Cycloneranga

A couple of weeks a ago my starter was acting up. VERY long story short, it turned out that the little wire that goes into the starter had come out. Anyways while I was underneath the car putting the wire back in, I seem to have knocked out a sensor. It is connected to the same wire as the wire to the starter before branching off a few inches before it gets to the starter, so I know it has to go somewhere around there, but I can't see in there well enough to figure it out. It is a small cylinder with a little prong sticking out the end. My check engine light is on now and I have to get a smog check to renew my registration. If anyone has experience with this please help.

SpitfireS

What you should / could do is get the CEL code so you know what the fault is.
Much easier to work your way back.

From what you describe where you may have damaged a sensor (starter area) IMO it could be the Primary Heated Oxygen Sensor (HO2s).
Its located at the and of the Exhaust Manifold, just before the cat.
Or it could be the Secondairy HO2s on the cat itself.

Succes.
Let us know what you find.

Ek9

Well, the starter's under the intake manifold. I was under the impression the knock sensor was right there and easy to damage when jerking with the starter.

Cycloneranga

it was the knock sensor. I'm going to the dealership to get it put back in tuesday. thanks guys.

aero3685

why dont you just crawl under and put it back in instead of paying them to do it??

Ek9

Some people want to spend $50 to let someone else plug a connector in. I don't question it.