knock sensor

[jospgut]

my knock sensor went bad, can everybody tell me were is it located?

i have one mor question, does the knock sensor makes the car go slowly on hills?
i was going to the mountains and the car started like shaking a little bit, then the check engine went on, today in the morning when i started the car the check engne light went of, and the car gain the power again. should i buy a regular(stock) knock sensor??

[green97gt]

drivers side(LHD) rear of motor look straight down past the throttle body.

at least thats where it is on my 97 and 00

[jospgut]

good, i have a 97 too, but is a JDM engine i hope is still in the same place, thank you!

[jospgut]

my friend that is a mechanic told me that the knock sensor almost never goes bad, does anyone knows why do they go bad like mine?

[nomad666666]

subaru and your mechanic dosent know shit everything goes bad! :smt022

[jospgut]

????

[ouch1011]

If you are standing at the front of the car, look just to the right of the throttle body and straight down to the engine block and you will see the knock sensor. It is bolted to the block with a single bolt and has 1 wire. They are a very common failure on pretty much all Subarus. If it fails it will make the car much, much more sluggish at lower engine speeds (<3000rpm or so) because it retards the ignition timing to a "safe" point.

Subaru parts are usually preferred because the parts store stuff is usually not that reliable.

[jospgut]

o cool thank you so much, my friend is a specialist in saabs, volvos, euro cars only and thats why he didnt know much this, yea my car was kinda sluggish, and i think it makes the car not so good in gas,