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**Murlo26** · 10-20-2011

Not much of an update, but the car is up at DB right now and no idea wtf is going on with it now.

The serpentine belt was rubbing pretty bad and frayed so they replaced that but I had gotten a knock sensor code as well so I wanted that looked into as it scared me a bit.

They didn't see any reason why the belt was rubbing I guess so we will see where that goes after more driving. The knock sensor code pops up 50% of the time now on startup (so every other startup) Shane said so I went ahead and ordered a new sensor two days ago so we can confirm the sensor is working. I guess Shane said he had been seeing some crazy counts from like 9 counts to 0 to 9 back to zero or some crazy shit.

I am hoping nothing is wrong with the motor itself and its something stupid like fuel pump or MAF or something. ERL has had a few problem motors lately popping up in threads with people having to pull them and send them back but those were strokers not overbore motors like mine.

Once we can confirm the knock sensor is working we are going to start trying things like blocking off my second fuel pump on the double pumper and putting the stock intake back on too for scaling the injectors better and what not.

Sigh, i was really looking forward to some peddle mashing, I think i have only had one clean pull since I got the car, maybe two. As we are getting these weird things a bunch. The joys of a built motor I guess.

Shane has been pretty good about helping out though and I thank him for that.

One thing I am going to have him try after talking with a few gurus and AMS is collapsing my high octane and low octane timing tables. Apparently that really helps with these crazy knock occurances. I hope that wasn't the problem though and that my knock sensor is in fact bad. With the code I can't imagine that something isn't wrong with the sensor itself as everyone I talked to said they have never seen this code. Especially since its the same sensor that took a blow from the rod on my first motor. DB checked it on my first motor build and it appeared to still be working.

I am so so tempted to dump this car and pay off debt, that sounds like way more fun to me. Not sure if its just my luck or if built motors just require that much extra nonsense to keep them up to par.

10-20-2011	#1788
Murlo26 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lino Lakes Drives: 17 Honda Accord Posts: 4,041	Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog Not much of an update, but the car is up at DB right now and no idea wtf is going on with it now. The serpentine belt was rubbing pretty bad and frayed so they replaced that but I had gotten a knock sensor code as well so I wanted that looked into as it scared me a bit. They didn't see any reason why the belt was rubbing I guess so we will see where that goes after more driving. The knock sensor code pops up 50% of the time now on startup (so every other startup) Shane said so I went ahead and ordered a new sensor two days ago so we can confirm the sensor is working. I guess Shane said he had been seeing some crazy counts from like 9 counts to 0 to 9 back to zero or some crazy shit. I am hoping nothing is wrong with the motor itself and its something stupid like fuel pump or MAF or something. ERL has had a few problem motors lately popping up in threads with people having to pull them and send them back but those were strokers not overbore motors like mine. Once we can confirm the knock sensor is working we are going to start trying things like blocking off my second fuel pump on the double pumper and putting the stock intake back on too for scaling the injectors better and what not. Sigh, i was really looking forward to some peddle mashing, I think i have only had one clean pull since I got the car, maybe two. As we are getting these weird things a bunch. The joys of a built motor I guess. Shane has been pretty good about helping out though and I thank him for that. One thing I am going to have him try after talking with a few gurus and AMS is collapsing my high octane and low octane timing tables. Apparently that really helps with these crazy knock occurances. I hope that wasn't the problem though and that my knock sensor is in fact bad. With the code I can't imagine that something isn't wrong with the sensor itself as everyone I talked to said they have never seen this code. Especially since its the same sensor that took a blow from the rod on my first motor. DB checked it on my first motor build and it appeared to still be working. I am so so tempted to dump this car and pay off debt, that sounds like way more fun to me. Not sure if its just my luck or if built motors just require that much extra nonsense to keep them up to par. Last edited by Murlo26; 10-20-2011 at 04:59 PM..