After a bunch of research I decided I would try a cheap ebay knock sensor in my car to fix a hesitation and stumbling/surging power issue. This was an excell…
After a bunch of research I decided I would try a cheap ebay knock sensor in my car to fix a hesitation and stumbling/surging power issue. This was an excell…
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I didn’t see any coolant going anywhere when I did the job on my car and I don’t recall the subaru guys online saying anything about coolant during this process.
I’m gonna replace my knock sensor on a 95 legacy, I’m reading this manual and it’s telling me that when you take out the bolt, coolant will come gushing out?
This is correct although the sensors can get shifty and perform poorly without throwing a code or activating the check engine light.
I don’t think you’d replace this unless you suspected it was faulty.
if its bad, after you install a new one, you will see better mpg’s (because as of now, the ecu thinks the engine is knocking, so the timing has been retarded to compensate), it will have more power, and idle smoother and the check engine light wont be on anymore.
whats the benefit of getting a new knock sensor, i got a 92 subaru leg.
As you see in the video I had to give my KS bolt a fairly good crank to pop it loose. I say go for it. I have heard of alternative mounting points if you did happen to break the bolt and get desperate for re-mounting options. Happy fixing!
Phearless:- 98 Forester CEL light comes and goes I thought related to engine temp.Car runs great although 440 000 km. Afraid to use too much torque when undoing KS bolt in case it snaps. I have just received KS from U.S. far cheaper than in Aust. Hope CEL clears.
I installed it earlier today. It was pretty easy. I could feel it, or see it, but not both. Like you said. lol! I have not driven it yet, but I started it, and it runs great, and no check engine light. Who knows, the car may run even better than before. I will cfross my fingers, and hope the light stays off. I have no idea why a part that appears to be just a chunk of metal with a wire attached to it could go bad.
Thanks! That detail about orienting the sensor is such a little detail but so important. If I hadn’t read about that ahead of time I would have just slapped the sensor in any old way and it would have been tweaked/broken when I installed it.
My check engine light was on. Had the codes read at the auto parts store. The code reader said “knock sensor” I bought one and will install it tomorrow. I hope it works. My car was running great, so now I’m a bit skeptical. Good video. I like the part about orienting the part.
That’s great, I love a success story!
For ~$15 it’s certainly worth a shot. Best $15 I’ve ever spent fixing a car .:)
Ordered and installed one of those cheapo ebay knock sensors, fixed all my problems. Thanks for the info!
So far so good. I’ve put at least 5000kms on it already.
Is that Ebay knock sensor holding up?
going japanese for the next one
Ouch, that stings the pocketbook!
I replaced the power steering pump on another Subaru I owned once and it cost me $100 from a junkyard for a used one and about an hour of work in the driveway. Maybe you need a subaru to wrench on 🙂
just paid 900 euros to get a new pump for the servo steering,breaks my heart
Yeah it’s nice for a change 🙂
Maybe if it was JDM mouse poop…
nice when things go right
Mouse poop is great for about 40 horsepower.