I need a picture of the knock sensor
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I need a picture of the knock sensor
I can not find my knock sensor, does anyone have a picture of the location? I have no idea what it looks like so I can not find it.
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It is above the front rotor's spark plugs. It is a HEX shaped sensor with 2 wires coming out of it. Kinda hard to see with the power steering pump in the car. I'll try to find a pic if you give me an email. Aloha, Dave
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Relocating? Ain't gonna happen dude.
As for where is it, remove the intake elbow and look right above the leading top spark plug. You'll see a big 1" diameter, bronze hexagonal bolt looking thing with a wire sticking out of it. That is the knock sensor!
As for where is it, remove the intake elbow and look right above the leading top spark plug. You'll see a big 1" diameter, bronze hexagonal bolt looking thing with a wire sticking out of it. That is the knock sensor!
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Originally posted by DCrosby
Why ?? What Huh ??? Relocate to where ?? The Radio ??? I've heard about retarded base, but that's going a bit far
Why ?? What Huh ??? Relocate to where ?? The Radio ??? I've heard about retarded base, but that's going a bit far
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Relocating? Ain't gonna happen dude.
As for where is it, remove the intake elbow and look right above the leading top spark plug. You'll see a big 1" diameter, bronze hexagonal bolt looking thing with a wire sticking out of it. That is the knock sensor!
Relocating? Ain't gonna happen dude.
As for where is it, remove the intake elbow and look right above the leading top spark plug. You'll see a big 1" diameter, bronze hexagonal bolt looking thing with a wire sticking out of it. That is the knock sensor!
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Half past twelve are you the kid that has the red rx7 in Del Rio? If so don’t take to much advice from the two guys that drive FC down there. You are better off asking on this forum or the other forum about your FD. TRUST ME…
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Surely it feedbacks to the ecu
but i don't think the ecu will retard the ignition
maybe it will just cut fuel as well as when you hit boost over the predetermined values
BTW most of cat equipped/fuel injected cars have it
but i don't think the ecu will retard the ignition
maybe it will just cut fuel as well as when you hit boost over the predetermined values
BTW most of cat equipped/fuel injected cars have it
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Sounds like somebody has PMS. You cannot relocate the knock sensor( that is, unless you have a degree in mechanical/electrical engineering and plan to re-design it, which will also probably mean you will need to drill and tap the block). You need a knock sensor on your FD. One knock or ping can destroy an apex seal yesterday. I suggest you find another place for your PMS.
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half past twelve, if you unplug it you will disable one of the device the ecu has to prevent you from blowing the engine
just relocating i think will not change so much, if you still relocate it on the engine
the knock sensor is usually a small accelerator, sensing the acceleration given to the block by the a/f mix exploding (detonation)
if you just change the position on the engine it will still sense the knocking (even if there are some positions more "sensitive" for it)
but maybe you only need a less sensitive sensor, in this way you can try to relocate it, even if i think that Mazda engineers did not put this randomly
just relocating i think will not change so much, if you still relocate it on the engine
the knock sensor is usually a small accelerator, sensing the acceleration given to the block by the a/f mix exploding (detonation)
if you just change the position on the engine it will still sense the knocking (even if there are some positions more "sensitive" for it)
but maybe you only need a less sensitive sensor, in this way you can try to relocate it, even if i think that Mazda engineers did not put this randomly
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The knock sensor on our cars due send feedback to the computer. In my case a while back the wiring for my knock sensor went bad and every once in a while it would tell my computer that I was getting knock when I wasn’t and so the ECU would tern my boost down to 6psi. But that problem is all fixed now.
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Experiment all you want, it's your motor, but I would strongly advise against moving the knock sensor. If there is one fragile aspect of a rotary engine it is its vulnerability to detonation. You want that knock sensor doing what it's supposed to do.
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why so much emphasis on the knock sensor, Arent our engines toast if they get a single knock count?
I dont think the ecu responds to the knock quick enough to save the engine anyways. Also knock sensors work on frequencys, when you change out your exhaust you change the factory specified frequency and are probably sending the sensor false readings.
Im not positive on this information, im just carrying over what i know about modern day ecus and how they interpret knock and their reactions
I dont think the ecu responds to the knock quick enough to save the engine anyways. Also knock sensors work on frequencys, when you change out your exhaust you change the factory specified frequency and are probably sending the sensor false readings.
Im not positive on this information, im just carrying over what i know about modern day ecus and how they interpret knock and their reactions
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Yeah sorry, that was my intent with my sarcastic remark...
There have been people with the J&S Knock sensor, that had wild engine problems when tuning, and then turned off Knock / Spark Retard, and BOOM engine blew as soon as they did another run... basically a knock sensor is nothing more than a microphone that "Listens" for abnormal background noise in the rotor, that would indicate pre-detonation, that why it's near the spark plugs, that's where this would happen, I'm actually adding another KS to the other rotor housing, then my AEM will let me retard the timing on either sparc individually depending on which one is starting to detonate....
Anyhow, get someone to look at your fuel maps, and see why it's retarding your sparc... (and BTW Knock sensors don't cut fuel, you'd lean out and blow your motor... you always cut sparc...) that will fix your problem, don't go after the safety device, go after the problem...
There have been people with the J&S Knock sensor, that had wild engine problems when tuning, and then turned off Knock / Spark Retard, and BOOM engine blew as soon as they did another run... basically a knock sensor is nothing more than a microphone that "Listens" for abnormal background noise in the rotor, that would indicate pre-detonation, that why it's near the spark plugs, that's where this would happen, I'm actually adding another KS to the other rotor housing, then my AEM will let me retard the timing on either sparc individually depending on which one is starting to detonate....
Anyhow, get someone to look at your fuel maps, and see why it's retarding your sparc... (and BTW Knock sensors don't cut fuel, you'd lean out and blow your motor... you always cut sparc...) that will fix your problem, don't go after the safety device, go after the problem...
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Originally posted by Drifter93
Half past twelve are you the kid that has the red rx7 in Del Rio? If so don’t take to much advice from the two guys that drive FC down there. You are better off asking on this forum or the other forum about your FD. TRUST ME…
Half past twelve are you the kid that has the red rx7 in Del Rio? If so don’t take to much advice from the two guys that drive FC down there. You are better off asking on this forum or the other forum about your FD. TRUST ME…
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No system is perfect, but if the ecu detects any type of "vibration" behavior similar to a knock or ping it retards the spark immediately to prevent another knock or ping from occurring. The apex seals can probably endure several knocks or pings over the life of the engine--knocks or pings you and I will never detect. But if you get any bad fuel or some other timing anomaly that leads to repeated knocks/pings the apex seals are not going to last long.
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Originally posted by XSTransAm
why so much emphasis on the knock sensor, Arent our engines toast if they get a single knock count?
I dont think the ecu responds to the knock quick enough to save the engine anyways. Also knock sensors work on frequencys, when you change out your exhaust you change the factory specified frequency and are probably sending the sensor false readings.
Im not positive on this information, im just carrying over what i know about modern day ecus and how they interpret knock and their reactions
why so much emphasis on the knock sensor, Arent our engines toast if they get a single knock count?
I dont think the ecu responds to the knock quick enough to save the engine anyways. Also knock sensors work on frequencys, when you change out your exhaust you change the factory specified frequency and are probably sending the sensor false readings.
Im not positive on this information, im just carrying over what i know about modern day ecus and how they interpret knock and their reactions