This Doesn't look Right (Knock Sensor)
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This Doesn't look Right (Knock Sensor)
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I was changing my spark plugs and noticed the below. Looking at the workshop manuals looks like the knock sensor. The wire doesn't seem to be inside, however I have tried to move it and its solid.
Is this normal or should I have it replaced?
I was changing my spark plugs and noticed the below. Looking at the workshop manuals looks like the knock sensor. The wire doesn't seem to be inside, however I have tried to move it and its solid.
Is this normal or should I have it replaced?
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There is a gelatin-like oil inside the knock sensor (to keep it more stable). A typical sign of a failing knock sensor is oil leaking out of it. Yours is shot, replace it.
-Rob
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Originally Posted by DVSseven
What Will The Faulty Knock Sensor Affect?drivability?
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Rob is indeed correct, replace it. Without the goop in it, chances are it will pick up more vibrations as engine knock noise that would otherwise not be present in a properly functioning sensor. With it thinking the extra noise/vibration present it will retard timing and your car won't make as much power or be as smooth as it really should.
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Thanks for the info, I Not in the mood to send it off to a Mazda dealer, how difficult is it to replace the sensor? Is it as simple as changing the spark plugs? Do I also have to replace the wire as well?
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The sensor IS the wire. Follow the wire up, it plugs in to the engine harness down in the mess of crap, beside the purge solenoid, behind the alternator area. UNplug the wire, snake it out of the rest of the stuff so it's free, use a large adjustable to unscrew the hex sensor from the block, and reinstal the new one...simple as that.
You might have to remove some BS to get at the actual plug, though, if your car is still stock emissions/sequential.
You might have to remove some BS to get at the actual plug, though, if your car is still stock emissions/sequential.
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