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Old 03-16-2012, 07:59 PM   #5
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Re: 1990 Suburban (350 TBI) knock problem

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Originally Posted by Jonboy View Post
Make sure that the distributor is clocked correctly. I was having similar problems, and it ended up being the distributor clocking. The plugs on the side should be pointing at about 2 o'clock. Disconnect the SPOUT connector, and set initial timing at about 2 degrees advanced. See what that does.
The plugs are at like 1 or 2. I had the timing set at 2, but it "knocks" less at 0. So right now it's at 0. Pretty sure something is funny with the MAP sensor, so I'm going to replace that, and go from there.
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