knock sensor

[iamwills]

hi my car would not go over 50000 rpm but seems to drive ok, so had the fault code red and came back with  knock sensor. he said ihad run it a bit low on oil and that would nacker the sensor, so just to replace it and all will be well.  but this morning i started car and it waz realy noise like a fanbelt noise but with a more of a rattle. seemd like bull bearings but mabey not. any way the noise goes when warmed up and will not hapen till next day. this noise started about a month ago from just a fan  bell sqeek , just faught that a knock senser might be pic ing up that noise ,

[flexiblefish98]

Timing belt one tooth out??
Car going into safe mode?
Do a search, loads of posts of car wont go over 5000k

[iamwills]

would that cause the knock sensor to make the car go into safe mode/

[leegt5]

A faulty knock sensor will cause it to go into safe mode as it will affect the timing... The sensor won't make anything make a noise. All it will do is either cause the car to not to start, cut out or cause it to go into safe mode when running thus the 5k limit !!

[iamwills]

ok so would i need to replace the knock sensor, and have the timing reset. or would just replacing the knock sensor fix the problem.

[iamwills]

and do u no if there are two knock sensors thanks

[AudiA8Quattro]

Get the timing checked ASAP.

[iamwills]

wot about the knock sensor. should i forget  that, is the car ok to drive

[AudiA8Quattro]

I wouldn't drive the car until the timing is checked.
Forget the knock sensor for now, find the root of the problem, which could well be timing.

[iamwills]

dont supose you can recomend any one in birmingham to do the job 4 me ,