tato1983

i have a 95 accord 5sp ex single cam v-tec when i stay on first gear or second to pass 4 rpm ite bucks and ctec wont kick and check engine comes on, before back in october i had changed the distributor cap and rotor along with plugs and wires the problem went away now it came back i see oil debri at the distributor cap crease i am wondering if its the oil causeing the distributor not making it send a good signal to the v tec solinoid that the o ring for the distributor is bad and leaking oil in there and probably i need a whole new distributor or if its the fuel filter? i havent changed that so plz help

awdgsx96

Its an old car, the vtec solenoid screen might be plugged up. It's a cheap 5 minute fix.

When the CEL comes on, does it stay on, or go away when your RPM's fall?

tato1983

it stays on till i kill the engine then restart

bseriescrxsi

once the CEL comes on pull the code.....it will give you futher info on the problem...since its a one cycle code it shouldnt be anything too serious

ziggy!talon

this happened to me once, and i freaked out.... turned out i had a bad oil leak and the oil had gotten so low that it wasnt engaging VTEC (which is controlled by oil pressure) check your oil level.