hello, i am trying to replace my knock sensor. i had it checked by someone who knows what they are doing ( i think) and i was told it had gone bad. with that in mind i bought a new one and went to it this morning to replace it. now here is the catch. i think i know where it is on the car. and if im right i bought the wrong one at advance. but just to be sure i wanted to ask.

so is the knock sensor on a jdm obdo b16 located next to the oil filter? kind of behind the alternator? if so i have to run back to advance, if not i have to run back outside. it has one wire and a rubber boot covering the connector and the whole head of the sensor. if it isnt the knock, what is it?

 

to locate it look at your intake manifold. there should be a spot right in the middle of the manifold where it connects to the block. you should see a 12mm bolt that holds the manifold on, its right below that. pretty much in the middle of the block almost where the head/block meet.

 

ok i am trying to look there, but i see no sensor.

this is what i do see and what im trying to desrcibe



the lower sensor has the wire removed and i thought that was the knock sensor. it is to the left of the oil filter you see in the picture

 

that is the knock sensor

 

thats a mixed blessing, now i just have to find one

thank you for your help

 

im guessing that you have a b16, well it located under the intake manifold and behind the block and on top of the oil filter but its about 1 to 2 inch below the intake manifold. the ine that is in the pix os the oil pressure sensor.

 

yea the knock sensor should plug right in. should be square type of end for the plug too.

 

ok but how would he find a knock sensor for an obd 0 motor thats JDM. i would have never thought they would sell that at advance or autozone. i'm just tryin to chime in and learn so excuse my $.02

 

look up higher you may have to pull off ur oil filter to see it but the pic shows the oil pressure switch.

 

as far as i know a knock sensor from a obd1 b16 should work. i know it worked in my obd0 LS/V

 

yeah you are right that is the oil pressure switch