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Yea I'm throwing a knock sensors code and I poped my hood and noticed I didn't have one. I just got the swap so the person before me probably took it. I heard the knock sensor retards the distributor and makes the motor have low torgue and HP. When I do get my sensor I was wondering how to install and what I need to do. Do you just screw it in and put one of the plugs in? There's two plugs which one?

 

bump for a sensor genius

 

that's all it is.. if you're missing it.. get one.. screw it in.. and put the plug in.. reset the ecu(battery or fuse for 10-15 min) and you should be ready to go..

yes it retards timing for a safety issue.

you should get one right away.. i wouldnt drive around with it not in.

 

But there's 2 connectors that fit and ones a little longer reach the knock sensor

 

its gonna be a 2 prong sensor.. i think the connector is green..

 

Well I'll just try the longer connecter and I heard if I connect the wrond one then the light will come on and that means it's the other connector. Does anyone know why there's two connectors and whats the other one for I heard one is for power steering pressure sensor.

 

no idea.. is one green and the other grey???

 

Ill check 2 night. thx 4 your help

 

bump

 

bump for a friend

 

knock sensor is only one wire...

 

no theres 2 connecters that can go into the top of the sensor once its screwed in

 

Yea we checked there a longer one and a shorter one

 

then you're not looking at a knock sensor


Modified by JETSPD1477 at 5:30 PM 10/6/2005

 

the outline red shows the 2 connector that I see they are both free. which one is for the knock sensor?

 

if you'd listen to me a knock sensor only has one pin in the connector... meaning the connector on the harness is only one wire. what you have circled there looks like temp and O2

 

if you'd listen to me a knock sensor only has one pit in the connector... meaning the connector on the harness is only one wire. what you have circled there looks like temp and O2

 

O ok I understand. Which one is it on the picture

 

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This guy is 100% right. It’s basically just a Microphone. OEM ones aren’t really that great, and if you have any aftermarket internals forget about using your stock knock. Aftermarket internals generally make more noise, so your knock thinks your detonating and will retard = slow car.

I say if your motor is stock, and stock ecu forget about the knock. Or just chip your ecu and turn the knock sensor off.

 

Ok once I thread the knock sensor into the block wheres the plug that I'm supose to connect it with?

 

well what wire harness are you using? if you dont have a single wire that fits over a small nipple then you dont have it on your harness and you will have to run the wire. if you need to run it, its easy, a straight SHIELDED wire from your ecu to the noc sensor. easy stuff.

 

i found the plug on your harness.

if you look in the very bottom right, thats your oil sensor, right above that is the single wire with the connector. thats it

But your car has to have the wire ran aswell.

 

Well its a regular gsr harness so Ill just run it to the ecu because I don't know which one. Can you tell from the picture I posted?

 

yea, the post just above the last one you posted i said I found it. its their, but your car wire harness may not have it. might be easier to just run it.

 

one is for knock sensor the other is the oil sensor