1996 Avalon Engine Light ON?! HELP~

[Hybrid-JD]

i currently own a 96 toyota avalon xls. its been great so far but the engine light has been on for the past couple months. i've brought it to the dealership and they've reset the sensor and what not but it still comes back. they've told me many times that its nothing but it seems to come back. FINALLY this time when i went back they told me that its my "Knock 2" sensor. Price of it was like 180 and install was another 400 Canadian. i said not i would wait for abit.

anyonw konw whats the down fall with the KNOCK 2 sensor?
anyone else have the same problem?

btw. i've also noticed after having the engine light on.i've noticed my gears haven't been changing properly. or when it does change. it seems to be very rough.. it goes to gear 4 sometimes ..but when sometimes i floor the pedal it does nothign but sit at ilke 3thousand and it just goes really slow?

HELP PLEASE!

thanks
Jimmy

[STR8PYP]

If it's a knock sensor that's busted you should get it replaced. The ECU will pull back timing and you will experience extreme power loss until you do so.

SC

[Hybrid-JD]

NO wonder i'm loosing power!! Do you konw what the knock sensor does? and also, do you konw what would be a reasonable price to get it fixed!?

hmm thanks alot for the alert. are yu located in Toronto? has this ever happened to you before?

thanks

Jimmy

Originally Posted by STR8PYP

If it's a knock sensor that's busted you should get it replaced. The ECU will pull back timing and you will experience extreme power loss until you do so.

SC

[Ratko]

the knock sensors (you have 2) are there to detect knock in your engine caused by detonation, which will kill your engine over time. since this is bad, when the sensors detects knock, it retards your timing slightly to compensate for the knock (or pinging).

btw - im located in toronto

[Hybrid-JD]

is this a known issue to alot of 1mjze engines? or is this a rare instance that only happens to a few.. i'm also hearing something about "sludge" can anyone give me a basic definition of that.

Hey Ratko. would you konw anywhere in Toronto where you could reccomend me to fix this problem for a reasonable price. "Downtown Toyota" quoted me 600 plus to fix it.

thanks

Jimmy

Originally Posted by Ratko

the knock sensors (you have 2) are there to detect knock in your engine caused by detonation, which will kill your engine over time. since this is bad, when the sensors detects knock, it retards your timing slightly to compensate for the knock (or pinging).

btw - im located in toronto