knock sensor engine light

**kodiak120** · 01-10-2006, 11:18 AM

I had a check engine light come on recently so i took my 01 SS to the dealer and they said it was a misc. code. Found out i had a small coolant leak from the water pump and the water pump seal was bad. Fixed the leak. Cleared the code and now its on again claiming its the engine knock sensor. Mechanic stated it might be caused by coolant leaking on the dristributor prior to leak fix. I've noticed some slight knocked but it seems random. Some days good some days a little rough. At idle its smooth.

Any suggestions? Or keep going around in circles with this code.

Thanks

The Rookie · 01-10-2006, 11:28 AM

Do you have an after market filter?? Have you cleaned and oiled it lately?

**IRACE2** · 01-10-2006, 12:41 PM

Replace the knock sensor. If any water gets under your intake manifold they will get water in them and rust. This can happen from washing your engine.

**kodiak120** · 01-10-2006, 12:59 PM

I do have a K&N filter which prob needs cleaning. I will try that.

**MadSeason** · 01-10-2006, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by IRACE2

Replace the knock sensor. If any water gets under your intake manifold they will get water in them and rust. This can happen from washing your engine.

They fixed that issue with different sensors in 2001, same year as his car. It's not false knock from that

**MadSeason** · 01-10-2006, 02:39 PM

When is the last time you changed the fuel filter? Ran any crappy Gas Lately?

**kodiak120** · 01-10-2006, 02:44 PM

fuel filter was changed 15k ago.......running shell 93 octane

**kodiak120** · 01-10-2006, 02:46 PM

I don't think its a false knock....it does knock but not all the time. I'm trying to figure out why its inconsistent. One trip and its great then the next its knocking up a hill in 3rd gear......

masterblaster · 01-10-2006, 03:00 PM

I had a similar prob with mine, replaced nasty old K&N with stock filter, changed fuel filter, and ONLY run shell 93 and no more knocking/pinging for awhile. It has started pinging a bit lately, maybe got a bad tank of gas. Are these f'ing cars gas sensitive or what???

**kodiak120** · 01-10-2006, 04:37 PM

Put a stock filter in and going to clean and oil the K&N. Going back to have the code read tomorrow and then reset. I'll check to make sure when i had my last fuel filter...just to make sure i didn't skip it at the 30k(well 35k) maintenence. I have 50k on it now.

**kodiak120** · 01-10-2006, 05:00 PM

fuel filter done 17k ago......i could replace that but i don't see it solving the problem.

The Rookie · 01-10-2006, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by kodiak120

Put a stock filter in and going to clean and oil the K&N. Going back to have the code read tomorrow and then reset. I'll check to make sure when i had my last fuel filter...just to make sure i didn't skip it at the 30k(well 35k) maintenence. I have 50k on it now.

Kodiac, What I was trying to say is if you recently cleaned your filter, the oil may have contaminated your MAF. I had a knock sensor go off a while back, I heard abunch of different things from different folks. But I was planning on replacing my knock sensors until Sarge asked if I had recently cleaned my K&N. Which I had. What happened is I put too much oil on it and it contaminated the small electrical wires on my MAF. Once I recleaned the Filter (to get the excess oil off of it), Cleaned my MAF with electrical cleaner, killed the battery by leaving the key on with the lights and radio on for 2 hours to completely kill it. I then charged the baterry and ran it through 3 heat cycles. The light went out and it started running fine again. no problems sense, and man it saved a lot of work. THANKS SARGE!

**kodiak120** · 01-10-2006, 10:17 PM

I see.....no i hadn't cleaned it yet. Thanks
Every other time i drive it seems as though when in low gear ie 3rd going 40 or skip shifting which i don't normally use in makes a gum ball like knocking sound (not sure of the universal knocking definition). I noticed it some before having the coolant leak fixed....should i be concerned for something major here? Or is it most likely a fuel/air/tuning problem?