Knock Sensors?? Ebay??
 

My knock sensor went out a few months ago i was wondering what exactly is a knock sensor what does it do? Is it important? How does it affect my engine?? And is Ebay a safe place to buy car parts? Cause im goin to start doin some shoopin on there if it is?

ebay is a good place to buy parts...though i havent bought much there i usually by things that are lightly used...something i know wouldnt bust on me after a week...you just gotta know who ur dealing with

you need to find out what is causing your knock sensor to go out

is it throwing a check engine light?
i take it you did a diagnostic and it threw code 52
usually the terminal inside the knock sensor plug is not making a good connection or the knock sensor is shorting out

http://www.supras.com/06/techcenter/display.php?QID=69

I just replaced my knock sensor a few weeks ago. The damn thing is so small, but it cost me $200 for it. In my case, my sensor for some reason was in two pieces. I talked to a few mechanics about it, and they said it would result in power loss. When I got it fixed, my engine light went away, and I noticed a gain in power because it was funtioning properly.

Ebay is a great place for parts. I shop there all the time for aftermarket parts for my car, or replacement parts. ie. hood struts, power window motors.

you could always go to a local auto wrecker and see if they have a supra lying around that you could rip parts out of. but i doubt that you wanna take the hours of work to rip out a knock sensor lol.

oh yea absolutely.... if it's broken it will surely throw a ks code hehe ;)

definitely wouldn't pay $200 for one tho :o

i found a pair of knock sensors on ebay for 30$ i had some work done to my car and the mechanic said i need knock sensor mine are out.