Link knock sensor

[mmatt]

Hi,

I have got the link knock sensor (#KNS) and was wondering how it compares against say a Bosch knock sensor. You always hear the Bosch is the reference.

Also what is the torque the bolt holding the sensor should be tightened to?

Thanks!

[Adamw]

The story goes many years ago we were supplied the alternative sensors by mistake, upon testing the engineers found they actually gave a better signal to noise ratio than the Bosch equivalent so we have used them ever since.

I dont think the absolute torque is particularly critical when not connected to an OEM ecu.  The factory service manual will typically quote a specifc torque value because the factory ecu cant/wont be calibrated by the mechanic replacing a sensor so they need to minimise the variables so that a replacement in the future works similar. 

So the actual torque value you choose is not so critical, but keep a record of the actual torque you use during initial fitting then if you ever need to unbolt it for some reason you can refit it using the same torque as it had when calibrated/tuned.