ej7attack

so I recently traded my rusted out 97 civic dx for this 99 accord ex f23 auto. kept throwing code p1259 which is what most of you already know vtec malfunction more or less.
dude kept saying he went to wyotech and brought his mechanic along.
failed to mention the cel issue.
took it for a test drive and didn't see or feel a problem. car is in excellent condition besides having 202k miles.

anyway, long story short, with the p1259 code and flickering oil light at idle and sometimes flashing while driving.
I had been searching through threads looking for a solution to my particular problem.
came up with nothing.
so I went ahead and went with them cheapest thing. previous owner said they had had an oil change recently. I crawl up underneath and look and there is this off brand oil filter I have never seen before.
went to autozone and purchased a bosch oil filter and that itself has seemed to solve both issues. I did however pull and cleaned the vtec solenoid and its oil screen filter.
this post is basically to share my issue and repair just in case anyone else had similar issues. hope this also helps someone else.

NerfGunner420

so you saw an offbrand and went and bought a cheap clogging filter? good luck sir

ej7attack

hey thanks. I didn't know bosch was a crappy brand. from what ive seen and heard its actually a better brand imo. but im sure you must work at jiffylube and have seen and done a lot on cars for years so you know better. so again, thanks for your opinion. this filter solved my issues. anymore questions?

ej7attack

this thread may save people from hours of researching their problem.
or it may just keep attracting smartass' like nerfstoner420.

holmesnmanny

id guess that the issue was that the oil filter was simply just more old rather than it being bad quality .. im curious the brand name now

ur right this might help someone

ej7attack

that brand was something called parts plus or something like that. it was light blue. nothing I have seen before. previous owner said they just had done an oil change. I honestly don't know how long its been on there or how old the oil was. the filter appeared clean on the outside.

cptbarkey

bosch happens to make rather highly quality oil filters friend. in fact, you would be very hard pressed to find a bad oil filter these days on the market. even driveworks china knockoffs are considered pretty good.