Thanks for the education....I was too lazy to walk out to the garage and
look it up in my manual........Must have been thinking about my wife's
Pontiac or something!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rader <rlr@bbt.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: DML: supreme or regular
>Howard Olson wrote:
>
>> Isn't there a knock sensor on the engine that will detect
>> detonation/preignition and will retard the timing to compensate?
>
> Well, I can only speak for the pre-97s (mine is a 95, and many buddies
>have 96s), but these Dakotas do NOT have a knock sensor. So the quick
>answer to your question is no. The Dakota's PCM does manipulate engine
>timing, but not in response to detected engine knock.
>
> Ron
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