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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 05:46 PM
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So I was driving my 99 z28 the other day and my ses light came on. I had the code pulled at autozone and all that came up was knock sensor low voltage. Has anyone had experience with this and if so what is the solution?

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Replace the knock sensor harness and both knock sensors. Throw away the rear foam baffle on the intake and then build a dame 3/4 of the way around the rearmost knock sensor using gm grey rtv silicone. They usually fill up with water rust out and then fail. The above is a gm tsb to avoid a repeat in the future.
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Originally Posted by 01WS6/tamu
Replace the knock sensor harness and both knock sensors. Throw away the rear foam baffle on the intake and then build a dame 3/4 of the way around the rearmost knock sensor using gm grey rtv silicone. They usually fill up with water rust out and then fail. The above is a gm tsb to avoid a repeat in the future.
would the low voltage also cause it to pull timing or no?
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replaced both knock sensors, and I still have the same problem. any ideas?
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If you can hear a knock could be a mechanical issue, and yes, the PCM retards spark timing. Visit gearchatter.com and look up P0327/P0332 for your year for description/diagnostics.
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