all knock sensors adjust the timing through a range of degrees above and below the adjusted distributor setting? Do you know what the...
• Re: sudden timing advance change/Tiico
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:47:05 -0800
  ...sudden timing advance change/Tiico Hey McNock, try re-torqueing the "Knock" sensor. No, seriously with some of the vibration's you TIICOnaut's...
• Re: Jokes...?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 12:32:04 +0000
  ...Orange Van a gone camping! And… Knock Knock Not possible we don’t have a knock sensor and can run on regular gas. Eric...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:26:29 +0200
  ...I read my manual for the >'85 (German) Vanagons and they have no knock sensors built in. There is no other way how the...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:29:28 -0700
  ...Knock sensor > was supposedly in place. > > > BenT -- Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
• Re: Sucky Gas Mileage - ethanol free
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 3 May 2013 11:16:00 -0700
  ...Modern higher compression engines with knock sensors will get better mileage because the sensor detunes them to run regular gas without knocking. Like the...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 22:02:01 -0800
  ...With 87 octane fuel in a high compression motor (with a knock sensor) you will not see any knock while driving (unless something is...
• Re: FW: Vanagon replacement engines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shanley
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:37:14 -0400
  ...And No, there is no need to worry about a knock sensor or detonation because the shape and proportions of the parts in the...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:04:43 -0400
  ...Digifant I has >a throttle position potentiometer, an ignition coil power stage, and a >knock sensor set up. I believe the Digifant I system...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:26:12 -0800
  ...the knock sensor part itself. Its at the wires in the harness after that plug. In terms of the knock sensor, no doubt the...
• Re: Oil Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:29:39 -0700
  ...No knocking or anything that would indicate > an actual oil circulation problem. > > Short in the sensor? I'm baffled. > The .9bar sensor (above 2Krpm...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 22:53:40 -0800
  The knock sensor ignitions will adjust the timing to a maximum point and that's all. Say for example using 87 octane fuel at...
• Re: AZ vw mechanics???
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:04:43 -0700 (MST)
  ...If it is a GTi then it has knock sensors that should retard the timing to prevent such early detonation. I'm not sure...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium? (Chemistry, beware!)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:36:47 -0800
  ...Dana Morphew wrote: > > Do all knock sensors adjust the timing through a range of degrees above > and below the adjusted distributor setting? Do you...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fast Forward
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:52:40 -0800
  ...The knock sensor kit replaces the distributor with a pure electronic one and a computer controls the timing. On these cars the O2 sensor...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 6 May 2001 23:33:36 -0700
  For Volkswagen, the first knock sensor was in the 1985 GTI CIS-E system. Small - 'nit pickey' correction on your explanation of a knock...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
  Thu, 11 Jan 2018 01:44:03 +0000
  ...the knock sensor part itself. Its at the wires in the harness > after that plug. In terms of the knock sensor, no doubt the...
• Re: Oil Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Baker
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:10:36 -0700
  ...Phoned the guy I was buying it from, he said it was probably a bad sensor, but if I heard knocking it was actually...
• Re: Gasoline Octane rating explained
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:43:37 -0800
  ...My thought was that there was a need for a knock sensor only when the compression ratio was high, lets say over 10:1...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 08:43:08 -0800
  Do the earlier water-cooled vans also have knock sensor and so might be expected to benefit from higher octane? DDF
• Re: Redline Water Wetter (was: Temperature guage}
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:08:57 -0400
  I use WaterWetter in a Jetta GLi that has high compression, a chip that has advanced the timing curve, and a knock sensor. In...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:04:20 -0700
  ...On OBD1, I know a failed RPM sensor (aka engine speed sensor) will cause a no start. Possibly a failed knock or CMP (cam...
• Re: 5 cyl conversion update?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 19:51:55 -0800
  Digifant has a knock sensor built in. It is how digifant works. If for some crazy reason there is NO knock sensor, you will...
• Re: Jokes...?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:57:04 -0400
  ...Orange Van a gone camping! And… Knock Knock Not possible we don’t have a knock sensor and can run on regular gas. Eric...
• Re: Redline Water Wetter (was: Temperature guage}
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:15:58 -0500
  ...The less knock the sensor sees, the less it backs off on timing > and the more power the engine makes. I don't think...
• Re: I'm stumped! (misfire)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 23 May 1998 14:14:05 -0500
  ...I think the knock sensor and knock sensor electronics is a good thing and probably would help our beloved vans with a little more...
• Re: Jokes...?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:03:08 +0000
  ...Orange Van a gone camping! > > And… > > Knock Knock > > Not possible we don’t have a knock sensor and can run on regular gas. > > > Eric...
• Gasoline Octane rating explained
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:33:26 -0800
  ...Modern engines have knock sensors to adjust the engine timing to eliminate the knock, but the Vanagon does not. These engines can get more...
• The details of Motronic
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 00:58:31 -0400
  ...In this sense, it would seem it makes no difference which wires from the computer are attached to which of the two knock sensors...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 6 May 2001 23:27:11 -0700
  ...no knock sensor in an 83 air-cooled, or any stock vanagon for that matter! David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon...