hey guys im in the process of changing my knock sensors, and they are completely corroded. we got one out,but the other fell apart and just the threads are stuck in there. i was gonna take off the valley cover but cant find a gasket at autozone and ,was wonderin if i could just use rtv on the valley cover instaed of a gasket.

 

The gasket should be reusable. It has a rubber type on it. If you want and feel safer using some perfatex, it won't hurt, just don't goop a bunch of it.

 

u think its reuseable with 265k on it? any tips on gettin the broken knock sensor out? thanks

 

Post a pic so I can help you better and tell you. As for the gasket, it's probably all cracked and maybe not reusable. Just run a small bead of rtv around it and that should work. If not hit up a NAPA or a dealer tomorrow for one.

 

Both of my gaskets fell apart too when I was changing one of the knock sensors, had to get a new knock sensor harness, luckily a member nearby had an extra.

The gaskets are reusable, however, when I first put my blower on Tootall and I used black RTV on the gaskets to keep out any moisture... but it also bonds pretty well to the rubber gaskets and wouldn't let go, we took a screwdriver to it and it came out in pieces.

 

we gave up for the nite, ima try and get gasket tommorow from the dealer.the other knock sensor is still stuck in there ,all there is the threads and the bottom plate of the sensor,the actual sensor itself it broken-done.we already tried a chisel,next is some needle nose vise grips and a hammer

 

I could be wrong, but I am not sure they sell just the gaskets, might end up having to buy a whole new harness. I got mine used for $20, so I don't think they are all that much. Good luck with getting that knock sensor out, sounds like a bia

 

If you cant find what you need, let me know. I may still have a valley cover with a decent gasket

 

will do,thanks matt

 

If Matt can't hook you up, you should be able to get that gasket at the dealer no problem, they may even have it in stock