ErikTande
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- Dec 17, 2012
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Centennial,
Colorado
I was doing some maintenance last night, and I decided to take a shot at replacing the knock sensor.
I failed. Miserably.
How the hell can you do that without taking off the intake manifold? My battery is relocated, so it was easy to get my hand on it from the passenger side. I can't see it, but I can feel it. I cut a big 24mm wrench in half so I could get it back there, but by then my arm is at a weird angle and I can't get any leverage to turn it.
I read to try spraying it with PB Blaster, but I can barely get my hand back there, I sure as hell can't get my hand AND a spray can back there.
I also read some posts saying go at it from the bottom, but I think those people are smoking crack. I couldn't see or reach it from ANYWHERE underneath the car.
Then there is the issue of unplugging the other end of the sensor. Again, I can't see it, I can only get one hand back there and feel it, so I really have no idea what to squeeze or where the tab is to release it. So even if I did get the sensor unscrewed, I probably wouldn't be able to unplug the connector without breaking it or yanking out the wires.
Any advice? Or am I just too incompetent for this job?
I failed. Miserably.
How the hell can you do that without taking off the intake manifold? My battery is relocated, so it was easy to get my hand on it from the passenger side. I can't see it, but I can feel it. I cut a big 24mm wrench in half so I could get it back there, but by then my arm is at a weird angle and I can't get any leverage to turn it.
I read to try spraying it with PB Blaster, but I can barely get my hand back there, I sure as hell can't get my hand AND a spray can back there.
I also read some posts saying go at it from the bottom, but I think those people are smoking crack. I couldn't see or reach it from ANYWHERE underneath the car.
Then there is the issue of unplugging the other end of the sensor. Again, I can't see it, I can only get one hand back there and feel it, so I really have no idea what to squeeze or where the tab is to release it. So even if I did get the sensor unscrewed, I probably wouldn't be able to unplug the connector without breaking it or yanking out the wires.
Any advice? Or am I just too incompetent for this job?