Hey guys,

I started another thread ( https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=740355 ) with a few questions post-swap with no CELs. I now have a CEL and need to find out the code on it. On the instruction of another memeber, I peeled back the carpet ont he passenger side, and took off the little peice infront of the ECU right along the side wall there. I put the car in the 'on' position so that it showed the CEL light as on and looked for nay kind of blinking light on the ECU. I saw nothing. I even tried firing it up and looking, still nothing. Please help! This a '97 civic ex, with what I can only assume is a stock ecu (though if someone provdes me with a pic of a stock ecu I can verify, i tried google images)

Story from my other thread:
"The clutch had no response so we bled it and when that felt good we pushed it out of the garage, gave it a jump, and let it idle. It was idling fine, but all of the sudden the CEL started blinking and then it came on solid. It was in nuetral and everything. It does this every time we start it. I tried reseting the ECU, but that didnt work it came back. Any ideas? Any way to check this w/o using a scan tool?"

 

There is a way to check codes on these cars w/o a scan tool. If you search I know it is around here somewhere as this question is often asked. If the car is OBDII you can take it to autozone and have them pull the codes for free though. Or find someone with a scan tool

 

Well the car has a bunch of body panels off, and isn't insured so i cant go anywhere with it until the body work is done I have tried searching, but Ill continue to do so I suppose

I found one article but it was for 92-95 and didnt seem to apply to my ecu, I checked

 

check out my ecu code thread in my sig. helped alot of peeps

 

I checked yours out but the thing is, thats for an OBD1 car, I dont have those wires on my ecu, as far as I can tell

 

ohh sorry i havent had time to do a obd 2 check

 

if u dont have a scan tool there should b a jumper wire right under the glove box on most honda?acuras...jump the two wires and your check engine light will blink...a long blink for the first number and quick blinks for the second digit...i.e one long blink (1) and six quick blinks (6) so it would b code 16

 

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Thats obd1 only, I will just have to take it to get scanned.

 

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Thats obd1 only, I will just have to take it to get scanned.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No it also works for OBD-II

 

I did not see any jumper wire... theres a pic of the ecu

 

i do.............. its up top

 

the brown and black? I pulled to try and get to the end of the cord but couldnt find it. Dont i need to connect the ends?

 

YEs, brn /blk... its mounted inside that green rubber plug up top. u have to put a paper clip or a spade connector to jump it and have the car flash the CEL codes...


http://www.c-speedracing.com/faq/06.php


Try this link!!!!!!!!

 

Take a paper clip and bend it into a U shape and stick in in the connector. Key to the on position and start counting.

 

yea top right corner the green ruber thing

 

The thing circled in red.



Damn you can barely see it. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.