98k20ex

i just bought a wrecked '02 rsx-s and am putting the motor in my ek civic. this plug on the vtec solenoid (or whatever it is; the acura dealership calls it a spool valve) is broke and i'm wondering if i can take one off of a base model rsx (by the way, what is the engine code for the base model?) and use it on my k20a2?

piece that's broke


solenoid on base model rsx head.


base for the vtec solenoid on k20a2 head


the acura dealership said the had different part numbers so they're prolly not interchangable but they also come as a base with the brass colored piece. i know the base is different (base model has a black plug on the base piece and type s has a blue one) but what i wanna know is if i can take the brass piece off the base model head and put it on my type s? the solenoid itself has the same plug as the type s

98k20ex

nobody has a clue?

EtherGhost

I think that anjapower on ephatch used the stock K20A3 solenoid on the K20A2 head

anjapower

as far as I know the different part numbers are just for partskeeping purposes. The base RSX engine code is k20a3. I am successfully using all sensors off an A3 head on my A2 head with the exception of the VTC solenoid. I got a new one with the head so I put it on just for kicks, but they work just fine.

anjapower

btw the part you're looking to replace is the VTC solenoid.

98k20ex

what does VTC stand for and what does it do?
the acura dealership calls it a spool valve (IMO, their parts guys don't know ****)

anjapower

i could be wrong on this but it is the variable cam timing solenoid.

Regal

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by anjapower &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i could be wrong on this but it is the variable cam timing solenoid.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's actually Variable Timing Control.

anjapower

that's essentially what I said