i have a cell light code 14 in my 93 hatch with an h22 swap thats turboed.my friend told me it was an electronic air control valve(eacv).what dose this mean an how do i fix it?

 

that's the electronically controlled valve that regulates how much air bypasses the throttle when it's closed. The wiring may be bad, or it may need to be cleaned. Another possiblity is that your idle speed is incorrect, but you'd probably notice that. There are procedures on how to test the IACV (EACV); you can find them in a Helm's or Hayne's manual.

Another possible cause is a bad ECU. I got a bad chipped ECU that would throw a code 14 and make the car act crazy. When I switched to another one, the code vanished and the car ran perfectly.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ddd4114 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that's the electronically controlled valve that regulates how much air bypasses the throttle when it's closed. The wiring may be bad, or it may need to be cleaned. Another possiblity is that your idle speed is incorrect, but you'd probably notice that. There are procedures on how to test the IACV (EACV); you can find them in a Helm's or Hayne's manual.

Another possible cause is a bad ECU. I got a bad chipped ECU that would throw a code 14 and make the car act crazy. When I switched to another one, the code vanished and the car ran perfectly.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wait, what would the diff be between an IACV and an EACV? They throw different codes? I"ve never heard of this EACV - IACV yeah....but not the other one...

 

it's the same thing


I'm 98% sure

 

They throw different codes tho?

 

i looked the code up in the haynes manual and it reads code 14 as an idle air control valve.there are ways to check this?

 

take ur idle air control valve (located ontop of the throttle body as a cylinder which usually unscrews with 4 screws/bolts) off and clean it out, but if u never removed it before buy a new IACV gasket because if it hasn't been changed in awhile it'll be all dry rotted out and will fall apart when you take it off...

 

do i get that gasket at my honda dealer or can i go to autozone to get it?

 

bump

 

either/or, I'd assume autozone should have it

 

ight man if nothing else helps try checkn u ecu cud b bad in that area. thats wat happened to me i had the same problem wit my car 98 ex sohc. so at da las minute b4 my inspection went out thats wat i did and it passed .

so check u ecu try another one mite b it

good luck