1g dsm knock sensor

[Dustin0201]

how to install knock sensor without having it to tight or to loose? I keep seeing that if you tighten it too much You will get phantom knock. What’s the right way to do it

 

[danl]

The “right” way is to pull the engine. The way normal people do it is grab a 12” wrench and pull with the approximate pounds of torque in the spec.

 

[IvanovBG]

From what I've read in other threads, you need to hand tighten it as much as possible and then give it a slight turn with a wrench, so that it doesn't get loose over time.
I'll be changing mine the coming week and I'll try to do it this way.

Unless you take the intake manifold off, I can't imagine getting a torque wrench in there to get it exactly to the spec of 16ft-lb. It would also need to be an open-end torque wrench, or you'll have to hack a 24mm socket so that it resembles an O2 sensor socket tool in order to make room for the wire.

 

[Drewpy Dawg]

You could use a crow's foot and an extension on a torque wrench to reach it. People say that throws off the accuracy of the wrench (it doesn't alter it much at all) but would still be more accurate than doing it by hand and guessing.