xantia speed/oil level sensor - are not used!!

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xantia speed/oil level sensor - are not used!!

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hi there.

the engine is xu10j4r with bosch mp5.2 ecu

i was checking speed sensor and then i saw that there isn't any connector for it!
is it not used?!!
also there isn't any connector for knock sensor!!
and there is a white 3 pin connector that comes from electric harness, not used too!!

is it normal?!!

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Re: xantia speed/knock sensor - are not used!!

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I also have that blank plug thing on the front of my 2.2 hdi c5 (if I remember correctly, I saw it when I was changing the oil filter). No idea what it does or where the wires go to.
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Re: xantia speed/knock sensor - are not used!!

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Ive never seen either of these unused on a Xantia, as the Xantia is not multiplexed is wont use the ABS for speed info so there must have been a connector for it. The road speed sensor should have a 3 pin white connector, just like the one you have listed as blank?? Does it reach the sensor?
Same with the knock sensor, i have never seen one fitted but not plugged in.
Has the engine or gearbox been removed recently by any chance?
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Re: xantia speed/knock sensor - are not used!!

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the blank connector can't reach speed sensor, cos sensor is behind engine
that is a pic from wiring harness

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Re: xantia speed/knock sensor - are not used!!

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What about this plug? looks like it could maybe reach over the top of the gearbox?
The plugs must be there unless someone has cut them off. The speedo would never have worked.
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Re: xantia speed/knock sensor - are not used!!

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It is entirely possible that, for YOUR vehicle, those plugs were not used. Manufacturers might only have a couple of looms for a model range, so some connectors might not be used on 'lower' models, as the quipment was not on that model (but would be for a higher spec model).
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Re: xantia speed/knock sensor - are not used!!

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wheeler wrote: 08 Sep 2021, 18:04 What about this plug? looks like it could maybe reach over the top of the gearbox?
it is one of the intake sensors connector
Hell Razor5543 wrote: 08 Sep 2021, 18:07 It is entirely possible that, for YOUR vehicle, those plugs were not used. Manufacturers might only have a couple of looms for a model range, so some connectors might not be used on 'lower' models, as the quipment was not on that model (but would be for a higher spec model).
this can be true.
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Re: xantia speed/oil level sensor - are not used!!

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update:
it is not knock sensor, actually it is oil level sensor
as shown in pic: (orange)

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