my 96 civic ex is only throwing a code for a bad knock sensor, yet it is occasionally sputtering aka hesitating upon acceleration. it seems like when I reset my ECU it runs a lot better until the check engine light comes back on..

I called a honda technician and he said it will run like **** without a good knock sensor reading.. does anyone agree? is that a way around this without buying a new sensor?

 

yeah, the ecu will pull timing from the motor in order to be on the safe side.

 

will it run really sluggish?

 

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Yes, it will likely run in limp or alter the timing like the guy above said.

Altered timing/limp = motor that runs like ***.

 

It will cut all your power. It'll feel like a VX.

 

well, i was going to convert to OBD1, would a P28 OBD1 ecu pull from timing also without a good knock sensor reading?

will all of the OBD2 sensors on my D16y8 still function properly with the OBD1 conversion?

 

Why don't you just get it tuned on a stanalone? It will allow you to not need the knock sensor.

 

i don't need it tuned, i'm not going to have my built turbo b16 in for at least another 3 months or more.. right now the engine is completely stock, i'm just doing the OBD1 conversion because it will be done when i put the b16 in anyway

so would the P28 OBD1 pull from timing without a knock sensor reading????

 

I guess from SEARCHING that the OBD1 P28 doesn't detect knock.