hey guys, well today my radiator decided to blow on me. so while replacing it i decided to play Richard Simmons and put my car on a diet. i removed the a/c condenser, the a/c compressor, the smog pump (although ive had it unhooked for about 2 months!), and the AIR diverter valve(?) (it was this big, black box with about 3 good size AIR hoses coming out of it, and electrical wires coming out of the bottom.) one of these wires (a white one) went to an electrical sensor (a knock sensor?) on the lower left (as you face the engine looking under the hood) side of the block just above the oil pan. i knew i was in deep dookie when i pulled this wire, but i already had the AIR fizzlefart off so i pulled it anyway. well, when i finished the job and started her up, all sounded well (had to plug one of the bigger hoses that came out of the before mentioned AIR fizzlefart, but after that all was well) i romped on her a few times and it all sounded great so i let her idle for about 20 mins to make sure she wasn't still puking (coolant) and went to spend some "quality time" with the fiancee-actually on this forum! well, about 30 mins later i set off for home. i drove about 1/2 mile to get out of the neighborhood and then romped on her to see what "improvements" i had made. well, i BARELY got on her before what to my young ears should appear? DETONATION LIKE CRAZY!!!! i mean at like, 3000 rpms, so this was very serious. thats what lead me to believe the little sensor at the bottom of the block was a knock sensor. so i swing in to the Chevron up the street and whip out the trusty 'ol timing light. first i check the timing WITH the brown wire hooked up to see what my baby's computer is thinking, i was kinda shocked to see 28 DEGREES ADVANCED!!!! so then i unhooked the brown wire and the timing was still set at 10 degrees advanced (my sig says 14 advanced but im experimenting.). so i decide to set it down just a wee bit. so i set it to about 5 degrees advanced. i hook up the brown wire and take off. this time when i get on it it doesn't detonate but above 3 grand it feels like ive run out of gas (bogging like hell) so i stop again up the road (ironically at ANOTHER Chevron!). again, i first check the timing with brown wire connected, this time timing is at 23 degrees advanced. unhook it, 5 degrees advanced. so i leave the brown wire unhooked and drive it home so now of course it feels dead above 3500-4000. so could someone help me? i want to leave the AIR valve off, so if i can, how do i wire around it? im trying to make my car ZERO EMISSIONS. i know there are people out there not running the AIR system, so how to i fix my baby so she'll be happy again?

 

Go carburated and that'll make it all simple from there.

 

thanks for the tip. lol i fixed the problem last night, i somehow in my Simmon-esque madness unplugged the knock sensor, thanks again to rezinn for bringin it to my attention as i was too tired to even think straight!!!

 

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This is a little off topic but I thought I'd write anyway, the reason Fort Lewis, WA sucks so bad is because your in Tacoma, if you moved from that hell hole on earth to the eastside such as bellevue or redmond, it rains less and more civialized people live over here, but I don't blame ya cause I'm orginally from georgia, and NC so I know where your comin from.