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Old May 14, 2013 | 05:01 PM
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I've got a flex-fuel LM7 that came out of a 2009 Tahoe Police cruiser. I'm trying to identify four sensors on the block. There are two on each side underneath the heads. Does anyone know what these things do???
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Old May 14, 2013 | 08:31 PM
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The two that are "bolted on" are knock sensors, the one behind the starter motor is the crank position sensor. The other... It looks to be in the oil galley so it may be a pressure sensor, but I've never seen one there.
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Old May 14, 2013 | 09:20 PM
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The two that are "bolted on" are knock sensors, the one behind the starter motor is the crank position sensor. The other... It looks to be in the oil galley so it may be a pressure sensor, but I've never seen one there.
Crank position sensor? That does make sense.

I'm a little confused about the knock sensors...I thought those were underneath the intake between cylinder heads. Are the ones on the side of the block *additional* knock sensors?
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Old May 15, 2013 | 10:54 AM
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Nope. Those are it. They moved them to the sides of the block to make room for the D.O.D. (Displacement on Demand.) that GM put in the valley around '07.
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Old May 16, 2013 | 06:19 PM
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The left one in the first picture doesn't look like a sensor, it looks like a stud with a bunch of grounds bolted to it, and a wire clip pushed on
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