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that is why the knocking "went away"......the ECU pulled back on the timing.

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Charles Tague
93 Honda Civic DX HB
1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
86 Pontiac Trans Am
225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/
"alan" <acfang@yahoo.do_not_spam_me.com> wrote in message
news:befov4$4l6$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
> I have a 97 GSR with 49000 miles on it. I noticed that sometimes I hear
> a faint knocking sound, but it is only when I increase the throttle, and
> it only lasts about 1 second, then goes away. I'm using 91 octane gas.
> Is this normal? I thought the knock sensor was supposed to prevent
> this. Thanks
>
> ACF
>

It takes a second for it to respond? Well, ok...
Should it even knock in the first place? I had a 45K maintenance done
recently, and although I don't know exactly what the timing was, it was
probably within spec.

Mista Bone wrote:
> that is why the knocking "went away"......the ECU pulled back on the timing.
>
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> Charles Tague
> 93 Honda Civic DX HB
> 1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
> With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
> 86 Pontiac Trans Am
> 225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
> 305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
> http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/

> "alan" <acfang@yahoo.do_not_spam_me.com> wrote in message
> news:befov4$4l6$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
>
>>I have a 97 GSR with 49000 miles on it. I noticed that sometimes I hear
>>a faint knocking sound, but it is only when I increase the throttle, and
>>it only lasts about 1 second, then goes away. I'm using 91 octane gas.
>> Is this normal? I thought the knock sensor was supposed to prevent
>>this. Thanks
>>
>>ACF
>>
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