Congratulations! Persistence always pays off in the end. I think most of the smog guys these days are so used to the OBD2 cars, that when someone shows up with an older vehicle like yours, it's just a thorn in their shorts that they don't want to deal with, so they treat you like crap so you'll just go away.
~Holland On Apr 25, 2016 09:21, "damac2004" <damac2...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > looks like i forgot to update my thread. i ended up leaving the second > knock sensor hooked up to the engine which was between cylinder 2 and 3. > never detected any pinging on this car. drove the hell out of it, it > seems happy at current timing and isn't hesitating when i stomp on the > pedal. car is definately slower without those mods, i thought they were bs. > > i went to the 4th smog shop that also did repairs and pleaded for help to > find out why these other shops were jerks to me and kept telling me about > the check engine light. > > this guy was nice, listened to what i had to say and took my smog test out > to his tech. he said the light and egr stuff was seperate, that i had a > federal emissions car and the light wasn't applicable but he saw other cars > from this generation that needed a light and thought it was interesting. > he smogged me on the spot and i passed! > > i don't think this bigger repair shop did me any favors? but i'm glad to > finally have it done. nobody could really answer why some shops said this > car needed a light. one shop saw my fail and freaked on me saying i needed > a light blindly and wouldn't even look it up. moral of the story is find a > good shop when it comes to any kind of service. you can't believe these > guys at face value. > > thanks for all the help!!! > > i know i was freaking out since it was just me working on all this stuff. > i really hate these gassers and can't wait to get to my mtdi conversions, > never will buy an old gasser again! > > > On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 9:49:28 PM UTC-7, hollandphillips wrote: >> >> 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" <dama...@sbcglobal.net> 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 >> >> ... > > -- > 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 mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. > 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/259247e4-948a-40f8-9a99-a3bb576bde60%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/259247e4-948a-40f8-9a99-a3bb576bde60%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 mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. 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/CABrbKBkTVL14%3DXDzLhoJPkTLrp8VkiWzSWYq8DxcK-uBWv-Mjg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
