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Old 03-13-2006 | 04:13 PM
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first Z32 question!

Alright i just got back from my girlfriends house which is about 15 miles away. I popped the hood just to look under it and i noticed something. The little connector thats like at the very top of the engine behind the penilum right dead center behind it, the wire cover was coming off and the wire was exposed and it was pretty hot. What is that connector for?
Old 03-13-2006 | 04:20 PM
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Wrong section buddy!

You have to get used to using the Z32 forums now... It took me a while also.

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Old 03-13-2006 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RodMoyes
Wrong section buddy!

You have to get used to using the Z32 forums now... It took me a while also.

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I did post in the Z32 section...unless im getting senial at the age of 17?

Anyways, any idea of what part im talking about?
Old 03-13-2006 | 04:26 PM
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Moved to the z32 section.
Old 03-13-2006 | 04:27 PM
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Did i REALLY post in the z31 section? hahaha...wow...guess i was so used to that =P...
Old 03-13-2006 | 05:05 PM
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Any ideas on what it is?
Old 03-13-2006 | 05:22 PM
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seeing as the attachments are working again, how about a pic?
Old 03-13-2006 | 05:24 PM
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This isnt my car but the area in red is about where its at
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Old 03-13-2006 | 08:39 PM
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there's 3-4 connectors in that area, think you could get a closer pic.
I dunno maybe of YOUR CAR.
Old 03-13-2006 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Riz Z Speed
there's 3-4 connectors in that area, think you could get a closer pic.
I dunno maybe of YOUR CAR.
Once i get around a Digital camera ill snap a picture.
Old 03-14-2006 | 05:34 PM
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its probably the knock sensor, and if its disconnected look for a little 1megaohm resistor ghetto rigged into there somehwere, if you find one then you most likely have a bad knock sensor and someone bypassed it<BR><BR>
btw is this what your talking about?<BR>
http://www.angelfire.com/geek/vg30de...tSenRel01.html (several pics of detonation sensor location)

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Old 03-14-2006 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Aphrodite
its probably the knock sensor, and if its disconnected look for a little 1megaohm resistor ghetto rigged into there somehwere, if you find one then you most likely have a bad knock sensor and someone bypassed it<BR><BR>
btw is this what your talking about?<BR>
http://www.angelfire.com/geek/vg30de...tSenRel01.html (several pics of detonation sensor location)
I think that may be it. everything is still connected but the wires rubber sheath is coming off.
Old 03-14-2006 | 09:16 PM
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ah, I misread your first post... for some reason I thought you said was disconnected, I'd say wrap it with high temp silicone based electrical tape, not the regular vinyl based kind, the silicone will have a more waterproof seal and bonds better to itself. unless you feel like taking the connector off and putting some heatshrink or coldshrink on there
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Originally Posted by Aphrodite
ah, I misread your first post... for some reason I thought you said was disconnected, I'd say wrap it with high temp silicone based electrical tape, not the regular vinyl based kind, the silicone will have a more waterproof seal and bonds better to itself. unless you feel like taking the connector off and putting some heatshrink or coldshrink on there
Can i get that silicone tape at like discout auto or do i need to go to a hardware store?
Old 03-14-2006 | 11:42 PM
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Can i get that silicone tape at like discout auto or do i need to go to a hardware store?
<BR>Well, I know autozone out here sometimes carries it in stock, but I usually get from lowes
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