The plug that i cut off only had 1 wire going to the knock sensor but there are 2 wires on the other side of the.
Knock sensor bypass xterra.
If too much fuel gets into the engine the compression is high enough and the timing of the spark plugs is not precise enough the pistons inside the engine can literally bang against the cylinder walls of the engine.
So i bought a new harness but it had the wrong knock sensor plug on it.
I got a new plug for the sensor and wired it to the new harness.
Dear anonymous i also have a 02 xterra.
I am doing the knock sensor relocation.
Https amzn to 2iffiof and extension to relocate.
Nissan xterra xe and se.
It listens to your engine to make sure that the engine is firing properly.
There is no way to bypass the knock sensor it is used by the engine when there is a knock to tell the ecm to advance or retard the distributor in order to stabilize the running of the engine.
Knock sensor replacement nissan xterra complete knock sensor repair from start to finish.
Knock sensor on top of engine but you need to get a bolt l.
When i shut it off and then restart it is good again for a bit and then goes into bypass again.
I had a problem with my knock sensor also.
The knock sensor in a nissan xterra performs a critical job.
I installed new head gaskets on my toyota 3 0 3vze and spaced changing the knock sensor although it had not issues prior to dis assembly.
Their is no more codes and everything checks out ok according to my scanner.
When i accelerate it boosts for a little while and then goes into bypass mode.