A knock sensor is an engine management component in modern internal combustion engines. It is designed to detect the sound of knocking or pinging in the engine, indicating an engine problem such as ...

The engine’s knock sensor (or sensors) detects preignition and detonation, potentially damaging forms of abnormal combustion. Though full-blown knocking and pinging are audible to the human ear, the ...

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