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Knock box wiring testing help



Make sure to check the water temp sender, if the contacts get corroded,
or the sender takes a dump, the knock ignition system defaults to "limp
home" mode and acts exactly like you are describing.

BcH
78 MkI Ragtop ABA 16vT boxes of parts


> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Ryan H
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 4:21 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Knock box wiring testing help
> 
> 
> Any hints or procedures for testing the knock box wiring?
> I've swapped two different (same PN) boxes and neither 
> worked, and I still suspect a faulty knock system causing my 
> car to have low power (no timing advance, won't rev past 4k, 
> occasionally shuts off completely) I have a brand new 
> distributor/cap, could these be bad already? (The problem 
> started a week or so after I replaced it, but I replaced many 
> other things in that week, too). Thanks.
> 
> 
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