well long story short, my friends knock sensor broke on his 01 lude and the stealership wants a lot for a new one and if i remember right i heard someone talkin about bypassing it but just grounding the wire out to the chassis? can anyone verify this?

 

Just buy a new one, and replace it yourselves. It shouldnt be that hard, and cheaper. The knock sensor is there for a reason.

 

the knock sensor is $120 which is pretty pricey and all they really do is tell u when ur motor is knocking.. there pretty pointless because on my old EJ8 i got rod knock like a ***** ****er and i never got a code for it.. im going to try and bypass it and if it doesnt work then i guess he will have to buy a new sensor.. i was just trying to help a homie out

 

Detonation and rod knock are two entirely different things. When you put 87 octane in a car that requires 93 what do you think keeps it from destroying itself?

 

Rod knock is a mechanical problem. Detonation/knock/pinging is a combustion problem. The knock sensor is designed to pick up those knocking frequencies and retard the timing on the engine to keep it from being damaged. Leave it off, or bypassing could do very serious damage to the engine. Think about whats more pricey: A 120 dollar knock sensor, or a couple grand for a new engine?

 

if you plan on modding your car at all, get a chipped ecu and disable it..., the knock sensor likes to be real "trigger happy" even with a few engine mods...., just do a search on the net, for more opinions on this... there are alot of them

 

Enzo15 PrecisionH23a: A wise man once told me... Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.

your signature is funny sh*t

 

lol thanks. I got it from PrecisionH23a. Dont remember where or when, but He was the one who typed it first. I found it funny, and decided to use it as a sig

 

OK so I just built a Frankenstein (h23 head with f22 block) and the h23 has a KS and the F22 does not. So what do I do? I had to use the H23 wire harness and if I leave it disconnected it will throw a code and put it in limp mode. So I kinda need to bypass it dont I? Unless there is a place to put one on the F22 block?

Any ideas?

 

Why don't you just get a p06 chipped ECU with an H23A basemap?? That will bypass the Knock Sensor.

 

why would i spend all that money to bypass a simple KS? I want my car running asap without spending more money.

 

Well think about it, it all depends on the ECU so if the ECU you are using comes with an engine that has a KS then that ECU is going to look for it so...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...66663654316902

 

so... nothing... thats why I am asking for a solution. Like a bypass or a delete or a way to add a knock sensor to the f22 block.

 

if you read what I posted earlier I have a KS. I dont however have a place to put it lol.

 

ok cant I buy a knock sensor and find a bolt that fits it and apoxy it to the block?