Got a '98 With False Knock? Step In!!
 

I'm hearing from some that there is nothing you can do . . . I am getting some 100 today to test, but I'm pretty sure I have false knock problems, and I've heard they plague 98's. Has anyone found a fix for this? I've heard some people say that it's the belt tensioner; mine squeeks and jumps a couple of ribs under hard acceleration, I wonder if that could cause it? Anybody else solve this in any other way??

- Dug

Re: Got a '98 With False Knock? Step In!!
 

Mine is a '98.

I've always gotten around 1.4 to 1.9 degrees of KR at WOT whether it was with the blower or not, 93 octane or 108.

Who knows? <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />

Re: Got a '98 With False Knock? Step In!!
 

I wish that's all I was getting. I'm showing 3.5-4 when WOT!!

- Dug

Re: Got a '98 With False Knock? Step In!!
 

Doug, you may want to check your knock sensors. I had a moisture issue with my rear one. I believe there was even a TSB for this.

Re: Got a '98 With False Knock? Step In!!
 

Jas, did you have to replace it? How hard is it to do yourself? You have to remove the intake to get at it, right?

- Dug

Re: Got a '98 With False Knock? Step In!!
 

The intake comes off and the sensors are screwed into the metal plate bolted between the heads.

You can see a pic of it on my GWP 422 thread.

Re: Got a '98 With False Knock? Step In!!
 

I get kr on my 98 about 95% of the time I go WOT. But mine usually doesn't show up until I shift from one gear to the next. It gets a spike of about 3*, then dies off until the next shift. I have been assuming that was because I didn't have the engine at the same rpm for the wheels, and when I release the clutch it just puts a lot more load on the engine until the rpms have equalized. But maybe it's not me...I'd like to hope so. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

Re: Got a '98 With False Knock? Step In!!
 

Well, turns out I don't have false knock . . . dumped in some 100 and cranked the boost up to 7psi . . . no knock except at high rpms when it's going lean. I'm going to add more fuel to take care of that . . .

- Dug

I just tuned on the dyno today and couldn't get rid of knock around 3700 to 4100, it is usually about 3-4.5 knock. These 98's are pains. :D
Tom

I solidered in a 1K resistor in each wire going to the knock sensors. No more false knock.