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Re: Testing a knock sensor
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 5/14/2011

I'm not familiar with that vehicle, but when testing knock sensors, it depends on what type it is. If it's a mass piezo, your method of bench testing should produce ac voltage, but if it's a resonance piezo, it's tuned to the frequency the pinging makes, and c... Login to read more.