Civic Type-R Owners Club & Forum

Driving to work this morning and the eml light came on drove home tonight and plugged a code reader in its coming up "PO325 knock sensor 1" I've seen one to tegiwa for about £80 is this all I need or is there likely to be an issue as to why it's Come on ? The car drives fine.. Are they easy to replace or is it a garage job ?

Thanks

I had the same problem and bought a new cheapo replacement off evilBay. You can remove the sensor on the drive but it is a bit fiddly and it helps of you have small hands and a decent selection of socket extension bars. I wound in my new sensor only to feel something give well before the correct torque was reached. The sensor span round in the block without tightening up.

I thought I had stripped the threads in the block but after removing the radiator to gain full access I found the sensor had sheared. I got the remnants of the sensor in the block out eventually and got a free replacement from the eBay vendor. The metal on the pattern part is incredibly thin so watch out if you go down that route. I wound the second one in very gingerly and nowhere near the correct torque setting - Torque 31Nm – 23ft lbs. I replaced everything and it has been fine since.

Thanks a lot for the reply sounds a nightmare I have an rbc so not sure if il be able to fit my hand in but il have a go at the weekend check mine isn't loose first.. Then go from there

i bought my new sensor from Honda and fitted about £40 took them an hour... anything is easy with a ramp!

Very fragile things, soon as you look at them they break!
due to heat from the engine and the radiator, they become brittle and any vibration/movement causes the plastic to break off from the metal.