NiK

im getting code 22 i believe it was. vtec pressure solinoid. Im thinking its an oil leak somewhere but when the cars parked it wont leak a drop.. if i go test drive it when i hit vtec in 3rd it will throw the code. the side of the engine where the timing belt cover is has some wet oil on it aftwerwards.. i pulled the mount/ps/lower mount bracket off and pulled the top part of the cover off but i couldnt see a leak anywhere.. where could it be coming from? its not coming from the head gasket its all dry there. any help would be real helpful thanks!

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cpl rampage

Do you have enough oil? i was running really low one time, and hit vtec and threw a cel for vtec oil pressure, i would check that, and if the isnt the problem, check the vtec solenoid filter if that was seriously cloged it copuld cause a problem i belive

NiK

oils full, and i checked the screen it was clear

NiK

just replaced the screen, still same problem. could it be the crank seal ? is it hard to replace? i think im loosing pressure somewhere

Syndacate

Hrm, it's possible it's the VTEC oil press sensor. That going bad will yield the same problems as you're having.

sleepencivic

you can bypass the vtec oil pressure switch...i would check oil pressure first at the head and make sure it good...then bypass it and no more CEL...www.pheatable.net has the instructions for it...some vtec motors didnt come with one so you have to bypass it on some swaps

sick CD7

is it for a b16 or older model honda motor? obd1? yea that happeend when my homie hot tanked my motor with the vtec pressure solenoid on it still and when we dropped the motor back in (1 day later) it threw that code so go ahead and find a new one!

hondaracer6926

I don't know if its the same but in my h22a i didn't have v-tec and threw as code. b.c my oil pan was dented up not enough pressure for the v-tec? check to see if theres any big dents on the oil pan.

sick CD7

means your oil pressure is down and stop driving it immedaitley and change that pan before you throw a rod

NiK

holy ****.. it is dented.. if i take off and dent it out will it be ok? it looks like it would pop back out its not a creased dent just a round one

hondaracer6926

yeah just take it off and clean it out and bang it back to normal i hope it works for you like it did me took me forever to figure out y i had no vtec but then there honda-tech with alot of good info

NiK

i have vtec just not in 3rd and 4th.. but imma fix that tonight HOPEFULLY thanks HONDA TECH for saving my engine lol

NiK

nvm.. that didnt fix it could it be oil pump maybe?