Hello Fellow enthusiasts,

I did research on it and it appears that it could be a coolant temp sensor or a dirty throttle body right? Well I scanned the codes and it throws the PO325 or knock sensor code. I really don't believe that the knock sensor causes my car to die right after starting, unless I give it some gas then it is fine. I believe it is there as a side effect of the real problem. What do you guys think?

Thanks

J-Rod

 

Well, you know that KS is bad from that CEL, so replace that and then go from there.

A bad KS will give you up to 5 mpg less along with 20 hp loss. Replace it no matter what.

 

I cleaned the throttle body cleaning and it did make a difference. I started it after it was off for a long time and it stayed on. The rpms are a little up ~100 and that was enough i hope. I will reset the ECU and then check later to see if that code is still there.

J-Rod

 

I did the same thing yesterday and boy what a difference certainly brought a smile to my face

regards, Bart.