Knock Sensor Question - Ferm/Spare!!!

[THEFERMANATOR]

Oh no spare, he has an LS. It is located down in the lifter valley under the intake manifold. You have to remove the intake to change it, so unplugging it isn't that easy. I do know they are VERY sensitive to torque, and most are broken when being installed. And a few people have gotten this code due to an exhaust rattle against the block.

[spareparts]

gotcha, I'm thinking old school small block

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Originally Posted by spareparts

gotcha, I'm thinking old school small block

Yep, GM used to put them down in the block drains where they were easy to get to(unless it was the 4.3L where they put them in the heads, still not that bad to get to). For the LS engines they moved them under the intake.

[ssiredfish]

I read somewhere that it can be accessed through the front pass wheel well. Do you know if thats possible?

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Originally Posted by ssiredfish

I read somewhere that it can be accessed through the front pass wheel well. Do you know if thats possible?

Maybe on a 5.7L, but on a LS engine they are underneath the intake manifold, and require engine teardown to get to. This pic will give you an idea of where they are at. They are under the rubber plugs in this pic.

[spareparts]

story goes(it was in Hot Rod)some guy was talking to the Cadillac engineers about the starter in the NorthStar engine and how stupid it was to mount it in the the engine valley. The Cadillac guys stated that the starter in the Northstars had the lowest failure rate of any of the GM engines and they had engineered it to be almost infallible. The guy asked them why the did put that starter on all the other engines if it was that good, the engineers didn't know how to answer

[phatdaddy]

redfish, i have an 02 tahoe w 5.3, same thing happened. went through a deep puddle and 1 week later, got the same code. had to replace the sensors and wire harness. and manifold and vc gaskets. i went with the gm sensors, aftermarkets were bout 50 bucks cheaper, but hassle of getting to them, i went with oem.