Hi ya all, I'm new here also and I'm glad I found this site so I can
learn more about my villagers and to meet new friends, thanks.

I have a 96 villager with a fried knock sensor and I looked on the
block everywhere, and on top near the injectors but still no find.
Anyone know where this buggert is located, thankssmileys/smiley4.gif

Unless that knock sensor is causing you problems do not replace it... It is located under the intake manifold. I work at a linc merc dealer and we have replaced a few of those its a labor entensive job and not really needed unless you have a problem.... And Welcome to the forum

Thank you MercAdvisor, I hooked a puter up to it because the engine
light kept coming on. when I erased the code it came on again after I
started the engine. It said the sensor was maufuctioning so I guess
I'll have to pick a weekend and see what I can do. $169.00 for a knock
sensor WOW!!!!!!!!! that costs alot, thanks again.

check and see if you can buy that sensor froma nissan dealer if you can get them to sell it to you it will proably be cheaper.... same engine and trans

I wish I had a nissan dealer near my place but I don't, but a Mercury
dealer is about 20 minutes away. I checked eBay but found them for
saabs. Today I have to replace two motor mounts on the lower frame
front and back, motor kicks up.....have a good daysmileys/smiley1.gif

MercAdvisor?.....My wife has a "95" also and when she hits the key it
has a knocking sound in the warming up stage, and when it warms up it
goes away. Could this be a lifter going bad, or does it need to be
tighten? thanks for all the help on this site.

Unfortunatly smileys/smiley7.gifthere were some years where as the engines got older the lower end would begin making some noise let me check into this a little more and i will find out as much as i can for you...

MercAdvisor?.....My wife has a "95" also and when she hits the key it has a knocking sound in the warming up stage, and when it warms up it goes away. Could this be a lifter going bad, or does it need to be tighten? thanks for all the help on this site.


Sounds like oil starvation in top of head(under valve cover),might just be gunked oil passages. My 95 E-350(460 motor) did the same thing until I cleaned the top of the heads.








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WOW! if thats all, then I'll get a gaskit and see what I can do, you been a blessing in many ways! Thanks again.

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A guy has my villager in his garage with the intake manifold off. We
now located the knock sensor but we found out one of the heater pipes
(metel) had a leak and I'm not paying $300.00 for a new one. I went to
a junk yard and found one for a steal for only $10.00 he he this made
my day!

My wife has a "95" villager and I can't locate the onboard puter
hookup, anyone know where it might be? My "96" is located next to the
fuse box, because of the switchover, but the "95" is somewhere else.

I believe that on a 95 the diag port may be located underhood i will check with one of the technicans and find out for you...

I been online looking so this is what I came up with.

A few sights say it's located on the transaxle on the LH side behind
coolant reservoir. The connecters I only found were on the trans but
didn't make any since at all.



I do have some good news thou......I replaced a 02 sensor on the "95"
villager and the knocking went away, maybe a bad mixture of gas and air
out of balance cause a hot spot or something.



I bought a OBD ll scanner awhile back and I think it's the best tool I ever had so far in finding trouble cods and bad sensors.



I ordered a sm exaust section with a flex in it for my wifes van
because she hit something and trashed it. Midas said it would cost
$400.00 for one but I ordered one at Murrays for $175,00.

Unfortunatly everything for those vans are extremely expensive.. Anytime you can find the parts aftermarket and do the work yourselfi would definatly recommend it... You said Murrays do you live in michigan?

Yes I live in Michigan. I have Murrays, Auto vantage, Auto zone and
Stewerts near by, not to mention the dealerships up the street. You
know the dealerships will always take a big bite out of you.