Try reading this:http://www.piloteers.org/forums/69-2003-2008-pilot/39514-knock-sensor.html

 

Thanks, not sure how I missed this in my previous searches.

 

No problem.:29:

 

For anyone who's curious, I went to the dealer to get the gaskets for the intake manifold and the guy said they're both aluminum and that I should be able to re-use them. Planning to tackle the job Saturday morning.

 

Update and Conclusion:

(Rat/Mouse chew your Knock Sensor. How to replace w/ pictures Minimal tools required)

So I followed the steps from the Odyssey forum in the link above for removing manifold and all that stuff. As I was inspecting the wiring harness that goes to the knock sensor I noticed the connector in the attached picture with the arrow pointing to it was cut...

No big deal, I thought, I called up Honda to see how much a new connector would cost and they told me that they only sell the whole engine wiring harness which was $525. I decided to solder a wire to the connector and then solder that to the wire where it had been cut. I put shrink tube on both connections, put the manifold and all that stuff back on, torqued everything appropriately and no more VTM-light and several star cycles later, no more check engine light either. Problem solved.

One side note, if I'd had to do the knock sensor and/or knock sensor harness it looked extremely difficult to get to. Maybe if I'd taken off the fuel rails I could've gotten to it better, but it looked like a tight squeeze.

 

Congrats and that's exactly what I would have done or found one at a salvage yard.:29: