Subject	My cheap knock sensor went bad after less than a year.
Posted by	treese88 on May 22, 2009 at 5:48 PM
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In Reply To	Cheap Knock Sensors - found some for $47 vs. the $170 OEM posted by Yoshi on May 22, 2009 at 09:44 AM
Message	So I've decided there is some reason the OEM version costs $170! '91 TT
Follow Ups	Cheap Knock Sensors - found some for $47 vs. the $170 OEM - Yoshi 09:44:26 05/22/09 i passed on the cheap one - Ahmed (Chicago) 09:51:29 05/22/09 True. I buy the more expensive item for that very reason - Yoshi 09:57:59 05/22/09 i'm pretty sure it's not the same manufacturer - Ahmed (Chicago) 10:20:58 05/22/09 So you purchased the good OE sensor and then relocated - Ash's Z 10:36:51 05/22/09 it's not possible AT ALL for it to work there? (n/m) - Ahmed (Chicago) 10:47:39 05/22/09 The det sensor is a piezo-based device - it produces a - Ash's Z 10:59:34 05/22/09 it's on the back of the plenum as nixit suggested - Ahmed (Chicago) 11:10:34 05/22/09 Relocating it will fix the code 34 because the ECU will - Ash's Z 11:36:35 05/22/09 The ECU - Jehannum (blown) 13:00:35 05/22/09 The knock sensor isn't a resistive device - it is a - Ash's Z 15:29:46 05/22/09 It's good to have hobbies (n/m) - Guapo 15:39:57 05/22/09 Here's a screenshot of a DAQ setup I used to have in my - Ash's Z 15:48:26 05/22/09 Can you monitor the knock signal with the Zem? (n/m) - MY3ZTT 16:42:28 05/22/09 Not in its current configuration, no. The main problem is - Ash's Z 17:57:39 05/22/09 excellent (n/m) - ZiNnYc 22:02:31 05/22/09 really, you said that? (n/m) - Drk93TT 11:41:38 05/22/09 LOL, didn't mean for it to sound accusatory or anything. (n/m) - Ash's Z 11:47:41 05/22/09 how's business going? have you caught up with all the orders - spyhunterTT(nj) 12:02:08 05/22/09 umm.... What?!?! (n/m) - zfreak(Dallas) 12:07:12 05/22/09 sorry I missed you in Montreal - ZEngineer 13:09:24 05/22/09 that's okay, i had lunch with Claude though - Ahmed (Chicago) 13:33:34 05/22/09 I've managed to find the OEM one from a large distributor - MixManMash 10:20:53 05/22/09 Yeah, that's like $170 US. - TriniTT 12:36:59 05/22/09 Lol. At the rate that the CDN dollar has been climbing the - MixManMash 12:47:46 05/22/09 My cheap knock sensor went bad after less than a year. - treese88 17:48:44 05/22/09
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