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Knock sensor replacement 2012 polo help please?
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 4:20 am
by Wizzi07
Hi I have a 2012 polo 1.4 and it has a faulty knock sensor.
Could somebody please tell me where abouts the sensor is and how to get to it
Thanks!
Re: Knock sensor replacement 2012 polo help please?
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:28 pm
by MichelKasapovic
Is it a tsi motor?
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Re: Knock sensor replacement 2012 polo help please?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:13 am
by RUM4MO
If it is the 1.4 16v 85PS engine, are you sure that it has a knock sensor - I'd doubt it! If you are experiencing pinking on load, then I'd think that it will be due to the car burning engine oil due to wear on the bores/rings - or the oil separator is faulty, that happened to me with a 2000 BBY version of that engine. Initially I tried using UL+ petrol, that worked okay but increased fuel usage and running costs.
Re: Knock sensor replacement 2012 polo help please?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:52 pm
by Wizzi07
It's not a tsi engine.. I did a diagnostics reading with vcdS and it came back with knock sensor low voltage fault
Re: Knock sensor replacement 2012 polo help please?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:57 pm
by Wizzi07
The fault is 16711 knock sensor (g61) p0327 -000- signal too low. Mil on
Re: Knock sensor replacement 2012 polo help please?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:06 pm
by RUM4MO
Oh well it might have one, I have been caught out with VW's rubbish engine software in the past, wife's old 2002 Polo used to log Bank2 camshaft timing issues, these 4 in line engines just don't have a second cylinder bank!